It was on this day in April in 1976, thirty-four years ago today, that musician Phil Ochs committed suicide. Although Ochs is generally know...

Early last month I wrote about the connection between comics and popular music, observing that it’s unusual to see a reference to comics in...

My friend Tim Lucas wrote to me last night asking me what I understood to be the meaning of Paul McCartney’s song “Jet,” a song that can b...