Allen Barra / TruthdigOct 12, 2018
As the filmmaker readies for his Festival of Disruption in Los Angeles, one of his most compelling fever dreams deserves another look. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
Allen Barra / TruthdigNov 28, 2017
A former staff writer at the alternative newsweekly reminisces about the paper’s golden age in the 1980s. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Allen Barra / TruthdigDec 25, 2015
Allen Barra sits down with cultural critic Greil Marcus to discuss “Real Life Rock,” a book compilation of Marcus’ “Real Life Rock Top Ten” columns written between 1986 and 2014, and “Three Songs, Three Singers, Three Nations,” his collection of William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in History of American Civilization 2013 at Harvard University. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
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Peter Richardson / TruthdigAug 29, 2014
Author Greil Marcus doesn't explain these 10 songs (including one sung by Amy Winehouse, shown) or their power to thrill him; he tries to re-create in prose how it might have felt to perform them.Author Greil Marcus doesn't explain these 10 songs (including one sung by Amy Winehouse, above) or their power to thrill him; he tries to re-create in prose how it might have felt to perform them. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
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