Category: THE BACK PAGE

I didn’t buy the Guided By Voices tickets thinking they could be for my last show. That was in October,

I don’t think I’ve ever been as ready to rip down a calendar as I have been this year. It

So a middle-aged white dude—a freaking sports writer, no less—went to a Bruce Springsteen show the other night. In 2016

The big Desert Trip Music Festival seemed like an obvious target for a Back Page column. Something smartass about a

At this point, I believe I qualify for dual citizenship as an honorary Norwegian. No, I haven’t spent the last

One of the things we’re going to miss when all the rock bands are gone is the way you developed

I was starting to think that I really hated technology when it came to its effect on music. Then I

Sebadoh is helping me understand this Donald Trump thing. If that doesn’t make sense to you, then you’re probably a

A couple weeks back, I was flipping through a certain music magazine when something struck me. There was a band

When you do something as long as I’ve written The Back Page, your perspective can get a little skewed. One

We’ve been had. OK, I’ve been had. I shouldn’t speak for you on this important point. I bought Ryan Adams’

OK, so I’ve been doing these for quite a while now. Correct me if I’m wrong, but the first year

This is why it’s worth hanging around. You just never know what the hell might happen. We were standing in

The occasion of MAGNET's anniversary has a lot of us reflecting on just what the hell we think we've been