“I‘m never going to become rich and famous” — Bob Dylan in 1962. Dylan was just 20 years old when he appeared on the Folksingers Choice radio program on WBAI FM in New York City. He’d arrived in Manhattan just…
‘TONY ROBBINS: I AM NOT YOUR GURU’: Immersive Doc Exposes His Rock Concert Group Therapy
By Gregory Crofton At a social gathering Tony Robbins sensed that documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger had some unresolved personal issues. Not long after that Berlinger found himself enrolled in one of Robbins’ six-day seminars with the hope he could experience…
‘Hurray for the Riff Raff’ Live in New Orleans
Offbeat Magazine and Liveset have teamed up for a special collaboration to bring you one of New Orleans most loved folk bands, Hurray for the Riff Raff. This free and intimate online performance will be streamed live online from the…
Kurt Vonnegut on Man-Eating Lampreys
In November 1970, Kurt Vonnegut walked into a class room at NYU. He was a guest speaker that day. He’d prepared some handwritten notes on what he wanted to say: there were his thoughts on the art of writing, his…
Baseball Hall of Famer Bill Veeck on His Dad
Known as “Sport Shirt Bill,” Mr. Veeck was a franchise owner and promoter for Major League Baseball. He owned at different times, the St. Louis Brown, the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Indians. Veeck died in 1986 from cancer,…
MOGWAI Plays in Paris
MOGWAI, an instrumental rock band from Scotland, plays a Pitchfork Music Festival in Paris.