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Lizzie Widdicombe: Buddy Song (The New Yorker)
Several weeks ago, John McCain revealed his love for Abba, a confession that produced a campaign theme song (“Take a Chance on Me”) and a number of parodies (one, on the Web site Jezebel, went “Gimme gimme gimme McCain after midnight”). The choice of Abba--brilliant or terrible?--was a . . .
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New Music: Jessica Lea Mayfield (prod. by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys): "Kiss Me Again" [MP3/Stream] (Pitchfork)
You may remember Jessica Lea Mayfield from the Black Keys' Attack & Release , where she harmonized with Dan Auerbach on "Things Ain't Like They Used to Be". The eighteen-year-old singer/songwriter has been working with Auerbach for two years on her debut, With Blasphemy So Heartfelt , a collection of bootgazer country tunes about young love and deep scars. She kicks off that album's ...
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MadTracks -- 'Long Time Coming Down' by Josh Harty (Isthmus)
Presumably, the "you" Josh Harty addresses in his low-down anti-love song "Long Time Coming Down" is a woman. But really it could be anyone with whom the veteran singer-songwriter has tried and failed to cement an honest relationship. That's part of the power of this artfully ambiguous country-folk tune, a highlight of his new album A Long List of Lies. Even after Harty has tired of waiting and ...
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Gotta love it! (Boston Herald)
WATCH: 'I GOT THE FEELIN': JAMES BROWN IN THE '60s' Last spring WGBH aired "The Night James Brown Saved Boston," a documentary about the soul...
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Column: Resonant Frequency #60 (Pitchfork)
Lessons learned and observations made about the state of the rock singer from nearly a year spent listening to the Fleet Foxes. read more
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Jazz + funk = Junk (The Herald-Mail)
What began as a confluence of musical tastes has become a jazz-funk explosion for the Hagerstown band Junk. Now the band is hoping to take it to the next level
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Things to Know Before You Tow (Liberty County Times)
(ARA) - Even with gas at $4 a gallon, many people will soon be hitching up their boats, trailers and RVs and hitting the road for summer vacations. Catching up on the latest safety features will help these weekend warriors get out on the open road quickly and safely.
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Art in the American Outback (Arts Journal)
I love it when artists do something that, merely by an accident of fate, suddenly brings to focus a contemporary issue hanging in the ether but that thus far has not been dealt with.
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Putin and the New World Order (cmi valparaíso)
Saakashvili is a war criminal who ordered the indiscriminate murder of our civilian populace, a crime warranting death anywhere, just ask ourselves. It's called mass murder.
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Business And Careers (Paragould Daily Press)
(ARA) - Each year, anti-discrimination laws open the doors to higher learning for millions of disabled students.
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