[Starting today and continuing for the next two, I'm republishing an essay that first appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education last September, assuming that most readers of fake chinese rubber plant aren't also subscribers to the Chronicle. Hope you enjoy! --KD] At my high school—Taft High, Woodland Hills, Calif., also the alma mater of Jane [...]
So, ponder this: Why do The Runaways deserve a movie? What’s the hook—what’s the movie, what were The Runaways, about? I’d looked forward eagerly to the film; it left me quite disappointed. Well, the first all-girl rock band, right? But that answer just begs further questions. What’s newsworthy about an all-girl rock band? Presumably it’s [...]
When talking about It Might Get Loud with some friends (see post for Feb. 24), the inevitable questions were raised. First: are Jimmy Page, The Edge, and Jack White really the logical choices to represent three “generations” of rock guitarists? Wouldn’t Clapton have been as interesting, or more, than Page? Slash is just four years [...]