KQED in San Francisco reports that Steve Mackay, the saxophone player best known for his phenomenal work with the Stooges (who's lived in San Francisco since 1976) is hospitalized and in critical condition in Daly City, CA. We are thinking good thoughts for Mackay and his family, and blasting the fuck out of Fun House right now.
Metro Times music editor Mike McGonigal has written about music since 1984, when he started the fanzine Chemical Imbalance at age sixteen with money saved from mowing lawns in Florida. He's since written for Spin, Pitchfork, the Village VOICE and Artforum. He's been a museum guard, a financial reporter, a bicycle...