William S. Burroughs

Five Songs About ... Thanksgiving

Crash, Bang, Ewwwww

Short Cuts

Easy Rider

Short Cuts

Hollywood Babble On

Top Americana Albums of 2008

Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper's fantastic ... More >>

Burning the Yule Log

Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper's fantastic ... More >>

Tuxedomoon

Bardo Hotel Soundtrack (Crammed Discs)

Pretty Girls Make Saves

As videogames go indie, Outtakes imagines a few likely pairings.

Smack Type Thing

Outtakes reveals the secrets of Scott Weiland's drug-addled lyrics. Sort of.

Acid Again

As LSD does a slow fade, a Fort Lauderdale researcher keeps the science trip going

Books (and Books) Everywhere, but Not a Drop to Think

Searching the cultural ghetto for a clean, well-lighted place for books

A Grand Guy

How Steven Soderbergh kept the Terry Southern tale from turning tragic

Spring Heel Jack

Treader Oddities (Thirsty Ear)

On the Yellow Brick Road

The Source

Juvenile Delinquents To Write, Perform Poetry

Allen Ginsberg: NAMBLA member, Communist, role model to the youth​Judge Merrilee Ehrlich, of Broward, is making juvenile delinquents write and perform poetry as a condition of their probation, and in lieu of more intense community service.In a Sun Sentinel story published this morning, Judge Ehlri ... More >>