Bob Mould is the Ben Franklin of indie pop. Founding member and driving force of ’80s punk trio Hüsker Dü (whose influence resonates today through Foo Fighters and Ryan Adams), Mould has succeeded at everything he’s tried, and he’s tried a lot. Credits include the post-Hüsker band Sugar (classic record Copper Blue), solo hits including Read More
The last lot last night during an auction of Ryan Adams paintings at the Morrison Hotel Gallery was a double whammy: Two paintings, one of a sad face and the other of a happy one. Bidding was momentarily stalled at $2,100 when the artist intervened: “I can change them if they’re not good!” he called. Read More
Last week, The Awl welcomed a new blogger by the name of D.R. Adams. He was introduced as “a popular recording artist” who was also a fan of the site.
“This musician expressed an interest in contributing to the site, and we’re happy to announce that the result of our conversations is a regular column Read More
A few years ago, Katherine, an actress in her mid-20s who lives in Park Slope, was cast in a play by a theater director several years her senior. He wasn’t particularly attractive. In fact, he was almost effeminate. But he was intelligent and not too forward, and he was always surrounded by beautiful women—which, Katherine Read More
CNBC host and advertising mogul Donny Deutsch was caught on a private eye’s camera kissing hedge funder Andrew Sandler‘s wife, Lisa. [P6]
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin are "holed up" in London trying to fix their troubled marriage. However, a source says, "Gwyneth has the Madonna bug bad. … It’s eerie. Gwyneth Read More
We thought it would be a good time to check back in with Ryan Adams (though really, when is it not). And lo and behold, the soggy-haired kid has a bunch of juicy details for us on his first book, Infinity Blues, due in stores next April 1. The tome—which Adams’ publisher, Read More
Ryan Adams is nothing if not prolific—as a songwriter, drug-taker, rant-maker, blog-hater. So it should come as no surprise that the fella’s publishing a book, or that he’s doing it through Brooklyn’s Akashic Books—the same punky boutique publishers known for pumping out works by Joe Meno, Elizabeth Crane, and Amiri Baraka. Adams’ first Read More
As guests arrived at the 21 Club on the evening of Friday, March 28, for a party celebrating the opening in Soho of Acne Jeans’ first American store two days earlier, the Stockholm-based label’s creative director, Jonny Johansson, sat cross-legged in a plush red banquette, talking with the Transom about denim.
“If you had Read More
