SUBJECT: Jay Babcock
Updated May 24, 2008

ARTHUR MAGAZINE BACK TO LIFE, NOW 100% OWNED BY CO-FOUNDER AND EDITOR JAY BABCOCK. BIMONTHLY PUBLICATION RESUMED OCTOBER 2007. LATEST ISSUE NO. 29 (MAY 2008). MORE INFO AT ARTHURMAG.COM

OLD PUBLISHED WORK.


"Man-Machines of Loving Grace": interview with Ralf Hutter of Kraftwerk (LAWeekly, June 3-9, 2005)

"Instant Rock for the People": A thinkpiece on the White Stripes' "Blue Orchid" (LAWeekly, May 6-12, 2005)

Arthur 16/May 2005 (editor, etc)

Picks for the LAWeekly: Antony & the Johnsons/CocoRosie, New Winter Garden Music feat. Winter Flowers and Becky Stark, The Kills (again), Little Wings, SUNNO)))/Hidden Hand/Earth, 22-20s, Tinariwen, Gris Gris, The Black Keys/The Cuts (again), High On Fire/Khanate/etc., Parliament-Funkadelic, Monster Magnet, Tom Carter, Entrance/Vetiver/Brightblack, The Veils, The Ponys, Trad Gras Och Stenar, Yeah Yeah Yeahs (again), Super Furry Animals (again), Nardwuar's Nard Wars, Country Teasers, Chuck Dukowski Sextet/Saccharine Trust/Nels Cline, Mark Lanegan Band, Mondo Generator, Hard Place, Antibalas, Spiritualized, Darediablo, Black Box Recorder, Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, The Cuts (again), The Allman Brothers Band, Brant Bjork (again)/Yawning Man (again), Eagles of Death Metal/Red Onions (again), Luke Steele of the Sleepy Jackson, Jet (again), The Red Onions (again), The Red Onions, KRMTX (Chromatics), Greg Ginn/Yawning Man/Vic Du Monte's Idiot Prayer, The Locust/Kill Me Tomorrow, The Cuts, High On Fire (again), Jet, The Coral/Kings of Leon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Delgados, The Kills (again), Turbonegro, Brant Bjork/Chuck Dukowski  Sextet, King Crimson, The 88, John Sinclair, the Walkmen/Hot Hot Heat, The Black Keys (again), Yawning Man.


OTHER PUBLISHED WORK.

Arthur 15 (editor, etc)

"Slog Rock at Remedial Metal Skool": RTX at Spaceland, Dec 14 (LAWeekly, 31 Dec 2004)

Royal Trux was Jennifer Herrema and Neil Hagerty. They've split and tonight, it's Jennifer on her own with four musicians as "RTX" (he got the vowels).  With no Sonny to her Cher, or is the other way around?, Herrema stands, swagger or fall on her own: the band may be a group but it's obviously hers to command. Not that undiluted Herrema is a desireable thing. For one, with Neil out of the picture, there's no high end on the vocals, just Herrema's non-stop, barely melodic sneer. Couple this with Jennifer's current musical concept -- stiff beats and dork riffs, steeped in '70s/'80s pop metal, played by Guitar Insituters and rock champion Paz Lenchantin on bass -- and we've got Metal Skool by Harmony Korine: what would happen if the kids from art class got damaged by the gym with the remedial-class hessians, making sloggy bottom songs out of variations on Slash riffs. On record, the hooks are audible and enjoyable in a Blackhearts kind of way, but live, the beats don't swing, the vocals go completely illegible, the twin guitars keep chugging away in the key of generic. Yeck. And yet, due to Herrema's presence, or pose, I guess--leaning on the mic, laughing, lit cigarette, albino hair, hoody sweat jacket, two bottles open, three sheets to the wind, playing back-to-back with Paz leaning on her--this out-there wink-free take on arena rock is strangely compelling in its sheer, audacious wrong-weirdness. Total Gummo. man. [Jay Babcock]

Arthur 14 (editor, etc)

"Body Invaders": Comets on Fire profile (LAWeekly)

Nirvana (Word Magazine [UK], Dec 2004)

Arthur 13 (editor, cover feature co-author)

Bright Eyes, Jim James, M. Ward live at the Orpheum (LAWeekly, Oct 22-28, 2004)

