In college, I took a class called “The Author’s Intention,” which analyzed whether readers (and even the authors themselves) can ever really understand the meaning behind a piece of... Read more >>

Songwriters have found inspiration in all sorts of places, from transvestites to team tennis titans. Maggie Koerth-Baker has read between the liner notes to find out for whom eight famous songs were... Read more >>

In a former life, I worked for a lawless company where the majority of the employees were tattooed to the neck and the noise from skateboards tearing down the hallway was deafening. Naturally, punk... Read more >>