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Ah, singer/songwriters and their quirks. Ed Harcourt, who plays about 39 instruments, wrote all the music, sang all the songs and entirely lacked creative backing on From Every Sphere , is a good exam...
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The first Led Zeppelin album added to a music collection is a special memory for everyone. At least, it was for me. Helping my old man arrange books and records at the Agoura Hills Library some years ...
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1) Black Eyes | s/t | Dischord2) Postal Service | Give Up | Sub Pop3) Rjd2 | The Horror | Def Jux
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A veteran hip hop visionary of almost two decades, Prince Paul knows this. He knows that critics can digest artistry the wrong way, and that labels can excrete you without a second thought.
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After emerging with Michael Franti and the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy in 1992, Hunter released his own trio's first jazz album in 1993, Charlie Hunter Trio, under Primus bassist Les Claypool's Pr...
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If you had to sum up the Wachowski brothers' "The Matrix: Reloaded" in one word, it would be "cool." If you could use two words, the second would be "unnecessary."
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When bands play hard and heavy, they always take the risk of thrumming out agonizingly slow, as if they were attempting to gorge John Madden's Thanksgiving Day turkey doused in 54 gallons of slop-grav...
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"Fire in the disco / Fire in the Taco Bell / Fire in the disco / Fire at the gates of hell." So sings Electric Six frontman Dick Valentine in "Danger! High Voltage" on the album of the same name.
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1) Black Eyes | s/t | Dischord 2) Kissing Tigers | Trebuchet EP | You Genius 3) Prefuse 73 | One Word Extinguisher | Warp 4) Glass Candy | Love Love Love | Troubleman 5) Majesticons | Beauty Party | B...
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Just because an activity is free does not mean one is obligated to get off one's lazy ass and participate. Take rolling in shards of broken glass in the streets of Isla Vista. It's free! Buuuuut, one ...
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One of the most intriguing and awe-inspiring aspects of the documentary "Rivers and Tides," by German filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer, is the beauty wrapped in the fluidity of making one's paintbrush t...
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Just in case you thought The Onion was only good for fake news ("Hostel-Dwelling Swede Getting Laid Big-Time") be pleasantly surprised by their most recent creation, The Tenacity of the Cockroach: Con...
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The Alkaline Trio and I go way back. I mean, I can't even recall all the countless drunken nights we've spent together singing at the top of our lungs, reciting morbid lyrics like sacred poetry, and p...
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Remember the scene in "The Blues Brothers" when Jake and Elwood try to buy a smoking electric piano at Ray's Music Exchange in downtown Chicago?
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Thought Mike Patton disappeared from the face of the earth after Faith No More disbanded in 1998? He's actually been keeping himself quite busy with several bands and his very own record label.
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The Good Place: Feels like they’re living in an alternate reality
How I Met Your Mother: Hardcore romantic
Big Mouth: They have one
Jane the Virgin: Cries at every episode
Schitt’s Creek: Narcissist
Modern Family: Claire Dunphy-esque Google Calendar
Friends: Also has 10 seasons worth of lore
Community: Describes their friend group
Sex and The City: Thinks they’re Carrie Bradshaw
The Office: Dwight Schrute tendencies
Arrested Development: Also likes embezzling money
New Girl: Has a drawer full of glitter and ribbon like Jess