The Incredible String Band, Espers live at McCabe's (LAWeekly, Oct 15-21, 2004)

Entrance/Brightblack Morning Light/Vetiver live at Spaceland - Sept 1 review (LAWeekly, Sept 3-9, 2004)

Arthur No. 12/Sept 2004 (editor; Grant Morrison interview author)

"Sound Methods and Weird Channels: How producer and Masters of Reality main man Chris Goss got his groove" (LAWeekly, August 25-September 2, 2004)

Short feature on "new weird folk" with Ben Chasny, Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom and Vashti Bunyan (Mojo, September 2004)

"Is It Brilliant?": The Hives, Reigning Sound, Sahara Hotnights live at the Henry Fonda review (LAWeekly, Aug 13-19, 2004)

"E=MC5": MC5 live at Spaceland review (LAWeekly, July 16-22 2004)

"Changing of the Gardener" feature about Amir's Garden (LAWeekly, July 16-22, 2004)

Vetiver feature (LAWeekly, July 9-15, 2004)

Arthur No. 11 (July) (editor)

Eagles of Death Metal feature (LAWeekly, June 11-17, 2004)

Arthur No. 10 (April) (editor, Joanna Newsom feature writer)

"In-N-Outlessness": some comments on the Glendale In-N-Out (LAWeekly, April 23-29, 2004)

"After Midnight": the Twilight Singers at Spaceland (LAWeekly, April 23-29, 2004)

Big Sparks feature (Mojo, April 2004)

Arthur No. 9 (editor, Liars feature writer)

"They're Just Three Men From Detroit": music band HARD PLACE profiled (LAWeekly, Jan 23-29, 2004)

Interview with ALEXANDRO JODOROWSKY (LAWeekly, Jan 2-8, 2004)

2003 music list thing. (LAWeekly, Dec 26, 03-Jan 1, 04) -- read the better version below in 'unpublished work' section.

Arthur No. 8 (editor)

 "Saved by the Light": Spiritualized live at the Avalon (LAWeekly, Nov. 28-Dec. 4, 2003)

Arthur Magazine No. 7 (Nov 03) (editor, writer, co-owner)

Ween at the Wiltern, reviewed [scroll down] (LAWeekly, Oct 3-9, 2003)

Allman Brothers Band at the Greek, reviewed [scroll down] (LAWeekly, Sept. 26-Oct 2, 2003)

Arthur Magazine 6 (Sept 03) (editor, writer, co-owner)

"The Kids Arenât Alright . . . Theyâre Amazing" (LAWeekly, Sept. 19-25, 2003): a longish thinker featuring interviews with Devendra Banhart, the Black Keys and The Cuts.

"New Doom Rising": Sunn0))) profiled (LAWeekly, Aug 22-28, 2003)

"Panty Raided" -- short piece for "A Considerable Town" (LAWeekly, Aug 15-21, 2003)

THE HISS live at Spaceland, July 10, 2003 (LAWeekly, July 25 - 31, 2003)

ARTHUR MAGAZINE 5 (July 03) (editor)

"Miracle in the desert": THE STOOGES at Coachella, reviewed (LAWeekly, May 2-8, 2003)

Arthur 4 (May 03) (editor)

Pure Class: THE UPPER CRUST live at Spaceland (LAWeekly, Feb. 28-Mar 6 03)

The Real Dadrock: THE 88, profiled (LAWeekly, Feb. 28-Mar 6 03)

Arthur 3 (Mar 03) (editor)

James Blood Ulmer Trio at the Jazz Bakery (LAWeekly, Feb 7-13)

Utter Non Sense: decoding Boyd Rice (LAWeekly, Jan 17-23, 03)

"Down by the River, I Found My Cherry Tomato" (LAWeekly, Jan 10-16, '03)

Arthur 2 (Jan 03) (editor)

Some favorite music from 2002 (LAWeekly, Dec 27 02 -Jan 2 03)

"Larger Than Life": FATSO JETSON profile/feature (LAWeekly, Dec 6-12, '02)
    Please read the EXTENDED VERSION -- it's more than 2.5 times longer/better!!! [with two corrections]

