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  1. last night on late night
    David Letterman Is Still Traumatized by Green Day’s Drummer“I assumed he was kidding around or perhaps he wanted to hurt me.”
  2. disrespect the classics
    Bob Dylan Is Campaigning to Reinstate Jann Wenner“He just got booted out of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and we don’t think that’s right. We’re trying to get him back in.”
  3. superlatives
    The Most Epic and Obsessive of Rush, According to Geddy Lee“I’m a kind of obnoxious player. I want to be heard. I don’t want to just be satisfied with tickling the bottom of people who are listening.”
  4. respect the classics
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2023 Rock Hall Induction CeremonyMissy Elliott got her freak on. As did … Jimmy Page.
  5. rock hall 2023
    Jimmy Page Had a Whole Lotta Rock Hall LoveThe surprise performance doubled as his first in nearly a decade.
  6. rock hall 2023
    Only One Rock Hall Inductee Called Out Jann Wenner“I guess you could say,” Bernie Taupin explained, “my being inducted is a paradox.”
  7. respect the classics
    John Mayer, It’s Time to Join the Coral Reefer BandJimmy Buffett insisted the group continue performing after his death. That got us thinking …
  8. scene report
    ‘I Actually Felt Like I Knew Him’Days after Matthew Perry’s death, the Friends apartment corner transforms into a site of mourning.
  9. role call
    Michael Bolton Answers Every Question We Have About ‘Jack Sparrow’On the Lonely Island’s “beyond vulgar” first idea, learning how to be less serious, and the gift that never stops giving.
  10. song roulette
    The B-52’s Were Too Weird to Mess WithKate Pierson never tried to write a hit. But the cosmos had bigger plans for her band.
  11. final draft
    Frasier and Niles Were Supposed to Open a Theater TogetherBut when David Hyde Pierce said no, the reboot creators had to evolve.
  12. ask an expert
    The Ivy League Doesn’t Want Frasier CraneThe reboot finds him as a newly hired college professor. His real-life academic counterparts insist there’s “no way” it would happen.
  13. respect the classics
    Prayer Circle for Steely DanDonald Fagen is recovering after a hospitalization forced him off the road.
  14. chat room
    Stevie Nicks Sees ‘No Reason’ to Continue Fleetwood MacRock and roll’s highest priestess on the future of her band, loving Daisy Jones, and being Barbie’s new muse.
  15. disrespect the classics
    Cyndi Lauper Diagnoses Jann Wenner As Senile“I really, really think it’s so wrong.”
  16. song roulette
    Shania Twain Built Her Own CountryShe didn’t get to make decisions about her career at first. One single changed that quickly.
  17. superlatives
    The Most Heartfelt and Goofy of R.E.M., According to Mike Mills“People thought we were these morose navel-gazers. But we were laughing our asses off at just about everything in the world.”
  18. respect the classics
    Donald Fagen Reviews Eagles: ‘Good Band’Any major dude will tell you about their purported rivalry.
  19. respect the classics
    Charlie Watts’s Final Gift Was a Rolling Stones Succession PlanThe band revealed Watts personally recommended and gave his “blessing” to new drummer Steve Jordan.
  20. respect the classics
    Duran Duran’s New Album Is Spooky Like the WolfDanse Macabre, out in October, is all about the joy and madness of Halloween.
  21. respect the classics
    Bruce Springsteen Wanted to Ruin Bono’s DayWith wine, selfies, and a very game Noel Gallagher.
  22. respect the classics
    It’s Time for ‘Time’ (Roger’s Version)The ex–Pink Floyd member looks to the lighter side of the moon with Dark Side Redux.
  23. chat room
    Charity Lawson Was Also Surprised With Her Bachelorette Episode Count“Maybe they had to get me in there quickly.”
  24. role call
    Keith Hernandez Answers Every Question We Have About SeinfeldOn feeling embarrassed by the performance, Jason Alexander’s “standoffish” behavior, and how the show gave him a “second life.”
