In 'Drums and Demons,' Joel Selvin aims to restore drummer Jim Gordon's humanity and reputation by showing his professional triumphs in the context of his struggles with addiction and mental illness.
In his new book, Sweet, Wild and Vicious: Listening to Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, Milwaukee s Jim Higgins does a deep dive into each of the releases by the VU and by Reed, and adds plenty of depth with sections on their enduring influence and more. We asked him about it.
Pastedechouan was an Innu boy taken to France by Catholic clergymen in 1620. What happened to him 400 years ago may well be the template that would later become the residential school system. IDEAS retraces the story of Pastedechouan, revealing that history has an extremely long reach.