Scoring the Clubs picks (LAWeekly):  Jane's Addiction, Mondo Generator/earthlings?/Fatso Jetson, Centimeters/Arugula/Yellow Number Five, Neotropic/Eight Frozen Modules, Sigur Ros, The Soundtrack of Our Lives (again), The Datsuns (again), Doug Martsch, Sourvein, Experimental Audio Research, Brendan Benson, Today Is the Day, The Greenhornes, Sahara Hotnights (again), Eyes Adrift and Mike Watt & The Secondmen, Interpol, The Liars & Yeah Yeah Yeahs,Robert Plant, The Soledad Brothers, The Cherry Valence, Michael Gira, Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions/Soledad Brothers, Fatso Jetson, The Black Keys, The Fire Show, The Datsuns, The Kills, Neil Hamburger, Guided By Voices/My Morning Jacket, N*E*R*D, Mercury Rev/The Shins, The White Stripes, Andrew W.K., The Hives, George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Moving Units/Centimeters/Gemineye, Paul McCartney, The Vines, Godflesh, High On Fire, Halo, Scientist, Radar Brothers, Spiritualized, Califone, The Soundtrack of Our Lives and Sahara Hotnights.

ARTHUR #1/Oct 02, editor

My Morning Jacket interview-profile (Mojo, Nov '02)

The Music live at the Troubadour (LAWeekly, Nov 22-28, '02)

"The Dangerous Lives of Desert Boys": QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE cover feature (LAWeekly, Aug 30-Sept 5, 2002); includes interviewage with Josh Homme, Nick Oliveri, Brant Bjork, John Garcia,  Chris Goss,Mario "Boomer" Lalli and Alfredo Hernandez. Special thanks to Joshua Sindell, Scott Reeder, Mark Lanegan, Dave Catching, Mathias Schneeberger, Larry Lalli, and Pete Stahl for their invaluable help on this feature.

MICHAEL GIRA live at the Derby (LAWeekly, Aug 30-Sept. 5, 2002)

SLAYER live at the Universal Amphitheatre (LAWeekly, Aug 23-29, 2002)

THE BLACK KEYS live at the Garage (LAWeekly, Aug 16-22, 2002)

"Let There Be Doom": a visit with SOUTHERN LORD label chief Greg Anderson  (LAWeekly, Aug 2-8, 2002)

"Fire Show Theatre": THE FIRE SHOW at Spaceland live review (LAWeekly, Aug 9-15, 2002)

THE KILLS, THE DATSUNS live (LAWeekly, Aug 2-8, 2002)

"Minutes for FLAMING LIPS shareholder meeting at Amoeba Records LA" (LAWeekly, July 26-Aug 1, 2002)

"One Band, Under God": LIFT TO EXPERIENCE live (LAWeekly, July 12-18, 2002)

"Boys and Men": GUIDED BY VOICES and MY MORNING JACKET live at the House of Blues (LAWeekly, July 5-11, 2002)

"Use Your Allusion" : LIFT TO EXPERIENCE interview/profile (LAWeekly, June 28-July 4, 2002)

"Lizard Queens and Amazing Things": MERCURY REV live at El Rey (LAWeekly, June 28-July 4 2002)

Review of ANDREW W.K. at the House of Blues (LAWeekly, June 14-20, 2002)

Review of THE WHITE STRIPES, BRENDAN BENSON & THE WELL-FED BOYS and WHIRLWIND HEAT at El Rey (LAWeekly, June 7-13, 2002)

Review of SUPER FURRY ANIMALS at the El Rey (LAWeekly, May 17-23, 2002)

"Like A Rhinestone Preacher": review of NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS'  Wiltern engagement (LAWeekly, May 10-16, 2002)

"Midnight Movies at the Planetarium": long review of SUPER FURRY ANIMALS' Rings Around the World (LAWeekly, May 3-9, 2002)

"Canon Fodder": THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES live at the Point Loma Quality Inn Hotel (LAWeekly, April 12-18 '02)

"One More Real Cool Time": RON AND SCOTT ASHETON, J MASCIS and MIKE WATT talk about The Stooges (LAWeekly, Mar 15-21 '02)

"Akashic Offering": IRA COHEN, human being (LAWeekly, Mar 15-21 '02)

