The First Song Written Under My Own Name

The First Song Written Under My Own Name

New York City, December 1988I was in a club in lower Manhattan last night. I do not remember the name of the club. What I remember is a particular moment when the music hit something that had been sealed for a long time, and the thing inside came loose, and I left at...
The Music That Named the Distance

The Music That Named the Distance

London, October 1982There is a club on Meard Street in Soho that opened this year. The Batcave. I have been three times now, standing in the back where the sound is slightly less total, watching something happen that I recognize from other moments in other centuries:...