Lou Reed: ‘Sunday Morning’ Quarterback?
❉ Ty Matejowsky examines the allusions to America’s pigskin pastime that add yet another wrinkle of contradiction to one of rock’s most complex artists.
Articles by Ty Matejowsky
Diesel Power: The Cats in the Hat
❉ A tip of the hat to the Cat Diesel cap flickering across movie screens as a signifier of class, culture and character.
Unsung Murder Ballads: The Screaming Blue Messiahs
❉ Ty Matejowsky on how a London trio plunged audiences headlong into the warped contours of a gonzo Reagan-era America.
Finding Transcendence Through ‘Once in a Lifetime’
❉ Same as it ever was… Reflections on a highlight of Talking Heads’ awe-inspiring canon.
Lost in the Supermarket: Punk, Suburbia, and Generics
❉ Ty Matejowsky explores the suburban backdrop that shaped the ethics and aesthetics of punk.
The Satanic Gaze: Moral Panic, Heavy Metal Teens and the “Acid King”
❉ Ty Matejowsky considers the pop culture permanence of an infamous perp-walk photo.
Down Under the Influence: ‘The Highwayman’
❉ Ty Matejowsky considers NBC’s short-lived action series as the last gasp of Oz-mania in Reagan’s America.