"Face Value": an interview with ANDREW W.K. (LAWeekly, Mar 8-14 '02)

"All Back to My Place" with ALAN MOORE (Mojo, Feb 02)

"A Dossier of Desperate Measures": a review of the latest recordings by MOGWAI and three GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR!-related groups (LAWeekly, Feb 22-28 '02)

Liner notes for R.L. BURNSIDE's live album Burnside on Burnside (Fat Possum)

"The Rational Shaman: Watchmen writer ALAN MOOREâs adventures in magic" profile interview (LAWeekly, Jan 4-Jan 10 '02)
Transcript of interview with David J regarding his collaborations/friendship with Alan Moore

Galactic Zoo Dossier #5 reviewed (LAWeekly, Jan 18-24 02)

"Scoring the Clubs" picks, etc. (LAWeekly, 2000-2002): including Acid Mothers Temple, Mondo Generator, Queens of the Stone Age, Antibalas, John Waters/Peaches, Neil Halstead, David J, Psyco on da Bus featuring Tony Allen, Black Jack Johnson, The Hives, The Angels of Light, King Crimson & John Paul Jones, Sparklehorse, Femi Kuti, Tomahawk, Built to Spill, High on Fire, Clinic, Kaito, Black Crowes/Beachwood Sparks, Acid Mothers Temple, Chris Goss (Masters of Reality), Adrian Sherwood, Starsailor, The Actual Tigers, Zeni Geva, Peaches, Charlatans UK, The White Stripes, ROVO, Lilys, Chocolate Genius, Neil Hamburger, Califone, Black Crowes/Oasis, Sizzla, J Mascis & the Fog with Ron Asheton, Chicks On Speed, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, David Thomas & Two Pale Boys, Nardwuar, Rebirth Brass Band and more.

Interview-feature with Sebastien Meissner of RANDOM_INC. (Sound Collector #7, published Dec '01)

"America's Most Wanted": BLACK FLAG's first five years; Read this version -- it's 50% longer!  (Mojo, Dec '01)
"BLACK FLAG: A 12-Step Program in Self-Reliance" -- how they did it themselves, in their own words. Tons of nuts-n-bolts stuff that didn't make it into the Mojo piece. (LAWeekly, June 22-29, 2001)

2001 wrap-up: some favorite music stuff (unedited) (a shorter version ran in the LAWeekly, Dec 29 '01-Jan 3 '02)

"Kid AAAA": a review of THE FIRE SHOW's Above the Volcano of Flowers (LAWeekly, Dec 14-20 '01)

"A Walrus Shrugged: Chilling with AWOL-ONE, the Rapper Laureate of La Habra"(LA Weekly, Dec 07-13 '01; OC Weekly, Dec 14-20 '01)

FEMI KUTI album review (LAWeekly, Nov 30-Dec 06 '01)

THE FALL live review (LAWeekly, Nov 23-29, '01)

Review of Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions album (LAWeekly, Nov 16-22, '01)

Feature interview with Jason Pierce of Spiritualized. (LAWeekly, Nov 9-15, '01)

Get Your Angst On: an interview with "Get Your War On" comic strip creator David Rees (LAWeekly, Nov. 2-Nov 8 '01)
    LONGER VERSION available here (Oct. 29, 2002)

"Dark Tidings: MERCURY REV's bedtime stories" album review feature (LAWeekly, Oct-26-Nov 1 '01)

Chris Goss (Masters of Reality) & Friends live review (Mojo, November 2001)

"Trux Royalty Deposed": Neil Michael Hagerty short interview-feature (LAWeekly, Oct. 19-25 '01)

Perry Farrell cover feature (LAWeekly, Sep. 7-13, 2001)
Complete interview transcript: Perry Farrell, July 2001

Angels of Light "How I Loved You" album review (LAWeekly, Aug 2001)

"I Know What Rufus Did Last Summer":  Rufus Wainwright interview feature (LAWeekly, July 20-26, 2001)

"Black Flag: A 12-Step Program in Self-Reliance" -- how they did it themselves, in their own words (LAWeekly, June 22-29, 2001)

J. Mascis & The Fog with Ron Asheton at the El Rey -- live review (Mojo, July 2001)

Puffy AmiYumi's Spike reviewed (LAWeekly, June 1-7, 2001)

