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Mick Jagger Desolation Row (1965) I was playing Bob Dylan records at my parents’ house when he was still an acoustic folk singer, but he was already very important and his lyrics were on point. The delivery isn’t just the words, it’s the accentuation and the moods and twists he puts on them. His greatness lies in the body of work. I was at a session for Blood on the Tracks [1975] and really enjoyed watching him record Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts, with this incredible depth of storyline, surrounded by all these boring people from the record company who he had sitting i...

Updated / Monday, 1 Mar 2021 13:00 Acts Of Desperation author Megan Nolan (Pic: Lynn Rothwell) Waterford-born, London-based Megan Nolan is an essayist and critic - her work has have published everywhere from The New York Times and the New Statesman (where she writes a regular column) to Winter Papers and here on RTÉ Culture. This month she publishes her first novel, Acts Of Desperation (published by Jonathan Cape); it's a darkly funny tale of a toxic relationship and secret female desire, already acclaimed by the likes of Marian Keyes and Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård. We as...

Is the American Experiment Still Viable? Your guide to the United States in 2021 and beyond. Story by Erin Peterson | Illustrations by Dan Bejar If America has always had its share of problems simmering just beneath the surface, 2020 was the year that brought many of them to a full boil. A contentious election ushered in furious charges of rigging and interference. Police killings of Black men and women led to uprisings that were decades in the making. Trust in the media sank, political polarization skyrocketed and an exponential growth in COVID-19 cases at the end of the year had the whole ...

The Best Albums Of 2020 Dec. 29, 2020 8:49 a.m. Before we get to the best albums of 2020, I want to highlight the most unexpectedly delightful song of the year, “I Wonder What’s Inside Your Butthole.” Lisa Rieffel dropped her daughter Jolee's inspired, inquisitive song about the mysteries of the human digestive system in May 2020, at a time when many people had just started to process the fact that the pandemic was going to disrupt life for much more than a few months. It was a welcome bit of surreal levity, and a spark of connection for many, spawning a seriesofcovers (I'...