Ives, Emerson and Beethoven

As you may know (or be sick of hearing), I am a Beethoven man, but here's my favorite piece of autumnal music, from Charles Ives via Jer...

Getting the Kinks Out (Again)

The first big-name rock star I ever interviewed, in my early days at Crawdaddy in early 1971, was one of my musical heroes, Ray Davies of t...

Stay Out of That Cadillac, Kids

UPDATE:  NYT reports tonight that this fellow now has warrant out on him for 11 felony cases of abuse. Earlier:  It's been a cultural...

Typical NYC Day

Okay, so Annie Leibovitz was in the middle of a photo shoot starring another "girl," Lena Dunham, when nearby a guy starts dangli...

Best American Movie of the Year (So Far)?

UPDATE   NYT with big piece just posted online, and probably in print tomorrow, on guy who creatred the "beast," with much detail...

'NYT' Reporter Rudoren Under Microscope

NYT public editor Margaret Sullivan, whose blog post yesterday responded to my charges about the paper's front-page caption on photo o...

Lindsey Graham: Just Like a Woman?

John Heilemann, very early on Morning Joe today, in a discussion about opposition to Susan Rice, suggested that Sen. Lindsey Graham is, ess...