Today we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Punk. For 40 years, punk has influenced not just music, but fashion, film, art… not to mention hairstyles. So what makes punk… punk? Music journalist Legs McNeil is the guy who named it. And chronicled it. Along with Gillian McCain wrote THEE book on the history of punk. It’s an oral history called “Please Kill Me.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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He recently produced a set of CDs for the BBC that include rare recordings of the prominent writers.
John Hodgeman has written an almanac called "The Areas of My Expertise." It's comprised entirely of fake facts.
Mike Greenberg is a self-described metrosexual who cares a lot about his appearance and lifestyle.
Karen Armstrong talks with Anne Strainchamps about her tangled path back to God after leaving the convent.
Many things can evoke a memory. Like a smell. Or a touch. When Mamek Khadem wanted to evoke the memory of her native Iran during the Islamic revolution in 1979, she did it with music.
Jason Zinoman talks to Jim Fleming about his book, "Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror."
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