A Magazine of Popular (and Unpopular) Culture
Americans now in their 50s grew up in a time of radical innovation at the intersection of public education and mass media. In the late 1960s, citizen groups such as …
Knowledge is Power!
Well, another year is just about in the can, and as usual, there is a long list of talented folks who have left us over the past twelve months. For …
In Memoriam 2022
In modern-day America, the hallmarks of middle age include, among many other signifiers, opening your mailbox to find that first mailer from AARP, noticing antique tags on cars that were …
Museum Pieces
In 2003 I was hired as managing editor of a startup free weekly paper in Wichita. F5 Weekly (RIP) covered music, movies, art, politics, etc., and the whole of the …
Secret Meetings: An Alternative Playlist
Music heads everywhere were stunned and saddened this week to hear of the passing of industry icon Mo Ostin, a man who somehow became one of the most successful music …
Thirty Songs in Memory of Mo Ostin
I grew up in the ’70s on the Cherokee Strip, right on the Kansas side of the Oklahoma border, and our hometown had a pork processing plant that employed many …
The Ballad of C.W. McCall
Today is the first day of spring, and boy, is the Honk home office happy about it. In honor of the season of rebirth, renewal and fresh starts, here is …
Hooray for Flowers!
A surprising range of musicians across a broad spectrum of styles and genres share one quirky trait: Being born on March 15. In honor of the many jams produced by …
Embrace the Ides of March
When I was a kid growing up on the Cherokee Strip in the 1970s, the air was filled with country music, played and sung by a cast of colorful characters …
That’s How I Got to Memphis
Perhaps no musician in the history of pop music is more well-known for constant metamorphosis than the late, great David Bowie, who would have celebrated his 75th birthday today. Over …
David Bowie: Diamond (Jubilee) Dog