Jonathan Franzen

New Yorker Fest goes virtual for 2020 w/ Fiona Apple, Steve Martin, Jerry Seinfeld & more

Plus: Dr. Anthony Fauci, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez & Elizabeth Warren, Chris Rock, Margaret Atwood, Natasha Lyonne & Maya Rudolph, and more.

Slipknot's Corey Taylor & others narrating 'Our Band Could Be Your Life' audiobook

Phil Elverum of Mount Eerie, Laura Jane Grace, Jeff Tweedy, Colin Meloy of The Decemberists, Sharon Van Etten, Fred Armisen and others also read chapters from Michael Azerrad’s indispensable 2001 chronicle, which is getting its first audiobook edition.

Title Fight and Pianos Become the Teeth list their favorite music (and more) of 2015

Title Fight and Pianos Become the Teeth are both forward-thinking post-hardcore bands who share a big portion of each other’s fanbases, toured together as recently as last year, and are sort of labelmates (PBTT is on Epitaph and TF is on Epitaph’s sister label …

Revenge of The Bookeaters (Paul Simon, Department of Eagles, Thao Nguyen, Kyp Malone, etc) @ Town Hall - pics

While millions were home watching the town hall debate betwen Barack Obama and John McCain, I was at Town Hall the venue missing it watching a variety of entertainers help raise money for 826NYC, an organization that helps educate children (Oct 7, 2008)…