Articles by Richard Younger Soapbox
The New York Times, Sunday, October 1, 1995
To subway riders in the Prince Street Station, the hooded guitarist playing for spare change is just another miscellaneous character in their travels. For me, he is the ghost of summers past. Read more... Life and times of
Arthur Alexander
I came late to Arthur's music, hearing one of his albums in the mid-'80s. By the second track I was entranced. I had to know who this singer was, where he came from - and where he went. The heartbreak in Arthur's voice and the mystery of his obscurity encouraged me to eventually write his biography. It was harder than I ever imagined, but Arthur's music cried out for it to be done. Read more... Tragedy of
Triangle Midtown Resident, March
1996
The scene on March 25, 1911, was more than Coroner Holtzhauser could bear. "Only one miserable little fire escape," he told The New York Times, which described him "sobbing like a child." Read more... Wheels of
Fortune
New York Magazine, January 7, 1991
Not long ago, I had my fifth bicycle stolen. A week later, having neither the money to buy a new one nor any friends I hadn't relieved of their unused bikes, I resolved, with regret, to do what I had told myself I would never do: buy a hot bike. Read more... |