  25. respect the classics
    Devo Has the Uncontrollable Urge to Retire“We did as well as we could, for as long as we could.”
  26. song roulette
    The Hives Just Want to Scare Other BandsPelle Almqvist didn’t see the potential in their most successful single. At least he can laugh about it now.
  27. respect the classics
    Talking Heads Will Start Making ReunionsThe band’s getting back together for one night only.
  28. crystal visions
    Stevie Nicks Gives Daisy Jones & the Six Her (Belated) Landslide Praise“It brought back memories that made me feel like a ghost watching my own story.”
  29. chat room
    Maggie Lawson, Psych’s Visionary RewatcherEight seasons, three movies, and a fourth script: The actor behind Juliet is keeping her greatest role alive one podcast episode at a time.
  30. this! is! a psa!
    Jeopardy! Will Recycle Clues to Survive Hollywood StrikeWhat is … a questionable solution?
  31. hi barbie
    Is No. 87 Kenough?Ryan Gosling’s ode to existential himbos made the Billboard “Hot 100.”
  32. superlatives
    The Finest and Most Resonant of George Michael, According to Andrew Ridgeley“He was a supernova in a firmament of shining stars.”
  33. he’s kenough
    Rob Thomas Accepts His KenergyHe correctly assumed Matchbox Twenty would be “the butt of the joke” in Barbie.
  34. respect the classics
    Honey, Wake Up, New Steely Dan Just DroppedHot from the vaults, it’s a beer jingle recorded before Countdown to Ecstasy.
  35. it’s broadway bitch
    The Britney Spears Musical Knows Exactly What It’s Doing“A self-aware piece of art tells an audience, ‘We’re going to take care of you,’” says Once Upon a One More Time’s Briga Heelan.
  36. superlatives
    The Best and Most Spectacular of Queen, According to Brian May“I felt like I was called upon to represent rock music of the last 50 years.”
  37. respect the classics
    Joe Walsh Will Worry About AI If It Starts Acting Like Keith Moon“It can’t throw a TV off the fifth floor into the pool and get it right in the middle.”
  38. chat room
    Jury Duty’s James Marsden Reveals the Plan If Ronald Found OutThe first-time Emmy nominee relives the moment that nearly made him break.
  39. respect the classics
    This Unearthed Talking Heads Track Is Our Song-of-Summer Contender“Cities,” cut from Stop Making Sense, is the band’s first release in over three decades.
  40. respect the classics
    Eagles Are Reelin’ in Retirement With Steely DanThe bands will tour together later this year, with Eagles calling it their “final round.”
  41. superlatives
    Ringo Starr on His Joyous Eras With the Beatles, All-Starr Band, and Beyond“With those three boys, we were psychic.”
  42. emergency discussion
    What Do We Want From Bachelor Nation?The franchise that began as an earnest attempt at matchmaking and became an “incestuous influencer parade” is experiencing an identity crisis.
  43. respect the classics
    Steely Dan’s Holy Grail of Recordings Has Been Found“The Second Arrangement” was an accidentally erased Gaucho-era track.
  44. respect the classics
    Dolly Parton Is a Judas PriestessHer new songs from Rockstar recruit Rob Halford and Ann Wilson.
  45. $$$
    Ticketmaster Has Become 1 Percent Less TerribleSurprise “junk fees” are no more, but they will still exist elsewhere.
  46. awards watch
    What Should Win at the 2023 Tony Awards?A Vulture critic and staff writer unpack the “thin-feeling season.”
  47. respect the classics
    Dave Matthews Will Become the Rock Hall’s Susan Lucci“First of all, I was voting furiously. I was on speed dial on a whole rack of phones.”
  48. chat room
    Anthony Head Is Proud to Be Ted Lasso’s One True Villain“It’s hard to say what he wants, because he just wants to win.”
  49. respect the classics
    Now Why Would John Mellencamp Punch This Handsome Man?“I fought all the time, and lost all the time.”
  50. a long talk
    ‘Poor, Odd Nate’Nick Mohammed ends three seasons of Ted Lasso with a friendly debate about his character.
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