Essays for the US Library of Congress
I have had the great fortune to write two essays for the US Library of Congress. Yes, really. Me, Daniel Bukszpan. Read my trenchant insights, which are eternally preserved at taxpayer expense in the hallowed halls of government.
METALLICA: "Master of Puppets" (1986)
“Master of Puppets” is the third full-length album from San Francisco’s Metallica. It was released in 1986, and it’s hard to overstate the significance that it had upon its release, as well as its continued relevance today...
BLONDIE: "Parallel Lines" (1978)
“Parallel Lines” is the third full-length album from New York City’s Blondie. It was released in 1978, and it showed that new wave music--which had been anathema to popular sensibilities just a few years earlier--was a commercial force to be reckoned with...