Rock stars invite him onstage but he can’t sing. He’s been to more than 5,000 live shows in 11 years but he may have nowhere to live.
The enigmatic Beatle Bob as featured in Guided by Voices’ “My Kind of Soldier” video
Scribblings, musings and assorted published wisdom
Rock stars invite him onstage but he can’t sing. He’s been to more than 5,000 live shows in 11 years but he may have nowhere to live.
The enigmatic Beatle Bob as featured in Guided by Voices’ “My Kind of Soldier” video

With Radiohead, Madonna and Nine Inch Nails leading the charge against major labels, one month in 2007 may be remembered as birthing a revolution that shook the industry to its core. But have they truly created a brave new world?
How a thin, sweet, keening, reedy, strained, samey, nasally, high-pitched yelp became the voice of a new generation.
The Ties That Bind
With an epic third album and a new “disguise,” the well-dressed men of Interpol are making a bid for superstardom. Just don’t expect them to hang out together.
Bono-baiting British siren transforms a penchant for booze and bad relationships into bruising soul music.
At Guantanamo Bay, the military is attempting to break down Muslim prisoners by bombarding them with ear-splitting rap and metal, leading human rights activists to ask: When does an interrogation tactic become pure torture?