The Residents at UCLA's Royce Hall (LAWeekly, June 1-7, 2001)

"Still His Purple Majesty": Prince at the Hollywood Palladium (LAWeekly, May 18-24, 2001)
 

"This Is Our Music": Napster as repository of cultural heritage (LAWeekly, May 11-17, 2001)

Review of Coachella Festival (LAWeekly, May 4-10, 2001)

"The Secret of NMH": Neil Hagerty's solo album reviewed (LAWeekly, Apr 13-19, 2001)

"How Cricket Came to Compton": feature on the Compton Cricket Club (Much Respect #1, Spring 2001)

"Sigh Language": Awol-One and Daddy Kev's Souldoubt reviewed (LAWeekly, Mar 30-Apr 5, 2001)

Ulan Bator's Ego: Echo reviewed (LAWeekly, Mar 2-8, 2001)

"Liberation Beat": Antibalas' Martin Perna interviewed (LAWeekly, Feb 16-22, 2001)

"A Bowed Guitar Runs Through It": Sigur Ros reviewed (LAWeekly, Feb 2-8, 2001)

"Luckiest Dozen": A Year in Music (LAWeekly, Dec. 29, 2000-Jan. 4, 2001)

KENNETH ANGER on the making of Hollywood Babylon I, II and III (Hotdog, Dec 2000)
 

"Exitos Annatatos" with Brad Laner (Sound Collector 5)

"THE GRATEFUL DEAF: The Ten Loudest Rock Bands of All Time" feature (Mojo, Dec 2000) features interviews with Ted Nugent, Lemmy, Leigh Stephens (Blue Cheer), Michael Gira and Jarboe (Swans), Dave Brock (Hawkwind), Wayne Kramer (MC-5) and Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge). Plus commentary from John Sinclair, Jonathon Poneman, Thurston Moore, Ian MacKaye, Alan McGee and a pair of Atlanta audiologists.
TED NUGENT transcript (Oct. 2000)
LEMMY transcript (Oct. 2000)

"Dead Air: Jim Ladd on the Demise of Freeform Radio" (LAWeekly, Dec 8-14, 2000)

DJ Assault short feature interview (LAWeekly, Dec 1-7, 2000)

"Don't Go Back to Brainville": Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne interviewed (LAWeekly, Nov.17-23, 2000)

"Afrobeat...No Go Die" reviewed (LAWeekly, Nov. 10-16, 2000)

Damon & Naomi and Ghost with Ana D: live review (LAWeekly, Nov. 10-16, 2000)

The Sugarplastic: interview-feature (LAWeekly, Nov. 3-9, 2000)

King Crimson live at the House of Blues: reviewed (LAWeekly, Nov. 3-9, 2000)

Radiohead live at the Greek review (LAWeekly, Oct. 27-Nov. 2, 2000)

"2000: A Cyperspace Oddity": Radiohead "Kid A" review (LAWeekly, Oct. 20-26, 2000)

Pere Ubu and Pole live shows reviewed (LAWeekly, Oct. 20-26, 2000)

"All Back to My Place" column with Matt Groening (Mojo, Oct 2000)

"Smack My Glitch Up": kid606 feature/interview (LAWeekly, Aug. 25-31, 2000)

Talkin' the Opera: Mike Watt does an exegesis of Contemplating the Engine Room (posted August 23, 2000)

"Meet the Maker": Matt Groening feature-interview (The Scotsman, August 2000)

"Radical Cheek": Lolita Storm/Hanin Elias feature-interview  (LAWeekly, Aug. 11-17, 2000)

Interview with Matt Pike of High On Fire (Mean, Jul/Aug '00)

Interview with Amon Tobin (Mean, Jul/Aug '00)

"Lone Soul Music": Richard Ashcroft feature/interview (Mean, Jul/Aug 2000)
Complete transcript: Richard Ashcroft, May 17, 2000

"Bombs Away!": A huge interview with Bobby Gillespie and Mani of Primal Scream (Mean, May-Jun '00)

"The Strange Tale of Marvin Pontiac": Interviews with John Lurie and Norman Hector(Mean, May-Jun '00)

"Cosmic Cuckoos": Julian Cope's Cornucopea festival: a review  (LAWeekly, May 12-18, 2000)

