Cover To Cover
Being There's staff reflects on 25 of their favourite album covers.
Poor Girl's Blues
In an exclusive interview with Being There, Jolie Holland talks about the surprise of worldwide success, her two albums, and the artificiality of genre.
A Lone Rabbit On The Road
Peter Elkas talks to Being There about his career as a solo artist and finding a new audience.
The Art of Politics
Part I - Literature, Music and Comedy
Who says art and politics don't mix? Brighid Mooney takes a look at how the two have operated together, then and now.
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The Indie's Turn
Merge Records is one of the mothers of the 1990s indie scene: home of label founders Superchunk, as well as Lambchop, The Arcade Fire, and The Magnetic Fields.
Battle of the "Experts"
This month, we float by as Brighid and Aaron (viciously, maliciously, and mercilessly!) face off on lucid dreaming in music & film.
Getting to Know...
Brighid Mooney offers some advice to those wanting to discover the music of Elvis Costello

Globetrotting
Ah, home sweet home. This month we look at Toronto, home of a large fraction of Being There's staff
Been There
Russell Bartholomee reflects on his first glimpse of Radiohead in 1995. Opening for R.E.M., the band was still young.
Watching the Music
This month - Canadian rock band Sloan's rarely seen "She Says What She Means"
Whatever Happened To...
Shelley Duvall was the only actress to ever be cast by Altman, Kubrick, and Allen. Whatever happened to her?

Oops!
In a new column focusing on some of the biggest slips in music and film, we look at Garth Brooks' bizarre career move: Chris Gaines.
9 x 5
Our contributors pick five things they're digging this month.