Mike Doherty

Adele: The new Kurt Cobain

A Grammy sensation is cheered for her "authenticity." Coming next: Dour, humorless copycats invade the pop charts

Mike Doherty Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 4:40 PM UTC 66
Entertainment Music, Adele, Nostalgia

The science fiction legend tells Salon that if he had a crystal ball, he'd have put Facebook in an early novel

Mike Doherty Sunday, Jan 22, 2012 9:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Science Fiction and Fantasy

A leaderless political movement still trying to find its place might look to heroes of dystopian fiction for ideas

Mike Doherty Sunday, Jan 8, 2012 5:00 PM UTC 16
Entertainment Fiction, Occupy Wall Street

In a Salon interview, the director says his music, like his films, finds the moment when the chilling turns comedic

Mike Doherty Tuesday, Jan 3, 2012 7:30 PM UTC
Entertainment Interviews

The hard-partying songwriter, now on his own, laughs off the last decade of Oasis and looks to his solo future

Mike Doherty Thursday, Nov 10, 2011 5:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Interviews, Music

The pioneering musician tells Salon his latest remakes album isn't backward-looking -- it's a new way forward

Mike Doherty Friday, Oct 14, 2011 1:41 PM UTC
Entertainment Music, Interviews

Call it the anti-"Rattle & Hum." In "From the Sky Down," U2 argues and screws up like every other band

Mike Doherty Friday, Sep 16, 2011 11:30 PM UTC 12
Entertainment Music, Documentaries

Baseball has a grand literary tradition. Why does the acclaimed book "The Art of Fielding" not want any part of it?

Mike Doherty Friday, Sep 16, 2011 12:30 AM UTC
Entertainment Fiction, Baseball, Books

Beirut's Zach Condon is still coming to terms with success -- and those weird Brazilian tribute bands

Mike Doherty Saturday, Sep 3, 2011 3:03 PM UTC
Entertainment Music