"The Gospel According to Paul (Pope)": An interview with comics artist Paul Pope (Mean, Feb-Mar 2000)

"Problems With Theory": An interview with Ian Svenonius of the Make-Up (Mean, Feb-Mar 2000)

"Where It All Went Wrong": Oasis album review (LAWeekly, March 10-16, 2000)

1999 Lucky Dozen (LAWeekly, Dec. 31 1999-Jan 2000)

"Thieves Like Us": Review of The Charlatans UK's Us and Us Only(December 24 - 30, 1999)

Interview with Bogdan Raczynski (Mean, Dec '99-Jan '00)

Interview with Bodenstandig 2000 (Mean, Dec '99-Jan '00)

"Life Is A Terrible Experience": An interview with Brother Theodore (Mean, Dec '99-Jan '00)

"Your Brain Is a Crazy Guy!": A Midnight Conversation with Alexandro Jodorowsky (Mean, Dec 99/Jan 00)

"Deep Cover": A Rap with Nels Cline and Mike Watt about John Coltrane (Mean, Sept-Nov '99)

"Advanced Reprogramming": An interview with Carl Craig regarding Innerzone Orchestra (Mean, Sept-Nov '99)

"Southern Compatibility" and "Satan's Temp Agency": Inteviews with Nile Southern regarding Terry Southern (Mean, Sept-Nov '99)

"Of Dark Crimes and Bunglery": Art-rock Criminals Mike Patton and Trevor Dunn discuss Mr. Bungle and Fantomas (Mean, Sept-Nov '99)

"The Man Who Fell From the Ceiling": An interview with Bob Burden (Flaming Carrot, Mystery Men) (Mean, Sept-Nov '99)

"Still Walking Like a Panther": a short interview with Bobby Seale (Vibe, August '99)
Complete interview transcript: Bobby Seale: March 17, 1999

"What's Cookin'?": a feature interview with Raekwon (Rap Pages, August '99)

"Citizens' Band": Super Furry Animals feature-interview (LAWeekly, August 6-12, 1999)

"Nerve Action": Review of the Flaming Lips' The Soft Bulletin (LAWeekly, July 16 - 22, 1999)

"A Perfect Pop Plan": Review of The Lilys' The 3-Way (LAWeekly, July 2-8, 1999)

"Ready to Blow": long feature-interview on ReBirth Brass Band, New Birth Brass Band and Coolbone (Rap Pages, July '99)

"My MP3 Weighs a Ton" news feature (Vibe, May '99)

"Trux Aren't for Kids": Feature interview with Neil Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema of Royal Trux (Mean #3-Summer 1999)

"Welcoming You to the Planet Viridian": a chat with Bruce Sterling (Los Angeles Times, April 22, '99)

"Satori Night Fever": two new Ghost albums reviewed (LAWeekly, April 30-May 6, 1999)

"Tours de Farce," co-written with Peter Relic (Vibe, April '99)

"Night Trippers": Olivia Tremor Control interview/feature (LAWeekly, March 19-25, 1999)

Reviewed: "Out of Tune" by Mojave 3 [Mar 3-9, 1999, New York Press]

Reviewed: Black Sabbath live at the Great Western Forum, Jan. 6 [NYPress, Jan 20-26, '99]

Reviewed: "American Water" by Silver Jews [NYPress, Oct 28-Nov 3, '98]

Reviewed: "Deserter's Songs" by Mercury Rev, "The Orbit of Eternal Grace" by Grasshopper & the Golden Crickets [NYPress, Oct. 21-27, '98]

Reviewed: "Scraps at Midnight" by Mark Lanegan, "Black Music" by Chocolate Genius [NYPress, Aug 12-18, '98]

Reviewed: "Embrya" by Maxwell [NYPress, Jul 15-21, '98]

Reviewed: "The Horror of It All" by Cedell Davis, "Robert Cage Can See What You're Doing" by Robert Cage [NYPress, Jul 8-14, '98]

"A Visit With Ghost's Masaki Batoh" (Giant Robot, '98)

"One World": A feature interview with World B. Free (Grand Royal #6)

"Grandmasters Flash: Black Power on the Chessboard" feature (Rap Pages, May '98)

