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Writing Someone Else’s Autofiction... When They’re a Pop Star Turned Wedding Singer

Writing Someone Else’s Autofiction... When They’re a Pop Star Turned Wedding Singer

On the Unlikely Collaboration Between Novelist David Levithan and Musician Jens Lekman

By Katy Hershberger | August 26, 2025

On “Eleanor Rigby” as a Product of the Combined Genius of John Lennon and Paul McCartney

On “Eleanor Rigby” as a Product of the Combined Genius of John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Ian Leslie Considers the Musical Camaraderie and Creative Rivalry That Produced an Iconic Song

By Ian Leslie | April 17, 2025

Dear Jimi Hendrix: A Letter, in Gratitude, From Jeffery Renard Allen

Dear Jimi Hendrix: A Letter, in Gratitude, From Jeffery Renard Allen

“Know that I carry you everywhere, that you more than anyone on this planet have shaped me as a writer.”

By Jeffery Renard Allen | March 5, 2025

How Little Richard Brought Black and Queer Culture to American Airwaves

How Little Richard Brought Black and Queer Culture to American Airwaves

Jon Savage on the Emergence of a New and Revolutionary Form of Rock and Roll in the 1950s

By Jon Savage | February 21, 2025

A Musical Divorce: How Money Problems and a Bad Manager Tore the Beatles Apart

A Musical Divorce: How Money Problems and a Bad Manager Tore the Beatles Apart

Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair on the Protracted End of a Band That Transformed Rock and Roll Forever

By Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair | December 13, 2024

Shock, Awe, and Fun: How David Jones Became David Bowie

Shock, Awe, and Fun: How David Jones Became David Bowie

Suzi Ronson on Witnessing the Rise of a Rock Icon

By Suzi Ronson | April 8, 2024

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Fred Goodman on the Evolution of the Rock and Roll Movie

By Fred Goodman | July 28, 2022

The Time Jim Morrison Was Arrested Onstage in the Middle of a Show

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Former Doors Bandmember Robby Krieger Remembers the Myth-Making Moment

By Robby Krieger | October 15, 2021