Jack Hamilton

Jack Hamilton is Slate’s pop critic and associate professor of American studies and media studies at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Just Around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination.

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Phil Spector Transformed Pop Music and Destroyed Lives

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What’s Behind Kyrie Irving’s Bizarre Absence From the NBA?

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How One Night in Miami Shortchanges the Greatest Singer of All Time

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MF DOOM Will Never Really Die

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The Anti-Police Country-Trap Anthem That Epitomizes 2020

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The Great New Book About the Year That Changed Pop

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Eddie Van Halen Broke the Guitar Solo

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Oct 07, 2020 10:57 AM
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The NBA Strike Will Reverberate for Years to Come

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Aug 27, 2020 2:40 PM
Is “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” Really a Pro-Confederate Anthem?

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Aug 13, 2020 4:24 PM
Reaganland Is the Riveting Conclusion to a Story That Still Isn’t Over

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Aug 03, 2020 1:38 PM
The World Without Shaq: A Speculative Timeline Derived From His 1997 Film Steel

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ESPN’s Bruce Lee Documentary Is Way Better Than The Last Dance

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June 05, 2020 5:44 AM
Little Richard Changed Everything

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May 09, 2020 2:45 PM
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The Beastie Boys Movie Is Enormously Moving

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April 20, 2020 12:00 PM
The Simpsons Episode That Turned a Sharp Satire Into the Greatest Sitcom of All Time

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March 24, 2020 5:50 AM
Fill the NBA-Sized Hole in Your Heart With This Hilarious Podcast

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March 16, 2020 4:55 PM
The New Documentary About the Band Makes the Same Mistake as the Last One

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Feb 20, 2020 3:39 PM
In HBO’s The Outsider, a Small-Town Murder Leads to a Terrifying Evil

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Jan 10, 2020 11:15 AM
Music Fandom Has Gotten Out of Control

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Dec 17, 2019 9:45 AM
His Dark Materials Stays True, but Watchmen Honors Its Source by Betraying It

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