"Know Your Chicken: Supergrass check in on the condition of Kenny Rogers' Roasters" (Grand Royal #5)

Neil Hamburger interview (with Peter Relic; Grand Royal #4)

Ghostface Killah interview (with Lil Nikkei; Grand Royal #4)

Master P long feature-interview (The Washington Post, Sep 25, 1997)

P. Craig Russell interview (Sci-Fi Universe, July 97)

"Invisible(s) Man": Grant Morrison feature interview (Sci-Fi Universe, April 97)

Howard Chaykin feature interview (Sci-Fi Universe, Feb 97)

Reviews of noteworthy music videos by Pulp, Chemical Brothers, Stone Temple Pilots, the Passengers, the Afghan Whigs, Elastica, etc. (Crash Site FilmZone, 1996)

Alan Moore feature interview (Sci-Fi Universe, 1996)

Getting the Picture With DR. TIMOTHY LEARY: A 1996 interview just weeks before he died

"In Godflesh We Trust": Godflesh feature interview (Rip Magazine, Dec 1996)

"Cheese Wiz": Beck long feature interview (Huh Magazine, July 96)

KIM STANLEY ROBINSON interview (Sci Fi Universe, 1996)

"High Noon": Jeff Noon feature/interview (Sci-Fi Universe, 1996)

godheadsilo short feature interview (Huh Magazine, May 1996)

Mojave 3 short feature interview (Huh Magaizne, Feb 96)

Sparklehorse short feature interview (Huh Magazine, Dec 95)

UNPUBLISHED WORK.
Music I Heard in 2003 and Would Like to Bring to Your Attention List (Dec 2003)

"Conditional Love": Courtney Love on MTV2 for a weekend, reviewed (Sept 2002)

"Hate to Say They Told You So": The Hives, profiled (July 2002)


THE WHITE STRIPES.
"Peppermint Twist": The first signficant feature/interview on The White Stripes in any major publication in the entire world (LAWeekly, Dec. 22-28, 2000)

"Mojo Rising" profile/interview/feature of The White Stripes -- the first significant article on the band in England (Mojo, June 2001)


FELA KUTI.
"Fela: King of the Invisible Art": a feature on FELA ANIKULAPO-KUTI's life and work  (Mean, Dec '99-Jan '00)
    Tony Allen interview re: Fela Kuti
    Ginger Baker interview re: Fela Kuti
    Lester Bowie interview re: Fela Kuti
    Bootsy Collins interview re: Fela Kuti
    Bill Laswell interview re: Fela Kuti
    David Byrne interview re: Fela Kuti
    Femi Kuti interview: "The Son Also Grooves"


INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS
ANDREW W.K. unedited transcript (4-5 February 2002)

PERRY FARRELL, July 2001

TED NUGENT transcript (Oct. 2000)

LEMMY transcript (Oct. 2000)

RICHARD ASHCROFT, May 17, 2000

IAN SVENONIOUS (Make Up): Dec. 9, 1999

BOOTSY COLLINS: October 16, 1999

LESTER BOWIE (Art Ensemble of Chicago): September, 1999

BOB BURDEN (Flaming Carrot, Mystery Men): June 18, 1999

MICHAEL GIRA (Swans): June 3, 1999

BOBBY SEALE: March 17, 1999

THE RZA (Wu-Tang Clan): Fall '98

TIMOTHY LEARY interview with full transcript (1996)

KIM STANLEY ROBINSON interview (1996)

Tim and Mary of STEREOLAB: May 1996

MISC.

"Fela: King of the Invisible Art," a feature on FELA ANIKULAPO-KUTI's life and work that I put together for Mean Magazine #6 (December '99), is included in Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000: The Year's Finest Writing on Rock, Pop, Jazz, Country, and More, edited by Douglas Wolk and Peter Guralnick. Minor errors in the original text have been corrected, and the relevant sidebar interviews are included. Edwin Pouncey wrote in the March 2001 issue of THE WIRE: "Jay Babcock's illuminating article on the life, times and death of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti [is] a fascinating introduction to this important Nigerian political and musical giant." Amazon: click here

Pie-throwing anarchist Noel Godin of Brussels

Please read this essay: "Play for Today" by Pat Kane