James Wolcott

Legs McNeil on Joey Ramone, punk in 2012, and not trusting music critics

Legs McNeil is a legendary rock music historian, author and journalist. He co-founded and wrote for Punk Magazine back in the mid-'70s, is a former senior editor for Spin, and founder/editor of Nerve magazine in 1992. He is renowned as co-author of Please Kill Me: the Uncensored Oral History of Pu ... More >>

Artists of the Year

We identify the most interesting, influential and inimitable artists of 2007.

Artists of the Year

Christopher Hitchens

Job Had It Easy

Good Grief: Joan Didion tries to write about loss without losing it

Kids Demand More Gore on Television

Al Gore's Current TV takes an earnest poke at news and culture

All the President's Lies

In recent weeks, the press and some Democrats have finally taken up a critical White House deception about Iraq and uranium. What took them so long? And what about all the other lies?

Jesus Died For This Book

James Wood creates a whiny liar who's got it in for God

Barbs and Ken: A sleazy celeb funhouse

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