Archive - No Such Thing As Was

I'm talking about the human race

Celebrating the great David Johansen (1950-2025) in the studio and onstage

13 hrs ago •

February 2025

Play This Book Loud: Noisy Essays

My new book of music essays is out in May with University of Georgia Press

Feb 27 •

What do you do when the world's wrong?

The Rationals, SRC, the Free, the Third Power, and the earnestness of a lost era

Feb 21 •

Only time can write a song

Some thoughts on Richard Hell and the Voidoids' underrated Destiny Street

Feb 14 •

All that I need

An obscure Cross Jordan Singers Gospel 45 has found me at just the right time

Feb 8 •

January 2025

Can you feel it coming?

A valuable, late-arriving lesson courtesy Phil Collins and Hugh Padgham

Jan 30 •

What'cha doin' downtown?

Jamming to five songs from the soundtrack of Andy Shernoff's New York City

Jan 22 •

Still no time for the blues

Flashing back on Orville Bateman Neeley's bands OBN III and Bad Sports

Jan 17 •

See what’s right, see what’s there

Reflecting on a lovely song, and some practical advice, from Paul McCartney

Jan 10 •

Philip James Bonomo, 1930-2024

Some thoughts on my Dad and grief

Jan 3 •

December 2024

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