Nick Currie was born in Scotland in 1960, and he still looks younger than you. Why? In his improbably prolific adult life as an artist, musician, and social critic, he has produced a staggering amount of art and letters while in a state of perpetual cultural transition, living a lush yet materialistically austere lifestyle, [...]

You’d have thought that Karen O would have had her fill by now. Fronting one of the world’s hottest bands, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs,repping NYC to the fullest with her whip-smart lyrics and that unmistakable sex-bomb voice – there isn’t much left for her to conquer is there? But as fellow Rotten Appler Jay-Z once [...]

There was a time, not long ago - likely before the Internet-borne democratization of EVERYTHING involving music and fashion and all the goo betwixt – when it was pretty easy to spot fellow [whatever]-heads just by looking at them. What you were into was, literally, on your sleeve, and often loudly so. Nowadays it’s all [...]

Most people see Handsome Boy Modeling School as a group of talented musicians and producers with a degree of handsomeness that is truly stupefying. Their musical accomplishments are numerous. On their new album White People, they manage to feature the Blandest Name in Rock (aka Jack Johnson) on the album’s standout song “Breakdown” and make [...]

Johnny Rotten once sang: “Anger is an energy.” I think that’s true. But can sadness also be an energy? I think so too. Sadness, with the gift of perspective, can be a killer motivator and generator of creative clarity. Okay: if used responsibly, the energy of anger is kinetic, while the energy of sadness is [...]