Email Author Jim Derogatis

1999 Stories by Jim Derogatis

• The show-me slate

  published December 30, 1999

  Lists, lists, lists; why do these freakin' rock critics love their lists so much? Well, for one thing, they're a way to keep track of an... More >>

• Book 'em

  published December 23, 1999

  Around this time of year, I like to take a while to assess the annual output of rock-and-roll reading, acknowledging the good, the bad, and the... More >>

• Insane Clown Posse

  published December 9, 1999

  You couldn't invent a better parody of the brain-dead, testosterone-crazed, wanna-be hip-hop buffoonery that has captured the video-damaged... More >>

• Kid Rock

  published December 2, 1999

  Kid Rock When, in the near future, we look back at the state of "alternative music" circa... More >>

• Bardo Pond

  published November 25, 1999

  This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. And this is your brain on Bardo Pond. The Philadelphia quintet is touring behind its... More >>

• Ben Harper and the
   Innocent Criminals

  published November 18, 1999

  Ben Harper may look like a hipster jazzbo who just stepped out of a Gap khakis ad, but don't let appearances fool you: This guy is a... More >>

• Read? What am that?

  published January 7, 1999

  As with the year's new records, 1998's rock-and-roll reading found small pleasures coming from unexpected places, while the much-touted Big Events... More >>