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He is now on the faculty of the M.F.A. program in creative writing and environment at Iowa State University and has just moved to Ames, Iowa. I write while listening to music, mostly because the world beyond my headphones is too chaotic. Read More

BlakRoc is the collaboration between the Black Keys and a whole bunch of rappers assembled by Roc-a-fella co-founder Damon Dash and their debut self titled album is such an audacious attempt at mixing rock and rap that genres literally liquify and drain away in this albums presence. Read More

Louis Armstrong a k a Satchmo a k a Pops was to music what Picasso was to painting, what Joyce was to fiction: an innovator who changed the face of his art form, a fecund and endlessly inventive pioneer whose discovery of his own voice helped remake 20th-century culture. Read More

Cathi Unsworth needs little introduction to 3:AM readers, she often contributes superb features, reviews and interviews to this site. Read More

It helps define generational differences. Read More

They've got bags of stories because they know loads about stuff that us young folks weren't around to see, like rationing, Take That and Jordan's original features. Read More

You read correctly, this is the Verse of the Week brought to you by The Genius. Read More

Especially when you and your lover are a pair of working musicians with a productive and profitable creative partnership. Read More

Whether you're an AARP senior or a senior in high school, if you have dance fever, slip on some Mary Janes or sneakers and head to Sciortino's in Brewster, N.Y., for a night you won't forget. Read More

Musical trends may come and go, but The Beatles will always be rock 'n' roll royalty. Read More