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Ran
The title of Ran, Akira Kurosawas sweeping 1985 adaptation of King Lear, translates as chaos. True to Shakespeare,…
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Ed Ou
A country some deem the next Afghanistan, owing to its lawless, tribal refuge for Al Qaeda, Yemen is…
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Mariners vs. Cleveland Indians
The abysmal Mariners are starting to look iconically bad, like a terrible team for the ages. Firing managers,…
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Fairmont Olympic Happy Hour
Granted, the Fairmont Olympic isnt the first place that comes to mind for happy hourwho wants to risk…
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Matthew E. Kahn
Weve had our fill of environmental disaster movies (The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, etc.), but now scholars are…
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He inspires hysteria just by brushing against his fans (Google “OMG Ichiro
He inspires hysteria just by brushing against his fans (Google “OMG Ichiro touched me” if you doubt us),…
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ZZ Top
Theres a whole sect of music fans that believe the only ZZ Top worth listening to came before…
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Devin The Dude
If theres one thing the Houston-based Dude can be counted on to do and do well, its good-natured…
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Crying Shame
For a while there, I was really wondering what was going on with the Crying Shame. The band…
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Keith Urban & John Mayer
Theres not too much to say about the music of Keith Urban other than its as innocuous as…
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Wavves
Nathan Williams of Wavves spent 2009 getting into brawls everywhere from New York to Australia with doormen, his…
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Nekromantix
In the Museum of Sorcery & Witchcraft in Hólmavík, Iceland, sits a pair of necropants. What are necropants,…
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Timmy Sunshine & The Conductors
It’s the kind of band name you’d come up with when you were about seven or eight, and…
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Vampire Weekend
At first glance, it might seem like Beach House and the Dum Dum Girls are the biggest beneficiaries…
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D. Black and B. Brown
Just a few months ago I asked D. Black what the future held. His response: “I don’t think…
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Emily Wells
With looping pedals and her violin, Emily Wells composes big songs that can be performed by one person.…
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Neutral Uke Hotel
You would think that one man strumming out every song from In the Aeroplane over the Sea on…
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Vince Mira and The Dusty 45’s
For most of his short career, Vince Mira has been famous for his spot-on imitation of Johnny Cash.…
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The Doobie Brothers
At their best, the Doobie Brothers are like a slicked-up version of The Band, with rotating vocalists, rich…