By: Douglas Wolk

The Dark Magus’s art is the moon’s…

By: Douglas Wolk

A strigine strongman had a mania…

By: Douglas Wolk

Douglas Wolk on TODD KLONE

By: Douglas Wolk

Douglas Wolk on Busy Bee’s “Cash Money” (1982)

By: Douglas Wolk

Douglas Wolk vs. PORTABLE HAIRDRYER

By: Douglas Wolk

Douglas Wolk on a panel from 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1977)

By: Douglas Wolk

She’s given some of the most devastated performances ever.

By: Douglas Wolk

A pop career compounded of glorious, relentless WTF.

By: Douglas Wolk

One of his production jobs was hilariously disrespectful.

By: Douglas Wolk

She’s the secret weapon of American comics

By: Douglas Wolk

The greatest rapper of all time? That’s a contentious one. But if we rephrase it as “most quotable rapper,” then there’s a shoo-in: William Michael Griffin Jr., the god-on-the-mic better known as RAKIM (born 1968). […]

By: Douglas Wolk

The most enduring recording of SLICK RICK (Richard Walters, aka MC Ricky D and Rick the Ruler, born 1965) is probably his guest appearance on Doug E. Fresh’s “La Di Da Di” in 1985. But […]

By: Douglas Wolk

MARIANNE FAITHFULL (born 1946) is the rare pop musician who’s turned her comeback into the main body of her work. The initial phase of her career — in which her persona was a posh debutante […]

By: Douglas Wolk

For somebody who’s been batting out the hits for thirty years now, ANNIE LENNOX (born 1954) sure doesn’t make a big deal about it: she’s a consistent, reliable entertainer who sails wherever the winds of […]

By: Douglas Wolk

Sheila Escovedo, better known as SHEILA E. (born 1957), is a curious case: a totally solid musician and performer who’s spent the high points of her career in the shadow of a great one. The […]