Recommendation
I've been listening to a lot of music, both old and new, lately, and wanting…
Glenn KennyApril 19, 2011
Steely Dan's "Aja" makes the National Recording Registry twice in the same list, sort of
I can't be the only one who noticed this, but I thought I'd mention this…
Glenn KennyApril 6, 2011
More music more music, or, cool is dead, but baby don't you cry, it was time for cool to die.
Some rock and roll bands can get by on sheer bloody attitude, but it's worth…
Glenn KennyMarch 30, 2011
And now for something almost completely different
Well do I remember the first time I laid eyes on Ms. Britney Spears. It…
Glenn KennyMarch 28, 2011
Review: The Lloyd Cole Small Ensemble at the Paramount
Lloyd Cole came to town on Monday night and played some Lloyd Cole songs. With…
Dan SlevinFebruary 9, 2011
O Brother, where art thou?
Once more diversifying my journalistic efforts—because, as we see more and more clearly day by…
Glenn KennyJanuary 22, 2011
Musical interlude
Because it's the Purps, bro. And because it's funny, cuz my birth date is August…
Glenn KennyJanuary 14, 2011
Toru, Toru, Toru
I have some thoughts on the greatness of the Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu, whose work…
Glenn KennyDecember 3, 2010
Encounters With Great Recordings Of The Twentieth Century, #1: Pere Ubu, "The Modern Dance" (Release date, January 1978, date of acquisition, some time around January 1978)
For Chris Wells. Many were the times during my childhood and adolescence when, due to…
Glenn KennyNovember 10, 2010
A note on the arts
Gravity Radio, a multi-media song cycle by the composer Mikel Rouse, comes to the Brooklyn…
Glenn KennyNovember 3, 2010