Peter Wolf, has always been one of the great rock & roll raconteurs, ever since his days as the loudmouth singer of the J. Geils Band. But the Boston blues madman has finally written the book everyone always hoped he would write, with Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, …
Read More »Paul Morrissey, Filmmaker and Andy Warhol Collaborator, Dead at 86
Paul Morrissey, the filmmaker who was a business partner and collaborator of Andy Warhol‘s, died Monday, Oct. 29. He was 86. The Andy Warhol Museum confirmed Morrissey’s death in a statement shared on social media. Per The New York Times, Morrissey’s archivist, Michael Chaiken, said the filmmaker died in a …
Read More »Here's How John Cale Stays on the Cutting Edge at 82
F or six decades and counting, John Cale has lived on the edge of the avant-garde. A classically trained violist, he spent the mid-Sixties playing hours of drones with minimalist composer La Monte Young before co-founding the Velvet Underground with Lou Reed. The band transformed rock & roll into an …
Read More »Walkie-Talkies, a Smashed Skylight, and Thieves in Disguise: Feds' Museum Crime-Ring Allegations Are a Wild Ride
On Thursday, federal authorities in Scranton, Pennsylvania, released charges against nine people they say were involved in a series of dramatic museum heists. The alleged thieves cased their targeted institutions ahead of time, then returned with walkie-talkies — and occasionally in disguise — to make off with artifacts from championship …
Read More »Music Groups Call Supreme Court Ruling in Warhol Case a 'Massive Victory' For The Business
In a case with potential implications on a wide range of creative industries, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, May 18, that Andy Warhol infringed on a photographer’s copyrights for his portraits of Prince. The court ruled 7-2 in favor of Lynn Goldsmith, whose photos of The Purple One were …
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