By: Adam McGovern

David Cassidy vs. David Bowie — who won?

By: Alix Lambert

They were so insep­arable they practically fused into each other.

By: Tucker Cummings

Visions of him burn brightly in our minds.

By: Joshua Glenn

His ennui and spleen were visceral reactions to emergent neoliberalism.

By: Brian Berger

Unknown until word of his devotion to conjunto spread.

By: Tor Aarestad

He pioneered DIY data production, and transformed Anthropology.

By: Norman Hathaway

He showed us a bum trip that was perfectly in sync with the era.

By: Brian Berger

He played unique variations on the art-life dialectic.

By: Lucy Sante

“Poetry should be made by all. Not by one.”

By: Peggy Nelson

Translating passion for animals into passionate advocacy.

By: Mark Kingwell

The first man to say “fuck” on the airwaves of the BBC.

By: Brian Berger

An inspired, slurry vocalist of darkness and wit.

By: Adam McGovern

The archetypal brand of the iconic mass-culture chanteuse.

By: Brian Berger

From his 1956 debut album onward, his sound was unique.

By: Joshua Glenn

Unfairly criticized as a cultural mandarin, he defended joy.