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Ljubinko Zivkovic

One Of The Best Rock Albums Ever – 50 Years Later, Has Forever Changed Yet?

Ljubinko Zivkovic
In 1967, Arthur Lee and his then stable band, Love, came up with Forever Changes - widely considered to be their, and one of rock’s greatest masterpieces. While making some impact in Europe, in particular England, at the time, the album was practically ignored in the US. Now, 50 years later, the album is being recognized for what it is (even by Rolling Stone, who missed its greatness the first time around)....
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Where have all the rock critics gone? | Opinions | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

Where have all the rock critics gone?

Ljubinko Zivkovic
Most of the big names like Greil Marcus, Robert Christgau, and Simon Frith are still around; somewhere in columns in established cultural magazines, books, and even academia. But it seems that their style of integrated cultural, musical and sociological analysis that at the same time deconstructs and reconstructs certain musical work is less and less visible. What has happened?...
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Alex Chilton - The Letter From The Other Side of Success | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

Alex Chilton – The Letter From The Other Side of Success

Ljubinko Zivkovic
How do you go from a #1 hit and being one of the most successful so-called blue-eyed soul artists and considered the progenitor of power pop by ecstatic critics, to never really making a success story out of it, to a patchy solo career and odd-jobs, then back to being a producer and musical encyclopedia of rock and roll, to almost fully rehabilitating your career by the end? Well, you would have to ask Alex Chilton, the man from Memphis who went through all of that - that is, if he were still with us....
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Reissue Music Labels: Coming to the Forefront | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

Reissue Music Labels: Coming to the Forefront

Ljubinko Zivkovic
Reissue music labels, some old, some new, seem to be gaining in prominence. The reasons for that are both artistic and commercial. CDs are on their way to joining 8-track cartridges and cassettes, vinyl records are having yet another comeback, and more and more indie labels are popping up to rescue what they consider artistically valuable material from obscurity....
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Ljubinko Zivkovic

From journalist to diplomat, to translator and back to writing and journalism. Living and working in The Netherlands.

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