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Easy Does It
KELLY WILLIS Bumbershoot, Mural Amphitheater, $20 8:30 p.m. Sat., Aug. 31 Back in 2000, when country singer Kelly…
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More freaks, please
More than a year after its release, Creed’s shamefully derivative Human Clay remains in the Top 10. The…
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Julie was her name
“Where did my innocence go?” Olivia Newton-John asked that question in “A Little More Love,” but it was…
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Eminem’s new position
GLAAD—short for Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation—is the media watchdog for what is awkwardly referred to as…
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Three’s Company
YEAH YEAH YEAHS JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION, LIARS Showbox, 628-3151 , $20/$15 adv. 9 p.m. Tues., Sept. 24…
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The All American
There’s a popular misconception that being a music critic is the cushiest gig in the world. People think…
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Heavy weather
The sunshine finally returned, boys are wearing cutoffs, and one subject preoccupies me constantly. The scope of my…
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My imaginary Kansas
The waning afternoon sunlight suffuses the waving wheatfields. Flashes of gold ebb and flow ceaselessly, like a drag…
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Live in the now!
As folks who’ve read my rhapsodic waxing on Bow Wow Wow, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, or even…
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Laugh Lines
Detroit electro outfit Adult. find the right balance of humor and intensity with their latest, Anxiety Always.
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Bad “girls”
The key to surviving summer in New York City is getting out of town as often as possible.…
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Reid Paley
Though I often shun the company of others while seeking solace in a bottle, I always listen to…
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The plush life
My friend Chuck is mad at me. Because of a simple misunderstanding, he’s decided that my intentions toward…
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Going Postal
THERE ARE FEW things more heartbreaking than watching an artist you once cherished make a blatant bid to…
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Two Ears and a Tale
I hate my left big toe. If I were going to shell out the dough to have one…
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A kind of hush
Before we go too far, let’s get one matter straight: When it comes to volume, I’m not a…
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“If You Leave”
Like most teenagers, my loyalty to recording artists was fleeting. One week I championed Haysi Fantayzee, the next…