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King of the Road
ERLEND ؙE IS a tramp. I mean that in the nicest possible way. Singer-guitarist عe is one-half of…
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Under the Influence of Luft
I love my new dentist. It’s true. I never knew a dental visit could be such a hoot,…
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The album of the year
Late autumn, when periodicals start hitting up music critics for year-end Top Ten lists, fills me with dread.…
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Now Is the Happiest Time of Your Life
“Vinyl is great, but the music is even better,” Matt Black of Coldcut once said. Since I went…
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Pray for Today
Prayer was a staple of my childhood. My family always said grace before dinner, and I recited the…
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Encountering Diamanda
If you’re even remotely familiar with Diamanda Galᳬ the notion of her playing the Crocodile Cafe this Thursday…
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I Wasn’t Country When Country Wasn’t Cool
I have a confession to make: I love country music. I’m not one of these fussbudgets who only…
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Chipmunk funk
The ring of his cell phone—long, long, short, short, long, like a beauty queen’s wave—pierced Quasimoto’s slumber. The…
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Scaling Mount Florida
In an era when even my 106-year-old great aunt has e-mail, it’s not unusual to forge bonds with…
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Imaginary Friends
Last Saturday, I had a horrible nightmare: I was dating Diana Ross. I was perched on a sprawling…
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Bad boys
Evil rules the pop charts. Every time you look at MTV, you’ll see yet another emerging musician who…
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2000: The year in review
JANUARY—Victoria “Posh Spice” Adams intimates on British television that her husband, Manchester United soccer star and all-around stud-puppet…
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Inside out
Gerry didn’t need caffeine to face the day. Regardless, he liked to brew a pot of French Roast…
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The good, the bad and Tom Tom Club
On television, sometimes a spin-off proves just as enduring as the series that spawned it. But when Tina…
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I Love Junior
I despise liver. But I’ll eat it once in a great while, usually in the form of p…
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Late Night Final
The older I grow, the harder I find it to fall in love with albums. Twelve years ago,…
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Behind the music
Open-minded Gilles Peterson can work seemingly any time of song into his addictive DJ sets.
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Nude on the Moon
I’m so glad 2001 is over, because saying sayonara to another year means I don’t have to worry…
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Whistle while you work
Once a week I try to boost my karma by cooking at Chicken Soup Brigade. I started doing…