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Krishna Das
Even though Krishna Das is actually a Jewish man from Long Island named Jeff, it must be pointed…
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The Sweet Dominiques
The Sweet Dominiques have operated under a number of guises, from a duo to a seven-piece collective of…
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Mt St Helens Vietnam Band
Mt St Helens Vietnam Band front man Benjamin Verdoes says that while the band receives frequent offers to…
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Tobacco
Sheathed in a crackling vocoder, Tobacco is the musical persona of Black Moth Super Rainbow leader Tom Fec.…
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Purple Rain
Lets go crazy. Princes 1984 sturm-und-Minneapolis-drang musical boasts a killer soundtrack. In addition to the title song, Purple…
Music
The Short List: This Week’s Recommended Shows
Krishna Das / Wednesday, March 24 Even though Krishna Das is actually a Jewish man from Long Island…
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Kevin Murphy, left, with Cave Singers Derek Fudesco and Pete Quirk.I just
Kevin Murphy, left, with Cave Singers Derek Fudesco and Pete Quirk.I just gotta say, it’s a bummer the…
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The Big Lebowski
Screening at midnight, the Coen brothers 1998 stoner-noir is Raymond Chandler filtered through dirty bong water, where almost…
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The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events
WEDNESDAY 3/24 Books/Environment: Less Impact Woman The phrase “viral video” usually inspires a shudder of revulsion (see: “Two…
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Last Tango in Paris
Not the way I want to remember Marlon Brando, but still powerful, Bernardo Bertoluccis 1972 study in sexual…
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The Good Soldier
Disconcertingly timeless is the idea that a “good” soldier is one who kills, lest he be killed. The…
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It’s Not How Much You Spent on Your Bike That’s Important
Dear UTS, How do I avoid feeling self-conscious when people ask how much I spent on my bike?…
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Richard LeMieux
Richard LeMieux’s memoir of homelessness, Breakfast at Sally’s (Skyhorse, $14.95), was written on a cast-off manual typewriter while…
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Timothy Egan
Having been through the Gifford Pinchot National Forest many times, having swung a Pulaski doing trail maintenance work…
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Sam Lipsyte
Sam Lipsyte’s corrosive, obscene, unpleasantly hilarious The Ask (Farrar Straus Giroux, $25) is a novel full of morally…
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Whirligig!
No, its not too soon to start feeling sad and nostalgic about the Fun Forest, which will remain…
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I’m No Dummy
A documentary about ventriloquistsor vents, as those in the trade call themselvessounds like a Christopher Guest mockumentary, a…
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Wyatt Cenac
Wyatt Cenac has no use for foolishness, no cause for raised voice or bugging eyes, no need to…
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A Prairie Home Companion
More Bill Maher than Norman Rockwell, Garrison Keillor can poke fun at liberal institutions (food co-ops, say, or…
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At most dance shows, the division of labor is pretty clear: The audience watches, and the dancers perform.…