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Thank god for Luna.
Luna is cursed—cursed with such a wonderful, inviting, original approach to pop music that they will never be…
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As a kid, I knew all of three things about country music. One, my mom’s Oak Ridge Boys…
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I have attended no less then three universities, accumulated over 150 credits, sat through over 4,000 hours of…
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I’ve never been able to figure out how to be cool. I’m always three years behind the pack,…
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When I was 10, only three things mattered to me. The first was that I become the greatest…
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I was down in Portland recently, and I think that it’s become better than Seattle. Don’t get me…
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Something very strange happened today. Not only did I discover one of the hippest feel-good bands of the…
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I LOVE COUNTDOWNS. End of the year, end of the decade, end of the world, whatever. As long…
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I’ve been a Cure fan for as long as I can remember. I jumped aboard the train around…
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One of the finest bands in the Pacific Northwest, 764-Hero have a new album, Weekends Of Sound (Up),…
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KCMU’s morning DJ launches his column
My name is John Richards. I’m the “morning guy” on 90.3 FM KCMU, public radio. I get up…
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You’ve heard it a thousand times: Breaking up is hard to do. Nonsense. Breaking up is easy to…
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Waking people up in the morning has been my job for almost four years now. People start their…
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Reunion tours are sad. Usually the bands try to justify reuniting because they “still have music to make…
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While growing up, I was at the mercy of my mom. My social life was confined to whoever…
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I’m broke. I’ve been broke for about five years now, ever since deciding to pursue my dream of…
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It’s a Hardknox life.
Some say you are what you drive. I say you are what you listen to when you drive.…
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The most frequently asked question I receive besides, “How do you get up so early?” is “How did…
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Being the sensitive guy of the new millennium that I am, I recently felt a strong urge to…
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Austin’s Asylum Street Spankers’ Spanker Madness (out March 21 on Spanks-A-Lot) celebrates the age-old tradition of loadin’ up…