About Pop Eye

Pop Eye was the name of Richard Goldstein’s pioneering weekly column of rock criticism, first appearing in the Village Voice in June of 1966. The earliest rock critics are the subject of my doctoral dissertation in American history.

Pop Eye was the name of Richard Goldstein’s pioneering weekly column of rock criticism, first appearing in the Village Voice in June of 1966. The earliest rock critics are the subject of my doctoral dissertation in American history.