The Human Comedy: The time Paul Simon told his favourite joke while remembering Mort Lewis
A unique moment for the legendary musician.
From The Vault Archives: 11/2024
‘Golden Trunks’: The Arctic Monkeys lyric that predicted the future of US politics
The Leader of the Faux World.
“Shouldn’t be set in stone”: The one U2 song Bono never played the same again
The improvisation of a good poet.
“He’s fantastic”: The artist Tom Petty called essential to music
The most important figure of the 1980s.
Tom Waits’ unique theory on songwriting: “Music is a living thing”
“Most American culture, we just bury things”.
Did lack of experience help Rick Rubin make a heavy metal masterpiece?
All the metallic punch you could ask for.
“It was horrendous”: The shows that left Sammy Hagar in agony
The raw pain behind the touring lifestyle.
“Nobody even close”: Paul Simon on the most important force in rock
The originator that everyone followed.
“Off the planet”: The concert Eddie Vedder called the greatest experience of his life
The communal experience of a show.