Rolling Stones
Panic in Detroit: the Rolling Stones, Ford Field, November 15, 2021
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Caryn Rose
I’m Caryn Rose and I write about rock and roll & pop culture in places like Pitchfork, NPR Music, Variety, Vulture, Backstreets Magazine, and more. My most recent book is WHY PATTI SMITH MATTERS.
Newsletter
I am so tired of people dying at concerts.
Disclaimer: this is not a news story. This is a heartbroken rant, post Astroworld I am so tired of people dying at concerts. I am so tired of looking for the exits when I get into a place or not going to venues because I legit don’t feel safe
Documentaries
the Velvet Underground via Todd Haynes
between thought and expression lies a lifetime.
Patti Smith
Patti Smith, live at the Albert Hall
she didn't call it "royal" either night
Tributes
Charlie Is My Darling
and then there were three.
Patti Smith
The Patti Smith Group, August 2021: live music in the time of COVID
I'll know my song well before I start singing.
Album Reviews
at the edge of the Sahara, Les Filles de Illighadad
This is how I remember traveling to the Sinai: you took the overnight Egged bus from Tel Aviv’s central bus station to Eilat, the port city at the very bottom of the country. Then, you took a local bus to the border. Once you got there, you cleared Israel
Book Reviews
girls together outrageously: the Lunachicks, Miss Mercy, & more
rebel girl you're the queen of my world.
Radio Radio
radio radio.
is there anybody alive out there?
Book Reviews
the girl in the red beret.
"I can make my own thing and be queen of it, instead of running after Joni Mitchell."
Newsletter
I can't see myself at thirty: R.E.M.'s "Out of Time"
o life.
Album Reviews
THE STOOGES, LIVE AT GOOSE LAKE, AUGUST 8, 1970
"We didn’t ask what was in the bag, we just snorted it."