Category: Literature
Editorial: Two Mondays in Boston
While the pages of Goodbye Babylon are typically reserved for the latest in underground music, we felt the need to publish this piece, which is a firsthand account of the events of April 15th, 2013 from the perspective of our editor, who ran the 117th Boston Marathon. He traveled back to Boston the following weekend [...]
Mick’s Lit: A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
Rock & Roll comes in many forms. Most often, people associate rock & roll with a certain brand of music. But, in my many years of studying and engulfing myself in the rock & roll world, it becomes more and more evident by the day that rock & roll is more of a state of [...]
Destination: Clic Gallery NYC
I first stumbled upon Clic Gallery last year while photographing on a clear winter day in SoHo and Nolita. I was drawn in by the books in the windows – books on Tom Ford, Valentino, Alexander McQueen, Mick Jagger, Patti Smith, and on and on. That hit me – fashion, music, photography and art – [...]
Mick’s Lit: Just Kids by Patti Smith
Like most people in their late 20s/early 30s, I imagine that I have a pretty good handle on the 60s and 70s and the era that we define as ‘classic rock’ that birthed the bands that most of ‘our’ bands idolize. I have listened to more than my share of music from the era – [...]
Mick’s Lit: Culture is our Weapon – Making Music and Changing Lives in Rio de Janeiro
If you think you don’t know anything about Brazil’s favelas, you’re probably wrong. And if you think that you do know about Brazil’s favelas, well, you’re likely wrong as well – at least to some degree. The story of Brazil’s favelas is as fascinating and inspiring as it is heartbreaking, and it is a story [...]
