This is the last part of a four-part series on the birth of avant-garde music. You can read this article alone or view part one here. When we last left off, the modern experimental ethos had developed...

Alright, so I was doing research for another article and I got down this rabbit hole that I had to share. For those of you who don’t know Susan Sontag, she is a philosopher, author and general-purpose...

"Horses" is easily Patti Smith's most iconic album. Filled with a glorious fusion of poetry and rock n' roll, her 1975 release is an early punk masterpiece. Her bold feminity adds a sort of mystique that...

This book came to me at a very special time in my life, and I will never forget the impact it had on me. When I was 15, I stumbled upon a small bookstore in Asheville. I told the owner about the books...