Thought this was fascinating! (And it reminded me of the interesting articles the “old” Village Voice used to run every week in the late ’80s and early ’90s, back when I was in my late teens and early 20s.  (I still can’t forget “Albert Murray’s Blues People,” the name of that long, thorough Joe Wood profile of Albert Murray in the VV‘s Literary supplement. Sadly, both are ancestors in 2014. Yep, I’m old. :))