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On Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew
Critics past and present reflect on the legacy of Miles Davis' landmark jazz-fusion record
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Writing a Life of John Coltrane
Sam Stephenson discusses biographies of the tenor saxophonist in The Paris Review
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BAMS: Modernist Studies Essay Prize 2015
The British Association for Modernist Studies invites submissions for its annual essay prize for early career scholars
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Michael Stipe on Douglas Coupland and 9/11
Former REM frontman reflects on the images that haunt America
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The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan: 1963 Photoshoot
A selection of the photographs taken by Don Hunstein
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David Lynch: Film vs. Television
Tim Walker asks David Lynch his opinions on television, film, art and his recent music projects
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Glenn Gould Remastered – The Complete Album Collection
A definitive new boxset released by Sony Music and Columbia Records
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Draff: Samuel Beckett Conference, TCD 2016
Calling for Submissions to a 2016 conference at Trinity College, Dublin
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Calm — On Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line
An abridgement of Simon Critchley's landmark essay on the 1999 film
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A Love Supreme: Rare Photographs of John Coltrane
Chuck Stewart reveals rarely glimpsed images of Coltrane in the 1960s
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Wittgenstein vs. Scientism
Ray Monk on the Wittgenstein and the humanities Ludwig Wittgenstein is regarded by many, including myself, as the greatest philosopher of this century. His two great works, Tractatus...
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Samuel Beckett: ‘Beginning of the murmur’
I am delighted to have an article included in the prestigious Beckett periodical, Samuel Beckett Today / Aujourd’hui . This most recent volume celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Beckett...
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Celebrating Roland Barthes at 100
New open-access journal launched to celebrate Roland Barthes’ centenary Introducing Barthes Studies Neil Badmington And lead us not into doxa… I have an uneasy feeling that Roland Barthes, were he...
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The Man Who Fell to Earth
Few artists have excited me like David Bowie. As a teenager, the punk electronica of Low, the bombast of “Heroes”, and the angular anthems of Lodger helped me acclimatise to living alone in the city....
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Ludwig Wittgenstein on Twitter
The late great philosopher of logic and life makes an appearance on social media Ludwig Wittgenstein If you are looking for New Year’s inspiration, the austere Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein...
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Lars Iyer on the influence of Thomas Bernhard
Author of Wittgenstein Jr and the Spurious trilogy of novels describes Bernhard’s devilish sensibility Thomas Bernhard is a kind of figurehead for many authors, I think. I’m reminded of what Henry...
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Chasin’ the ‘Trane
Spent this afternoon listening to John Coltrane. Complete Atlantic and Village Vanguard recordings. Fantastic! pic.twitter.com/cmppICpA2V — Rhys Tranter (@RhysTranter) January 28, 2016 Filed under:...
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Thelonious Monk performing
Thelonious Monk performs at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1975. #jazz #photography pic.twitter.com/8Dz97WhKMv — Rhys Tranter (@RhysTranter) February 1, 2016 Filed under: Jazz, Music, Photography,...
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Dolphy
Eric Dolphy playing alto saxophone in 1964. #jazz #photography pic.twitter.com/fsHwXJy9LV — Rhys Tranter (@RhysTranter) February 2, 2016 Filed under: Jazz, Music, Photography, Twitter Tagged: 1900s,...
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David Bowie on Work
I’m just an individual who doesn’t feel that I need to have somebody qualify my work in any particular way. I’m working for me. — David Bowie Filed under: Biography & Memoir, Film, Music,...
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