Allison RappAnother Year Over, A New One Just Begun (2020)When 2020 began, I was tucked cozily away in a hotel in the East end of Glasgow, still slightly buzzed from a few rounds of sparkling wine…Dec 26, 2020Dec 26, 2020
Allison RappThe TrialI’m sitting in a journalism class with three other students. Two of them are guys, one is another young woman and we’re about to be…Mar 13, 2020Mar 13, 2020
Allison RappIt’s Always Sunny’sThere are only two notable items outside Sunny’s in Red Hook: a yellowing neon sign that reads “BAR” in red lettering and a 1930s style…Mar 11, 2020Mar 11, 2020
Allison RappAnother Year Over, A New One Just BegunThis photo isn’t from 2019. It’s from the tail end of 2015. The girl in this photo is 16 years old, she just recently quit her job as a…Jan 2, 2020Jan 2, 2020
Allison RappDavid Crosby is still letting his freak flag fly“No, I have not gotten high yet. This is me straight.” David Crosby answers from the stage at Damrosch Park on the Upper West Side of…Aug 22, 2019Aug 22, 2019
Allison RappUrge for Going: on moving, and keeping onI awoke today and found the frost perched on the town It hovered in a frozen sky, then it gobbled summer down When the sun turns…Aug 4, 2019Aug 4, 2019
Allison Rapp“In Pursuit of the Truth”: The New York Times is on TV and it’s not messing aroundI’m a documentary nut. There is nothing I love more than delving into a film with people from all corners of the globe telling their…Jul 11, 2019Jul 11, 2019
Allison RappRolling Thunder Review: Bob Dylan and the Fever DreamThere’s already a ton of great writing out there about the new Bob Dylan film, Rolling Thunder Revue, directed by Martin Scorsese. (Pretty…Jun 18, 20191Jun 18, 20191
Allison RappEcho in the Canyon: Or how I learned to stop worrying and learn to love the California music sceneTo be clear: I have always loved the California music scene. I am a New Yorker, of course — Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, and Patti Smith are…Jun 3, 20191Jun 3, 20191
Allison Rapp“Songs Are Like Tattoos”: On Joni Mitchell’s “Blue”When I first settled in to put this review together, I looked up all the lyrics to every song on the internet. I looked up the year it was…May 5, 20192May 5, 20192