Diary of a Madman: The Geto Boys, Life, Death, and the Roots of Southern Rap
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Diary of a Madman: The Geto Boys, Life, Death, and the Roots of Southern Rap
Frank read the ‘talking asshole’ section from Burroughs’ Naked Lunch. Frank and Burroughs were pictured together at the event in Rolling Stone; later, over dinner, they discussed the possibility of
Neil Slaven • Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story Of Frank Zappa: The Story of Frank Zappa
Maybe, at hellish moments in human history, emotional illegibility starts making more intuitive sense.
Jayson Greene • The Rise of Dissociation Music
I always appreciate What’s Going On as an album that asks first and holds no optimism that the answers will be what it’s looking for. Even the album’s most optimistic song, “God Is Love,” feels like it’s banking on a shaky hand at a poker table, trying to convince everyone of something it isn’t certain of itself.
Hanif Abdurraqib • They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
The Cry of Jazz—was based in part on an unpublished book by Bland entitled The Fruits of the Death of Jazz.