http://dir.salon.com/topics/lester_bangs/?source=rss&aim=lester_bangs en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:09:00 PDT By Roberta Cruger Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2003/09/03/bangs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2003/09/03/bangs/index.html?source=rss A former Creem magazine colleague of Lester Bangs remembers -- and members of the Doors, the MC5, Blondie and the Mekons respond to -- the late, great rock critic's bracing vitriol. By Andrew Leonard Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2003/09/03/bangs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2003/09/03/bangs/index.html?source=rss After reading Lester Bangs' collection, you have to wonder: What would the legendary critic, who believed that music mattered, make of today's Britney and P.Diddy ludicrousness? By Nelson George Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/05/22/george/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/05/22/george/index.html?source=rss The author of "One Woman Short" and "Hip Hop America" picks five great urban books. By Ira Robbins Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2000/04/04/bangs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2000/04/04/bangs/index.html?source=rss Jim DeRogatis' solid new biography argues that "America's greatest rock critic" spawned a generation of self-absorbed hacks -- and a neutered music press that wouldn't have a place for him anymore. By Rex Doane Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/lunch/1999/11/12/tosches/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/lunch/1999/11/12/tosches/index.html?source=rss The author of "Dino," "Hellfire" and the forthcoming "The Devil and Sonny Liston" talks about the Mysterious Pig Iron Man, Hollywood and snake wrangling in Florida. By Seth Mnookin Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/10/28/lindsay/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/10/28/lindsay/index.html?source=rss Arto Lindsay graduated from horrible noise to gently beautiful music. It only took 20 years. By Cintra Wilson Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/cintra/1999/10/28/cintr28/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/cintra/1999/10/28/cintr28/index.html?source=rss Young men once fretted over sculpting the future, not whether they were going to get a sweaty power-handshake. What happened? By Geoff Edgers Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/08/02/groovies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/08/02/groovies/index.html?source=rss Garage days revisited: Two reissues re-introduce the trashy sounds and perverted pop of the Flamin' Groovies. By Cintra Wilson Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/cintra/1999/06/16/comedy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/cintra/1999/06/16/comedy/index.html?source=rss Thanks to snorefests like the Umbilical Brothers' "Thwack," comedy is deader than Lester Bangs -- and someone is not amused.