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Former East Bay Express columnist Gina Arnold revisits her old mode of communication. Only this time, you can reply!
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Did you hear the distant cry?
Did you hear the distant cry?
Mark Lanegan, RIP.
Gina Arnold
Feb 22, 2022
Mixtape the Movie: A defense.
Mixtape the Movie: A defense.
by Gina Arnold
Gina Arnold
Dec 8, 2021
Nobody’s Army: Lessons from the Astroworld
Nobody’s Army: Lessons from the Astroworld
The system is diseased. But Astroworld as a symptom, not an outcome.
Gina Arnold
Nov 23, 2021
Songs of Innocence & Experience: James Taylor at the Chase Center, Oct. 29, 2021.
Songs of Innocence & Experience: James Taylor at the Chase Center, Oct. 29, 2021.
Looking back on the music of my youth: James Taylor and Jackson Browne.
Gina Arnold
Nov 3, 2021
The World Set Free: BTS at the United Nations, 9/20/2021
The World Set Free: BTS at the United Nations, 9/20/2021
BTS came to bury the U.N., not to praise it.
Gina Arnold
Sep 21, 2021
A Spring Clean For the May Queen
A Spring Clean For the May Queen
The return of the music festival has me reexamining my past.
Gina Arnold
Aug 12, 2021
Death by Covid — A Love Story.
Death by Covid — A Love Story.
Just your typical sad story about a quotidian death by COVID — and the special ways that sucks.
Gina Arnold
Feb 2, 2021
BRING OUT YOUR DEAD: immortality in Utopia Avenue
BRING OUT YOUR DEAD: immortality in Utopia Avenue
Music and magic in David Mitchell’s new rock ‘n roll novel help us confront the inevitable in these trying times.
Gina Arnold
Jul 23, 2020
Stop Making Sense
Stop Making Sense
A local Black Lives Matter protest, and why it matters.
Gina Arnold
Jun 3, 2020
Above the Fruited Plains
Above the Fruited Plains
A visit to Yellowstone, circa 1994.
Gina Arnold
Mar 24, 2020
Pandering In Lotus Land: Lessons I Learned from Jimmy Buffett’s Outpost Tour, 1991.
Pandering In Lotus Land: Lessons I Learned from Jimmy Buffett’s Outpost Tour, 1991.
Originally published in the San Diego Reader, June 27, 1991.
Gina Arnold
Mar 15, 2020
Beyond the Yellow Brick Road: “Rocketman” and the 70s revival.
Beyond the Yellow Brick Road: “Rocketman” and the 70s revival.
The film Rocketman, about Elton John, re-envisions the 1970s as a place we might actually wish to revisit. Or not.
Gina Arnold
Jun 11, 2019
Eyes On the Prize: Beyoncé, Coachella, and “Homecoming”
Eyes On the Prize: Beyoncé, Coachella, and “Homecoming”
Beyonce’s live concert “Homecoming,” on Netflix, is the perfect depiction of black culture, music festivals and fandom.
Gina Arnold
Apr 24, 2019
The Day the Music Died
The Day the Music Died
25 years ago Kurt Cobain killed himself and I used a cell phone for the very first time. Those things aren’t related. Or are they?
Gina Arnold
Apr 5, 2019
GOING DOWN ON THE DIRT
GOING DOWN ON THE DIRT
Motley Crüe gets a very untimely upgrade
Gina Arnold
Mar 22, 2019
Live from the red carpet: “Punk”!
Live from the red carpet: “Punk”!
Old Punks, Old Tricks: How Punk Rock is Aging, and other tales from a world premiere
Gina Arnold
Mar 10, 2019
Karmageddon: Ryan Adams and the #metoo moment.
Every morning I go to a café to have a cup and read the paper and listen to my neighbors chat. Typically they talk about real estate and…
Gina Arnold
Feb 14, 2019
Society of the Spectacle: The Fyre Festival Documentaries, deconstructed.
In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles…
Gina Arnold
Jan 25, 2019
The Naked Truth about Juliet, Naked
The Naked Truth about Juliet, Naked
A gentle movie about music fandom that won’t hurt your feelings
Gina Arnold
Aug 29, 2018
Love Buzz
Love Buzz
On the evening of the day I landed at SeaTac airport, an airline groundskeeper stole a plane and flew it around the Olympic Peninsula, so…
Gina Arnold
Aug 13, 2018
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