Seeing "Cocksucker Blues," about the glory days of Mick and the Stones, makes Cintra Wilson lament the loss of the great cock rockers of yore.

Salon talks to the author of the new biography "Street Poison" about the legacy of author Iceberg Slim

The heroes of America's film renaissance were brought down by their excesses, two new books argue -- and they took American cinema with them.

Are disco haters racist homophobes? Readers debate Stephanie Zacharek's review of Peter Shapiro's new book "Turn the Beat Around."

Michelle Phillips and Mamie Van Doren talk about being decade-defining dames.

Stephanie Zacharek reviews 'Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy' by John Perry.

The legendary writer of psychoanalytic mysteries captured the culture of postwar California better than anyone

Stacy Peralta's sun-drenched skateboarding documentary captures the vibe (and inflates the legend) of Santa Monica in the '70s.

OK, Wolverine never built a shrine to Judy Garland, but "the strangest teens" were obviously homo superior -- emphasis on the homo.

To attract a new generation of Buddhists, two teachers are replacing the old hippie trappings with a tattooed aesthetic and references to Jay-Z.

If young film buffs choose Tarantino over Antonioni, are they culturally illiterate? Some of their elders, self-appointed guardians of the cinematic canon, think so.

As new waves of 20-year-olds wash up on his shores, the favorite novelist of the attitudinal post-adolescent set keeps writing with a pen dipped in acid.

The queen of soul's top-selling album was an exhilarating departure from soul

The young wizard's alma mater is a figment of J.K. Rowling's imagination -- but that hasn't stopped folks from signing up for boarding school.