Michael Jackson, Race to the Moon and Alex Ross
Greg Tate a writer at the Village Voice has an excellent article on Jackson entitled Michael Jackson: The Man in our Mirror.
Above and Beyond: The Apollo Space Race To The Moon is an article by André Balogh that explores and contrasts the differences between what happened in 1969 and the present period. A terrific read.
Alex Ross wrote a wonderful book entitled: The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century. His blog has some great entries on it.