"Given the way audiences and tastes have shifted since, there will probably never again be a musical year as iconic — …"

"In my book Culture Crash, I date the birth of indie [rock] at 1982, when the Smiths began recording and R.E.M. releas…"

"In a nasty piece of timing, 1999 saw the arrival of Napster and the explosion of file-sharing and music piracy. Indus…"

"1967 was the peak year for psychedelic rock. It gave us Sgt. Pepper’s, debut albums by Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, and t…"

"It was such an exciting time for this music because it was so new. Everyone was figuring this stuff out for the very …"

"You can’t talk about the Summer of Love without diving into the songs that made it legendary. In 1967, music wasn’t j…"

"Iceland did very well. That was "Beathoven", not Beethoven. Beethoven is probably rolling over just at the moment."

"I remember 1977; I started going to concerts and I saw the Led Zeppelin. I got a guitar on Christmas day; I dreamed t…"

"The actual cost to the state of the AFDC program was minimal, but its symbolism was incalculable. The end of welfare …"