Josh Jones

Like many positive terms, the phrase “big bang” originated as a pejorative. Fred Hoyle coined the term in 1949 as a way of deflating the concept of an expanding universe.

?si=cReB-cfecM4rq3iJ “My life came to a standstill,” wrote Leo Tolstoy in his 1882 conversion memoir A Confession , “I could not

There are those books we go to not to escape this world, but to experience the truth of a mysteriously attributed quote , “There is another world, and

KPFA Radio, 94.1 FM on the radio dial and on kpfa.org, continues to celebrate its 77th year with a live music performance, The John Santos Sextet. 55% of our programming is music programming, and this event celebrates that aspect of the station. Join us for

The recent “ adjunct walk out day ” has reminded people outside academia—at least those who paid any attention—of the decaying state of American

There's no shame if you've never known how to pronounce Friedrich Nietzsche 's name correctly. Even less if you never remember how to spell it.

Why is it, as Brian Gilmore writes at JazzTimes , that “even people who hardly listen to jazz adore this album”? Miles Davis' Kind of Blue hardly needs an introduction.

For some time now, people like poet Robert Graves and countercultural guru Timothy Leary have assumed that ancient religion and mysticism were the

Just about twenty years ago, on July 9, 1995, the Grateful Dead played their last show with Jerry Garcia . Neither the fans, nor the band knew this

Ask accomplished blues and southern rock guitarists who they listen to and you'll hear a number of names come up: Duane Allman, Albert King, Buddy Guy… the list of guitarists' guitarists could go on and on.