ARTICLES, 2001

 

Dec. 30, 2001

The Best Rock Albums of 2001


Dec. 28, 2001

The Best and Worst Concerts of 2001


Dec. 18, 2001

Catching Up With Billy Corgan: Zwan and the latest from the Smashing Pumpkins


Dec. 16, 2001

The Great Albums: The Beatles, Revolver


Dec. 14, 2001

Live column: Talking with Natalie Merchant


Dec. 7, 2001

Live column: Electric Wizard


Dec. 4, 2001

Talking with Ron Jeremy


Dec. 3, 2001

Salon essay: My Britney Problem—And Yours


Dec. 2, 2001

George Harrison Tribute

The Great Albums: My Bloody Valentine, Loveless


Nov. 30, 2001

Concert review: Britney Spears

Live column: The Goblins as the Misfits


Nov. 25, 2001

Concert review: Wilco

Sunday feature: This season's box sets


Nov. 23, 2001

Live column: Pop 'Til You Drop (Smash Mouth and Hootie and the Blowfish)


Nov. 18, 2001

The Great Albums: Jethro Tull, Aqualung


Nov. 13, 2001

A Stone alone and a Beatle, too (New Jagger and McCartney albums)


Nov. 9, 2001

Live column: The Isley Brothers, the Butthole Surfers & Nebula


Nov. 8, 2001

Totally Live, and Oh So Concerned: Talking with Ed Kowalczyk


Nov. 6, 2001

Album review: "Britney"

Concert review: Dan Zanes at the Old Town School of Folk Music


Nov. 5, 2001

Concert review: Oysterhead at the Aragon

Concert review: Incubus at the Riv


Nov. 4, 2001

The Great Albums: The Rolling Stones, Let It Bleed

Sunday feature: What Britney Said (Or Should Have)


Nov. 2, 2001

Live column: The New Supergroups

Concert review: Spiritualized at Metro


Oct. 29, 2001

Album review: Michael Jackson, Invincible

Concert review: Bob Dylan at the United Center


Oct. 26, 2001

Live column: They Can Be Heroes, Just for One Day


Oct. 23, 2001

Concert review: Jane's Addiction at the Allstate Arena


Oct. 22, 2001

Two takes on"The Concert for NYC":

Chicago Sun-Times review

Salon essay


Oct. 21, 2001

The Great Albums: Nirvana, In Utero


Oct. 19, 2001

Live column: Soil, Dave Navarro


Oct. 16, 2001

Concert review: Bjork at the Civic Opera House


Oct. 14, 2001

Concert review: Family Values tour


Oct. 12, 2001

Live column: Kelly Hogan


Oct. 9, 2001

Concert review: Jay-Z at the Riv


Oct. 8, 2001

Concert review: The Strokes at Metro


Oct. 7, 2001

The Great Albums: James Brown: Live at the Apollo


Oct. 5, 2001

Live column: The Strokes


Sept. 30, 2001

Sunday feature: Great rock songs about America

Concert review: Maxwell


Sept. 28, 2001

Live column: Gov't Mule


Sept. 26, 2001

An essay for Salon: The effects of Sept. 11 on Generation Y

Concert review: Alicia Keys


Sept. 25, 2001

Feature article: The Strokes (from the November issue of Penthouse)

"Sound Opinions" and Greg Kot featured on PBS-TV's "Media Matters"


Sept. 24, 2001

Concert review: Weezer at the United Center

Review: "America's Heroes" Telethon


Sept. 22, 2001

Great Albums: A new Sunday column in the tradition of Roger Ebert's "Great Movies." The first installment: Derek and the Dominos, Layla.


Sept. 21, 2001

Live column: Burning Airlines


Sept. 18, 2001

Chatting with Chaka Khan


Sept. 16, 2001

Sunday feature: Rock books roundup (Charles Cross' Cobain book, This Band Could Be Your Life, and more).


Sept. 14, 2001

Live column: System of a Down


Sept. 10, 2001

Album review: Bob Dylan's Labor of love

Album review: Mariah Carey


Sept. 7, 2001

MTV VMA's, 2001

Live column: Laurie Anderson


Sept. 2, 2001


Cheers, Jeers & Spears: Fall Music Preview


Aug. 31, 2001


Jessica Simpson Concert A Sign of the New Times


Aug. 30, 2001


Chicago Concert Scene Gets A New Player


Aug. 29, 2001


Madonna's Circus Comes to Town


Aug. 27, 2001

A Tribute to Aaliyah

Michael Jackson's New Single


Aug. 26, 2001

Sunday feature: Desperately Seeking Madonna


Two pieces of book news:

Newly Published: The DaCapo Book of the Best Music Writing 2001, edited by Nick Hornby, and including pieces by Lorraine Ali, Eric Boehlert, Jonathan Lethem, and Jim DeRogatis (among others)

Let It Blurt A Finalist for the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award, 2000


Aug. 24, 2001

Live column: Pinback and Built to Spill


Aug. 19, 2001

Concert review: Ladyfest Midwest


Aug. 17, 2001

Live column: Bill   Wyman, no longer under their thumb


Aug. 16, 2001

News story: Jay Bennett leaving Wilco after split with Warners


Aug. 12, 2001

More lost albums found by readers (Sunday letters page)


