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Scott Timberg is a former staff writer for Salon, focusing on culture. A longtime arts reporter in Los Angeles who has contributed to the New York Times, he runs the blog Culture Crash. He’s the author of the book, “Culture Crash: The Killing of the Creative Class.” Follow him on Twitter at @TheMisreadCity.

John McWhorter (Macmillon)

Words act like wild animals: “We don’t understand that no language could ever sit still”

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(Charlie Homo)

Remembering Bowie: New Chuck Prophet video chronicles what we’ve lost

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Gillian Welch (John Patrick Salisbury)

Gillian Welch returns to “Revival”: “We felt like Martians”

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Nick Cave (Getty/Justin Tallis)

Nick Cave mourns: “I just think that he’s living in a new world”

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FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2014 file photo, British singer Johnny Marr performs at Camp Bestival at Lulworth Castle in Dorset, England.The former guitarist for The Smiths has just released his second solo album, "Playland," a follow-up to well-received 2013 effort "The Messenger." Both offer robust, richly textured guitar rock _ the latest of Marr's many musical modes. (Photo by Jim Ross/Invision/AP, File) (Jim Ross/invision/ap)

Johnny Marr on the guitar and “beautiful melancholy”

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(United Artists)

“The Last Waltz” at 40: The Band and their classic movie speak beyond boomer nostalgia

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Leonard Cohen (Getty/Evening Standard)

Leonard Cohen’s impact: From the ’60s to indie rockers and beyond

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Henry Louis Gates Jr. participates in the "Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise" panel during the PBS Television Critics Association summer press tour on Friday, July 29, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) (Richard Shotwell/invision/ap)

Henry Louis Gates on Trump: “That election clearly represented a backlash against the progress black people have made since 1965”

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(NBC)

Nick Offerman on his new show: “There’s no attempt to go with mainstream popular culture”

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(Disney/Pixar)

The early days of Pixar: “The company was almost on life support”

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A video still from Moby and the Void Pacific Choir's "Little Failure" (YouTube/30 Days, 30 Songs)

The best anti-Trump songs: Dave Eggers’ playlist includes some gems

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Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth (Getty/Mark Von Holden)

Kim Gordon on Body/Head and the election: “I can’t wait for it to be over, but I’m afraid of what’s going to happen”

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Bob Dylan (Getty Images)

Bob Dylan, a laureate sure, but by what measure a poet

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The Clash, at JFK Airport, May 26, 1981. (AP/David Handschuh)

Why “London Calling” matters: “It’s incredibly in touch and ahead of its time for British punk”

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(HBO/ John P. Johnson)

Are there secret “Westworld” robots?

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Henry Louis Gates (Getty/Frederick M. Brown)

Black, white and blues: Henry Louis Gates Jr. breaks down Albert Murray’s legacy on race and culture in America

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Bob Dylan (Getty/H. Thompson)

Bob Dylan’s legendary defiance: “They had to crank it up to drown out the boos” when he went electric

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(<a href='https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Namphon2U'>Namphon2U</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Rock the house: Off-the-grid home concerts make musicians and audiences very happy

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Leonard Cohen (Getty/Joel Saget)

Leonard Cohen’s farewell masterpiece: Whether this is goodbye or not, “You Want it Darker” is powerful and real

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(Reuters/Jim Urquhart)

How to be happier and have fewer regrets: Stop buying stuff and start doing things

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Journey at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, NV (AP/Erik Kabik)

Rock Hall hits new low: Why celebrate Journey and Yes?

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Music legend Chuck Berry plays "Johnny B. Goode" (AP/Josh Reynolds)

The triumph of Chuck Berry: At 90, the rock pioneer has a new album on the horizon

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(HBO/Helen Sloan/John P. Johnson)

“‘Westworld’ is a lot tamer than video games”: Putting graphic TV violence in context

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Bob Dylan (Getty/H. Thompson)

Bob Dylan deserves the Nobel Prize: He brought sophistication to the language of popular music like no one else

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