The first thing I did last night was forget my wallet at home. Thank God for all-ages nights. Then I watched a band called Restaurant and became smitten. Two pretty men, one hi-hat made of license plates, one generic brand hollow body covered in hot pink tape, one synthesizer from the 1960s and an apple [...]

Masta Ace did not do what every other man did

ILLUSTRATION by LUKE MCGARRY
Down, he said, way down, the devil call it underground, and back then he said it with pride—Masta Ace on album released in 1993 the day after “Protect Ya Neck” came out, and if he had been a day earlier, what tasteful mansion [...]