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."
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 can't see myself at thirty: R.E.M.'s "Out of Time"
o life.
Springsteen
Springsteen's "Letter To You"
I told him I was already overdue for Cheyenne.
Album Reviews
THE STOOGES, LIVE AT GOOSE LAKE, AUGUST 8, 1970
"We didn’t ask what was in the bag, we just snorted it."
New York Dolls
RIP to the Gem Spa
I wanna know.
Newsletter
full tilt boogie.
I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
Springsteen
On Springsteen's "Western Stars," the film
"You walk on through the dark, because that's where the next morning is."
the Who
The Who, Madison Square Garden, September 1, 2019
Down at the Astoria / the scene was changing.
Pilgrimage
pilgrimage: we are stardust.
TRAFFIC UPTIGHT AT HIPPIE FEST
Album Reviews
Woodstock – Back to the Garden: The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive
Will the snake people please meet Peggy at the Information Booth
Concert Reviews
The Ballad of Low Cut Connie
Some people want to die so they can be free.
Springsteen
There Goes My Miracle: On Springsteen's "Western Stars"
I wake up in the morning / just glad my boots are on.