Aug. 10, 2001

Live column: Ladyfest


Aug. 5, 2001

Sunday feature: The best albums we can't buy


Aug. 3, 2001

Live column: Peaches

Movie Review: Pie In the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story


Aug. 2, 2001

Concert review: Radiohead


Aug. 1, 2001

NPR Morning Edition: Jim DeRogatis on MTV


July 29, 2001

Sunday feature: I Want My MTV--Not! The cable music station turns 20


July 27, 2001

Live column: The return of Roxy Music

Concert review: Moby's Area: One festival

Concert review: Janet Jackson


July 20, 2001

Live column: A Perry-less Journey


July 13, 2001

Live column: Warped Tour preview


July 9, 2001

Concert review: Blink-182


July 8, 2001

Concert review: Dave Matthews Band


July 6, 2001

Live column: Girl Power: Jane Wiedlin and the Go-Go's


July 5, 2001

Concert review: Wilco on July 4


July 1, 2001

Sunday feature: Wilco's Hotel Sweet


June 29, 2001

Live column: Taste of Chicago and Monster Magnet

News story: They Robots: Ministry Sets the tone for "A.I."

 


June 22, 2001

Live column: Living the Dream: Steve Wynn, the Ex


June 11, 2001

Concert review: Ozzfest


June 8, 2001

Live column:  Helium Metal


June 5, 2001

Feature: The Singing Soprano


June 1, 2001

Live column: Califone


May 25, 2001

Live column:  Pop goes the Abbey


May 21, 2001

Concert review: Iggy Pop


May 18, 2001

Live column: Where Kids Rock


May 14, 2001

Concert review: U2


May 13, 2001

Sunday feature: In appreciation of ABBA


May 12, 2001

Concert review: Television


May 11, 2001

Live column: Evil Beaver's Shock Value


May 10, 2001

Weekday feature: P.J. Harvey


May 8, 2001

Concert review: Sigur Ros


May 6, 2001

Sunday feature: The day's still beautiful for U2


May 4, 2001

Live column: A smokin' Fire Show


Apr. 27, 2001

Live column: Melvins play the odds


Apr. 24, 2001

Album review: Janet's back to give her "All for You"


Apr. 23, 2001

Concert review: David Gray at the Riv


Concert review: John Cale at Nevin's Live


Apr. 22, 2001

Summer concert preview


Apr. 20, 2001

Live column: String Cheese Incident and the Orb


Apr. 17, 2001

A Tribute to Joey Ramone


Apr. 6, 2001

Live column:   Jonatha Brooke


Apr. 6, 2001

Live column: Amy Ray


Apr. 2, 2001

Concert review: David Johansen and Syd Straw at the Old Town School


Apr. 1, 2001

Sunday investigation: Hidden fees drive up concert ticket costs

Concert review: The Soft Boys at Metro


Mar. 30, 2001

Live column: David Johansen


Mar. 24, 2001

Concert review: Nick Cave at the Park West


Mar. 23, 2001

Live column: Kimberly Rew & the Soft Boys


Mar. 22, 2001

Oops, Madonna Did It Again


Mar. 21, 2001

Billy Corgan Records With Marianne Faithfull


Mar. 19, 2001

South By Southwest Wrap-up


Mar. 16, 2001

South By Southwest XV Festival open story

Live column: Outkast


Mar. 11, 2001

Concert review: Weezer


Mar. 9, 2001


Concert review: Nelly Furtado


Mar. 4, 2001

Concert review: matchbox twenty


Mar. 2, 2001

Live column: matchbox twenty


Feb. 27, 2001

Album review: Dave Matthews' "Everyday"


Feb. 25, 2001

Concert review: Erykah Badu

Sunday feature: Kids' Music That Doesn't Suck


Feb. 23, 2001

Live column: Erykah's Song


Feb. 22, 2001

2000 Grammy Coverage


Feb. 18, 2001

2000 Grammy preview

Sunday feature: Eminem: A Teen Roundtable


Feb. 16, 2001

Live column: Coldplay


Feb. 9, 2001

Live column: Henry Rollins


Feb. 4, 2001

Concert reviews: Caviar and Loraxxl


Feb. 3, 2001

Concert review: Kid Rock


Feb. 2, 2001

Live column: The Bell Rays


Jan. 26, 2001

Live column: A Dip into the Local Music Grab Bag


Jan. 23, 2001

Two new magazine features (
Screeching Halt, Screeching Weasel feature in Spin's March issue and Whitey Sings the Blues, Everlast feature in the March Penthouse, ) have been posted to the Other Writings section, but it's much more fun to read 'em in the mags complete with purty pictures.


Jan.  19, 2001

Live column: Busker Soundcheck


Jan. 18, 2001

WTTW - Channel 11's CHEAP SHOW airs several times in the next few days with guests SHANÉ WILLIAMS, (former Early Edition star), LOLETA DIDRICKSON, (former Illinois comptroller), DAVID POMPEII (Second City comedian), and JIM DeROGATIS.  THE TOPIC: The Bush Inauguration.

Airings include Friday,  2 a.m., 5 a.m., and  10:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2:30 a.m. and   11:30 p.m.


Jan.  12, 2001

Live column: Ass Ponys


Jan.  5, 2001

Live column: Local Music


Dec 27, 2000

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