“Ah, baby, you’re so vicious…” Reading on Facebook today that Lou Reed had died, I had one of those visceral reactions. I literally felt it […]
“Civil rights freed the white southerner… It gave us grace”
Those words come from the late Phil Walden, one-time manager of the southern soul singer Otis Redding and southern blues-rock band The Allman Brothers. It […]
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? Robin Thicke’s new video — misogynistic, playful or something in between?
I once saw misogyny under every rock. I was in my early thirties and Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore had offhandedly described a new movement of […]
The No. 1 human rights issue today is racial justice — as it’s always been
“Is there a problem, officer?” “Damn straight, it’s called race.” — Mos Def, “Mr. Nigga” I can’t shake my despair over the Trayvon Martin verdict. […]
Rolling Stone’s Boston bombing suspect cover is a false controversy
Over the past three days, I’ve been asked numerous times how I feel, as a former Rolling Stone editor, about the magazine’s latest cover featuring Boston […]