Holiday Gift Guide Special: 108 Rock Star Guitars to Riff & Roll on Your Coffee Table

BY MIKE METTLER — DECEMBER 12, 2013

“Nothing moves me like the sound of a guitar.” It’s the opening sentence to author Lisa S. Johnson’s passionate introduction to 108 Rock Star Guitars (Glitterati Incorporated), her lavishly photographed and beautifully bound ode to a score of axes ‘n planks that have created some of the most […]

R.I.P. Lou Reed: The Great American Aural Novelist

BY MIKE METTLER — OCTOBER 28, 2013

The garage-punk poet laureate has closed his eyes and passed thru fire. Lou Reed died in Amagansett, New York on October 27, 2013, at age 71, from complications following a liver transplant back in May. As rightfully lauded as Reed is for his confessional, envelope-pushing songwriting and overall […]