Shallow Rewards

On the wild ride of one George O'Dowd, the biggest name to rise from the Kentish Town slums since Jack Cade.

On Malcolm McLaren, PIL, the New Romantics, and the devout narcissism of Boy George.

On the early days of the Police, Bruno Mars' searing "Locked Out of Heaven," and the inspired ears of one Mark Ronson.

A paean to Richard Gottehrer, girl groups, and the wondrous absurdity of rock n' roll before authenticity spoiled the broth.

On our multi-generational failure to smash through media condescension, and properly codify-and celebrate-goth music.

A capricious teenager confronts the cold light of his mother's record collection.

The first in a likely unending series of clips about Shoegaze, the soundtrack of my youth.

On the rise and fall of Curve, and the bandwagon effect as pertained to shoegaze in the early 1990s.

On Kurt Cobain, the grunge movement, and the critical embrace of drug abuse.