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Tag: role models

Never Sometimes Meet Your Idols

Music
By Dr. Frank | February 17, 2020
By Dr. Frank | February 17, 2020

Never Sometimes Meet Your Idols

Dr. Frank (Mr. T Experience) spent a few minutes with Johnny Thunders, and got a memory and souvenir for a lifetime.

Amy Rigby on Becoming “Elton Girl”

Music
By Amy Rigby | November 7, 2019
By Amy Rigby | November 7, 2019

Amy Rigby on Becoming “Elton Girl”

The singer-songwriter offers up an introduction to the Elton John chapter of her book, Girl to City: A Memoir.

I Made a Daniel Johnston-Themed Cartoon Video and Daniel Watched It

Music
By Morgan Enos | September 17, 2019
By Morgan Enos | September 17, 2019

I Made a Daniel Johnston-Themed Cartoon Video and Daniel Watched It

Morgan Enos (Other Houses) talks the animated music video he made for a Daniel Johnston song as a teenager.

How I Found Myself Opening For KT Tunstall on a 22-City Tour

Music
By Maddie Ross | August 30, 2019
By Maddie Ross | August 30, 2019

How I Found Myself Opening For KT Tunstall on a 22-City Tour

Maddie Ross talks performing across America with her "lifelong songwriting idol."

The Sacred Microcosm of the Cocteau Twins

Music
By Azam Ali | May 17, 2019
By Azam Ali | May 17, 2019

The Sacred Microcosm of the Cocteau Twins

Azam Ali pays tribute to the "ethereal legends."

Fury Finds Inspiration in Wim Wenders and Sam Shepard

Music
By Jeremy Stith | May 9, 2019
By Jeremy Stith | May 9, 2019

Fury Finds Inspiration in Wim Wenders and Sam Shepard

The hardcore band brought a lot to their new album Failed Entertainment.

Queen of the In-Betweens

Music
By Mackenzie Howe | April 11, 2019
By Mackenzie Howe | April 11, 2019

Queen of the In-Betweens

Mackenzie Howe (The Wild Reeds) pays tribute to her tomboy hero Suzi Quatro.

A Billion Dollar Baby on the Desolate Plains

Music
By Tyson Meade | April 3, 2019
By Tyson Meade | April 3, 2019

A Billion Dollar Baby on the Desolate Plains

Tyson Meade reflects on Alice Cooper, rock & roll gender-bending, and 45 years of Billion Dollar Babies

Pour on the Steam: Little Richard at Age 19

Music
By Adam Weiner | March 20, 2019
By Adam Weiner | March 20, 2019

Pour on the Steam: Little Richard at Age 19

Adam Weiner (Low Cut Connie) tells a tale of magical personhood in a Macon, Georgia bus station.

On the Road with Willie Nelson

Music
By Drew Holcomb | January 17, 2019
By Drew Holcomb | January 17, 2019

On the Road with Willie Nelson

“Almost every singer and songwriter alive today would put Willie Nelson on their Mount Rushmore of living legends.”

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