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‘The Chris Isaak Show’
“I like to think of myself as a regular guy,” says Chris Isaak in the promotional materials for…
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Actionslacks
In show business, who you know is just as important as talent and dedication. It’s hard enough to…
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Your Manager Stinks!
When Henry Rollins speaks, I listen. So when I got an e-mail recently concerning the forthcoming Black Flag…
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“The N Word”
I was 8 years old when I first head the word “nigger.” On that day, Jimmy, an elementary…
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Sprout, sprout, let it all out
Plenty of artists would be thrilled about being feted on a 2-CD anthology, but Paddy McAloon, songwriter for…
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The Shangri-Las
New York indie rockers Versus have just released a new four-song EP (on Merge) entitled Shangri-La. In addition…
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Get the Point!
This week’s adventure, like so many others, begins with the ramblings of a drunk. A couple weekends ago,…
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Indiana wants me
Looking out a dirty old window. Down below, the cars in the city go rushing by. I sit…
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Fancy
Olga tacked down a fake eyelash with her fingertip, careful to avoid stabbing herself with her press-on nails.…
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Cool Runnings
BANCO DE GAIA PETER MARDIL Baltic Room, 206-624-4444, $10 9 p.m. Mon., Nov. 11 NOWADAYS, WITH EVERY swank…
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The house that Jesse built
You can learn plenty about a guy’s interests from the contents of his wallet. Most single young men…
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A place for us
The noises filling the backyard of my parents’ house, cradled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, are unfamiliar. The…
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You’re all alone out there
“A capella” isn’t an instantly recognizable term. Ask the average man on the street what it means and…
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C-30, C-60, C-90, go!
There’s an especially engaging essay entitled “I’m Just A Love Machine” in comedian Bob Smith’s new Way to…
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Butt rock breakthrough
It started with an innocent request: Would I DJ at a friend’s birthday party? Well, sure. He’s my…
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My secret identity
Once a geek, always a geek. I can do a million crunches and get high with Marilyn Manson…
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Go Tell Aunt Rhody
TWO YEARS AGO, I purchased my first guitar. At the time, I was singing with a wholesome folk…
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The Free Design
If the name the Free Design sounds familiar, but you can’t place why, it’s probably because some of…
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The ‘Other’ Supremes
WHO’S YOUR favorite member of the Supremes? Do you still worship at the gilded altar of Diana Ross?…