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Contained Controversy
To describe the shifting relationship between religion and art, we must use the broad brush. Judaism and Islam are aniconic (image-less) religions. Christianity, an iconic religion, is the odd one out...
Endless Shuffle
”The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side...
Bob Dylan in Plain Sight
You Lose Yourself You Reappear: Bob Dylan and the Voices of a Lifetime by Paul Morley simon and schuster, 400 pages, $24.58 Down the Highway: The Life of Bob...
Phil Spector and the Sound of American Glory
Phil Spector, who died in prison on January 18 from complications of COVID-19, was the very model of the modern music producer, and also a convicted murderer. That, it seems,...
City of the Chosen
Welcome to Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138! We’re a college town, home to Harvard, MIT, and a very large branch of Whole Foods. We’re one of the most “liberal” cities in...
Taylor Swift, Nazi Barbie?
January is Taylor Swift month in the Green household. If, like me, you have three young daughters, then every month for the last ten years has been Taylor Swift...
