Results for Phil Ochs

  • Scott Kempner

    by Denise SullivanJune 11, 2008Comments (3)

    "you can't hold it against Kempner for seeking redemption through real rock 'n' roll" (read more)

  • Hickory Wind: The Life and Times of Gram Parsons by Ben Fong-Torres

    by Bill WasserzieherJune 4, 2008Comments (4)

    "Live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse," the classic punk credo spoken by John Derek to Humphrey Bogart in Knock on Any Door (1949), has proved to be a handy epitaph for a number of deceased musicians, each of whom seems destined to be brought back from the dead in a pop biography. Ex-Byrd and Flying Burrito founder Gram Parsons is the latest to get the between-the-covers treatment. (read more)

  • Home Thoughts Of Phil Ochs

    by Chris CharlesworthMay 28, 2008Comments (2)

    The apartment belonged to Phil Ochs and was rented by me through Phil's brother Michael. At the time Phil was away on an extended vacation in Africa. I'd never met Phil but I'd heard his music, read some of his writings, and seen pictures of him. Now I was living with his possessions, in fact his life, all around me. It was an untidy apartment, but large and homey nevertheless. From this I deduced Phil to be an untidy, disorganised character (read more)

  • Freewheelin': Bob Dylan vs. Conor Oberst

    by Brenda ParoJanuary 23, 2008Comments (41)

    A surefire way to upset the most level-headed music critic is to refer to a young artist as “the next Bob Dylan.” It works every time. I should know; I’ve rolled my eyes at the comparison myself. It’s the kind of thing a reviewer says when they’re trying to make a deadline. (read more)

  • Protesty: Phil Ochs vs. The Nightwatchman

    by Denise SullivanJanuary 9, 2008Comments (2)

    One man, a guitar, and a serious message: That would describe Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, and Joe Strummer; their sisters in arms include Joan Baez and Ani DiFranco, among others. But when it comes to ‘60s folkman Phil Ochs and Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello (read more)