Reflex

Megadeth: Beacon Theatre, NYC

Live Review by Christine Natanael, Reflex, August 1988

SUBSTANCE, MESSAGE, uprising, controversy, extremity, intelligence – were all on display at Beacon Theatre in the form of Megadeth, churning up anger and angst among ...

Let's Active: Mitch Easter of Let's Active

Profile and Interview by Christine Natanael, Reflex, September 1988

"AS A KID, I was sort of a science nerd," says Mitch Easter. Despite his Einstein-like beginnings, this young boy from Greensboro, North Carolina would ...

Fishbone: Social Skank

Interview by Christine Natanael, Reflex, 1989

GRABBIN' AND RIFFIN', skankin' and ska – there's a revolution happenin'. Combining all the noises, making them all one, Fishbone leads the masses to have ...

Mickey Hart: Ethnomusicologist Mickey Hart Gives Us The World

Interview by Christine Natanael, Reflex, February 1989

THIS IS THE story of a recordist – a man that has made it his business to preserve moments in time and memories of his ...

Jane's Addiction: Standing In The Shower With Jane's Addiction Sharing Cappucino And Cookies

Interview by Christine Natanael, Reflex, Spring 1989

STANDING IN THE shower thinking of what I should write about, I couldn't help but sing the words to one of the songs on the ...

Ofra Haza: And The Wind Whispers Ofra

Interview by Christine Natanael, Reflex, February 1990

OFRA HAZA... when spoken, the name rolls lyrically from the tongue, flowing in fluid phonetics, ancient rhythmic mystical syllabications closer to the soul than to ...

Les Paul: The Les Paul Trio: Fat Tuesdays, New York, NY

Live Review by Christine Natanael, Reflex, November 1991

I WAS IN THE Gramercy Park section of lower Manhattan, entering a black door under an awning labeled "Fat Tuesdays." I was on a pilgrimage ...

Soundgarden: Blowing Eardrums And Blowing Minds: Soundgarden

Profile and Interview by Christine Natanael, Reflex, December 1991

GNASHING, SUBTERRANEAN youth culture on the verge of intellectual upheaval, coming to awareness in late '70s decadence, and coming of age in the post-anarcho-punk revolution, ...

The Mission U.K.: Angst And Ecstacy

Interview by Christine Natanael, Reflex, 27 August 1992

IT'S A GRAY DAY in New York City, and God's pissing on the midday masses as they hustle to their power lunches. The weather matches ...

Kamasi Washington: Swing Time: Kamasi Washington

Interview by Jeff Tamarkin, Reflex, 2 March 2021

AS A high profile jazz musician, Kamasi Washington is accustomed to improvising, just not in the ways that he's been forced to over the past ...