By: Joe Alterio

One can only hope one’s highlights are as brilliant as his.

By: David Smay

Her voice was an unalloyed conduit of broken love.

By: Tor Aarestad

An enduring love of urban complexity.

By: Matthew Battles

A legacy that’s hard to peg: earnest and spirited, naïve and wise.

By: Joshua Glenn

No Smith, no Star Wars; and Smith is better!

By: Matthew Battles

The Internet’s unofficial patron saint.

By: Katie Hennessey

He was alt-country before alt-country was cool.

By: Annie Nocenti

Ritualized action, cryptic symbols, repetitive narratives, altered states, and voyeurism.

By: Patrick Cates

He pulled the rug out from beneath our quest for truth.

By: Matthew De Abaitua

Davies’ commitment to his own idiosyncrasies is impressive.

By: Mark Kingwell

Philosophical Investigations addresses every central problem of thought.

By: Sarah Weinman

Rat-a-tat consonants and sweet glissandi…

By: Jen Collins

His sad songs are easily bent toward sickly and fucked-up.

By: Brian Berger

“Let my children have music! Let them hear live music. Not noise.”

By: Tim Carmody

The scholar must study the consequences of politics and other inconvenient facts.