Doctors’ Mob: Last One in the Van Drives
Our dear friend and longtime Pop Culture Press features editor (mid 1990s – mid 2000s), Kent Benjamin passed away May 14 at his home in Hot Springs, Arkansas after a Read More
Category: Feature Stories
Jim Dickinson: Grits, Hog Jowls, Blaze Foley, and the Birth of Psychedelia
By Kent H. Benjamin From Pop Culture Press, Issue 56, Spring 2003 While one would hope the legendary Memphis musician, producer, and incorrigible raconteur Jim Dickinson needs no introduction to Read More
Pulp’s Different Class
by Jason Cohen On the night of Pulp’s first London performance of 1996, the spacious two-level room is fit to burst. The queue out front snakes up one set of Read More
13 Ignominious Moments in Austin Music History
Pop Culture Press issue #: ? original publish date: ? by Greg Beets If you’re a music fan who has only seen Austin during SXSW, you might think it resembles Read More
Redlands Palomino Company: The Young Turks Of English Country
REDLANDS PALOMINO COMPANY: THE YOUNG TURKS OF ENGLISH COUNTRY by Nick West “We’re doin’ it for the country, we’re doin’ it for GP, We’re doin’ it for Neil Young Read More
Don’t Look Now: The Fleshtones Escape Their Secret History
DON’T LOOK NOW: THE FLESHTONES ESCAPE THEIR SECRET HISTORY by Andy Turner Since the television and movie writers are on strike, let’s imagine an episode of My Name is Earl Read More
Coffee with Curt Kirkwood
Coffee with Curt Kirkwood PCP issue 65 (Fall/Winter 2007) by Andy Smith In the Meat Puppets long and winding story, Curt Kirkwood has remained the constant. From the band’s roots Read More
Spoon – “What Identity Crisis?”
Pop Culture Press Issue #61 Fall/Winter 2005 by David Pyndus Before Gimme Fiction unfolded like a bestseller this past spring, Spoon played a benefit for Southeast Asia tsunami victims, appearing Read More
Radiohead – “The Songs You Get Instead”
Pop Culture Press Issue 50 Winter 2000 by Boon Sheridan Being a member of Radiohead hasn’t always been easy. After releasing their last album, the found themselves trying to live Read More