Email Author Michael Corcoran

1995 Stories by Michael Corcoran

• Gimme, gimme truth

  published December 28, 1995

  It comes in cycles, this "year-in-music" stuff, and 1995 had the misfortune of following one of the most dramatic years in a long time, when such... More >>

• Deep six: The ungrateful dead

  published December 28, 1995

  1. Jerry Garcia. It was fitting that the man who specialized in 15-minute guitar solos would die in his sleep. 2. Selena. The assassination... More >>

• Fifteen nailsin the coffin

  published December 14, 1995

  Rock and roll exists today only because so many have decided they're going to be rock stars or they're going to make a living as accessories to... More >>

• Crossing guard

  published November 23, 1995

  A languid harmonica, the trumpet of the downtrodden, is the first sound you hear on Bruce Springsteen's new LP The Ghost of Tom Joad. Then comes... More >>

• Live and demystified

  published November 16, 1995

  Before his November 7 appearance at the Dallas Music Complex, Bob Dylan hadn't performed in Dallas since his 1990 concert at the Fair Park Music... More >>

• Fading star

  published June 15, 1995

  As Courtney Love and Woody Allen would attest, the best way to punch your way out of the wet plastic bag of celebrity dishonor is to go with what... More >>