Captive Audience: The Music Business in America’s Prisons

May 10, 2013

Until very recently the country’s incarcerated were living in a world of Walkmans, radios and cassette tapes. But finally, things are changing. SPIN goes behind bars to investigate how music makes its way inside prisons, who puts it there and what it means to inmates.

Spin, May 9, 2013


Let It Bleed: The Oral History of PJ Harvey’s ‘Rid Of Me’

May 7, 2013

The unblinking story of how inter-band tension spawned a rubbed raw masterpiece and influenced Nirvana.

Rid Of Me

Spin, May 1, 2013


Chris Tucker eases back into Hollywood

March 28, 2013

After a five-year hiatus, the ‘Rush Hour’ star plays a mental patient in ‘Silver Linings Playbook

Rolling Stone, December 6, 2012


What’s Next For ‘The Walking Dead?’

March 28, 2013

 

The megahit plans to kill 27 characters in its finale–and that’s just for starters

Rolling Stone, March 28, 2013


The Ghosts Of Jonesboro: Fifteen Years After A Notorious School Shooting, A Small Town Is Still Recovering

March 25, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On March 24, 1998, two children shot up a middle school near Jonesboro, Arkansas, killing five, wounding ten, and setting the benchmark for a horrifying trend in America. This is the story of how the close-knit rural community healed — and didn’t — and what places like Newtown can learn from its example.

Buzzfeed, March 24, 2013


It Was 20 Years Ago Today: The, Um, Oral History of King Missile’s “Detachable Penis”

March 13, 2013

Spin, February 25, 2013


The High-Stakes Rise, Ambition-Fueled Life and Long Dark Fall of Rock’s Last Great Hustler

February 1, 2013

Meltzer photo

Alan Meltzer made a fortune in the record business, and built Wind-up Records into an indie-label powerhouse. But then came pills, an obsession with poker and, inevitably, the end

Billboard Magazine, January 26, 2013


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