Forever Young

Forever Young

The past two years, like many of the 40 immediately preceding them, have been very good to Thurston Moore. In October 2023, he published Sonic Life: A Memoir (Faber & Faber), a 496-page memoir of the first six-and-a-half decades of his life and — thanks to his group Sonic Youth’s having rubbed elbows with every…

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Shotguns, Fistfights, and the Kennedy Assassination: How Lollapolooza Changed Music Festivals

Shotguns, Fistfights, and the Kennedy Assassination: How Lollapolooza Changed Music Festivals

Lollapalooza changed the music festival paradigm. The brainchild of Jane’s Addiction leader Perry Farrell, Lollapalooza launched in 1991 as a touring festival, bringing together artists from alternative rock, rap, industrial, and beyond for a wild and thrilling concert experience. Building on the debut’s runaway success, “Lolla” became an annual event. Over the next several years,…

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