Category Archives: Music

Prince, Todd, RuPaul, & Me

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Robert Burke Warren

Prince and I did not get off, so to speak, on the good foot. While he would ultimately influence me – both personally and musically – as much as Bowie or the Beatles (my Trinity), his presence initially challenged the most important friendship of my life. Then, it cemented that friendship, and led to funk n’ roll adventures alongside a superstar-in-exile named RuPaul. Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Memoir, Music, Popped Culture, Sex, Soul Seduction, The Arts, The Weeklings, Uncategorized | Tagged dirty mind, Prince, robert burke warren, RuPaul | 9 Comments

Bob Dylan’s Lover: Imagined

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Darren Anderson

What happens when Bob Dylan starts talking to you about the woman he loves? Darren Anderson channels it here. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciations, Music, Uncategorized | Tagged " "Blonde on Blonde", " "Love Minus Zero (No Limit), " "She Belongs to Me, "The Cutting Edge, Bob Dylan, Bootleg Series | 5 Comments

How I Became Pretentious

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Dan Fox

Why should you and I should be more pretentious? In his soon-to-be released book-length essay, PRETENTIOUSNESS: WHY IT MATTERS (see raves here in the Economist, the Guardian, the Spectator and even Vice), Dan Fox defends it beautifully. “Pretension is permission … Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir, Music | Tagged pretentiousness | Leave a comment

Younger Americans: Bowie Through Our Eyes

Posted on January 21, 2016 by The Editors

The Weeklings editors each pick a favorite David Bowie song for a short recollection spanning his voluminous career. Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Ashes to Ashes, Bowie rest in peace, David Bowie, Major Tom, The Weeklings, Thin White Duke, ziggy stardust | 3 Comments

Beyond Let’s Dance: Four Great Bowie Songs

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Davis Schneiderman

Davis Schneiderman digs into the crates for a quartet of under-appreciated David Bowie songs. Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged blackstar, David Bowie, heathen, Love, plato, Sunday, Thin White Duke, toni morrison, tribute, wing | Leave a comment

O’Connor and Coltrane: Saints of American Art

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Sean Murphy

Flannery O’Connor wanted to jolt you with the violent shock of recognition, in the service of artistic if not spiritual consecration; Coltrane wanted to transcend the insanity altogether, altering consciousness through a profoundly moving colloquy. Continue reading →

Posted in Literature, Music | Tagged A Good Man is Hard To Find, A Love Supreme, A Prayer Journal, cancer, Dostoyevsky, Flannery O'Connor, God, Grace, John Coltrane, Lupus, Mystery and Manners, Rashied Ali, The Saint John Coltrane Church | 5 Comments

Serving Time In Sonic Youth

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Richard Edson

You’ve seen Renaissance man and esteemed guest Weekling Richard Edson onscreen in Do the Right Thing, Platoon, Stranger Than Paradise, and dozens of other films, but you probably don’t know he was the original drummer in seminal NYC post-punk noise mavens Sonic Youth. In this fascinating slice of life, he shares his riveting account of being a participant in several crucial music movements at once. The arty, funky, early 80s East Village lives again! Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema, Literature, Memoir, Monday Rock City, Music, Popped Culture, The Arts, Uncategorized | Tagged 80s, eighties, konk, lower east side, richard edson, sonic youth | 4 Comments