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I’ve got another piece up at the Barnes and Noble Review: this one‘s a short review of The Complete Peanuts: 1967 to 1968. Two additional buying recommendations in a similar vein: 1. Schulz and Peanuts, the stellar biography from last year by David Michaelis. 2. Any previous volume of The Complete Peanuts (or all of […]
posted 18 June 2008 in Outside, Reviews. no comments yet
Every now and then I learn a nugget of information that really lights up the gossip columns and the blogosphere. I think the last time might have been when Ashton Kutcher told me about the Bush twins’ visit to his house (“I go upstairs to T.J.’s room and I can smell the green wafting out […]
posted 12 June 2008 in Outside. no comments yet
Two short items by me went up in recent days on the Rolling Stone website: a review of R.E.M.’s show last week at the Hollywood Bowl and an item on Joe Perry writing the music for “Walk This Way” (part of the “100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time” package). I am pleased to report […]
posted 2 June 2008 in Articles, Outside, Reviews. no comments yet
Beck’s got a new album coming out soon, produced by the mighty Danger Mouse. I wrote a news story about it, which is in the new issue of Rolling Stone. The album’s probably called Modern Guilt; when I spoke with Beck, he kept changing his mind and was trying to make a final decision. “Chinese […]
posted 16 May 2008 in Articles, Outside. 3 comments
With the encouragement of the mighty Bill Tipper, I’ve been doing some book reviews for the Barnes & Noble Review (which hasn’t gotten a lot of attention, but is worth your time–there’s some real good stuff in there). Last year I reviewed Clapton: The Autobiography (who knew he had slept with Yvonne Elliman?); last week […]
posted 9 May 2008 in Outside, Reviews. no comments yet
A few months ago, I went to New York City and South Carolina to write a profile of teenage country superstar Taylor Swift for Rolling Stone. (Between New York and South Carolina: a private jet flight. Between Greenville and Spartanburg in South Carolina: not much except a BMW plant.) The piece got dropped from the […]
