Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Greil Marcus
Born: June 19, 1945 (age 80)
Bio: Greil Marcus is an American author, music journalist and cultural critic. He is notable for producing scholarly and literary essays that place rock music in a much broader framework of culture and politics than is customary in pop music journalism.
Known for:
- The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs (2014)
- Invisible Republic (1997)
- A New Literary History of America (2009)