Michael Patrick Welch
'He Smells Like a Men's Gym': Kids Write Raps About Donald Trump
Hip-hop was made for times like these. So I asked my students to write some bars and express the way they feel about our new president. It was not pretty.
The Time I Hitched a Ride with Muhammad Ali
In 1971, just after returning to boxing and losing to Joe Frazier and just before his case went to the Supreme Court, Muhammad Ali picked up an unsuspecting 19-year-old thumbing a ride in Chicago.
Finding Drugs on the Ground with Mad Mike the Hippie Bum
Homeless by choice, he can support himself by paying close attention to the ground under his feet.
Defending the Daiquiri and New Orleans’s Go-Cup Culture
The ultra-sweet frozen slush that's errybody’s drink.
Four Days at Toddstock
Todd Rungren is like Prince or David Bowie – a timeless, genre-spanning artist who did nearly everything first. Or at least that's what I learned while hanging out with his biggest fans in Louisiana.
My Elementary Schoolers Are Terrific Music Critics
Turns out dancehall "sounds like paintings walking around".
On the Road with Tony Clifton
Tony Clifton is a piece of performance art who has outlived his creator by two decades.
Living Inside 'The Canyons'
Writer Brett Easton Ellis and producer Braxton Pope explain the movie they made.