Mundell Lowe, 1922-2017
Guitarist Mundell Lowe died today. He was 95. Lowe’s career began at 13 when he frequently went from his home in Laurel, Mississippi, to work at clubs in New Orleans’ French Quarter. … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2017-12-02
Quad Cinema Hosts Wyler Festival
WNYC’s Sara Fishko has produced a terrific audio piece about William Wyler and two of his best films — “Dodsworth” and “The Best Years of Our Lives” — both of which are playing among the … read more
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2017-12-02
Amazon Cashes in on AIDS
Modified (but only slightly) from Amazon’s full-page ad in the NYTimes [12/1/2017] … read more
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2017-12-02
Unsettled at the Met: Breuer Building, Southwest Wing, Director’s Search
With the benefit of hindsight, it seems obvious that the Metropolitan Museum, under Tom Campbell‘s directorship, got way ahead of itself in making ambitious plans to undertake a $600,000 makeover of its Southwest Wing for … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2017-12-01
Rolling Stone, Music Journalism, and the Baby Boom
A LOT of people I know have just finished — or are still deep into — the biography of Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner. Sticky Fingers is more than just the story of one … read more
AJBlog: CultureCrashPublished 2017-12-01