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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Richard Barone Regains His 'Cool Blue Halo'
posted: February 15, 2012
The rock world was getting ugly in 1987”the fresh fruit from the first half of the decade began to turn rancid as New Wave pioneers lost the plot and either fell apart or fatally tarted…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Rockin' Holiday Gift Guide
posted: December 7, 2011
The holiday season is supposed to appeal to all of our finer instincts as sentient earthlings ”at least that’s the idea that’s been inculcated in us practically since birth. So why is its annual arrival…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Paul Kelly Knows His ABC's
posted: October 5, 2011
In the US, Australian songsmith Paul Kelly‘s cult-hero status was cemented by a pair of late-˜80s A&M releases”Gossip and Under The Sun. Kelly’s concise, cutting lyrics and no-nonsense tunes suggested sort of an Aussie answer…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Iggy Pop's Road Rage
posted: May 4, 2011
The attention-grabbing image on the front cover of the new Iggy Pop box set, Roadkill Rising, offers an apt”if a bit unsettling”visual metaphor for the punk patriarch’s career. It’s a pulp-horror-style illustration of an undead-looking…
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