How a closeted gay musician dealt with the "manly" world of rock, the AIDS epidemic, and his own demons.

Good children's music doesn't "sing down" to kids, and this CD meets that requirement.

Cook's sensitivity to the importance of empty space is something young performers don't usually develop so early in their careers.

Black musicians who tried to take their music to the masses paid a far steeper price than exclusion from restrooms.

"If I could find another octopus in the tank...I would choose that over you."

Migraine is a symptom; pain comes for a reason.

"Party in My Pants," "Three Drunk Newts," "Sewey Hole" - they're all here. Eat them up. Yum.

This CD has transformed me from a lukewarm Todd Snider fan into a big Todd Snider fan.

Evokes headier eras in picturesque countries where live theater had the power to make audiences go nuts.

By today's standards, the S&M scenes are so tame as to be barely noticeable. What a difference a half-century makes.