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Neuman's Own: Q&A with Marissa Nadler
posted: October 28, 2011
The adjectives ethereal, otherworldly and mythological tend to follow Marissa Nadler around like a pack of wandering troubadours. Nadler’s cultural understanding made it all the more poignant when she found herself subjected to the socio-economic
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Neuman's Own: Buddy Holly Comp Not Short of Star Power
posted: August 4, 2011
This year, two high-profile compilations of Buddy Holly cover songs will come out just months apart from one another, each to commemorate what would have been the Buddy Holly‘s 75th birthday this year. The first
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Neuman's Own: Music About Food Gains Some Weight
posted: June 1, 2011
In the two weeks since it’s been posted, Vegan Black Metal Chef: Episode 1 Pad Thai has been viewed over one million times. Ostensibly a parody of cooking culture today, the viral video surprisingly doesn’t
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Neuman's Own: How Did Cancer Become Punk Rock?
posted: May 17, 2011
Ten years ago, a bed-stricken Joey Ramone, secretly suffering from complications from the lymphoma he had been battling since 1996, decided to plan a huge blowout for his 50th birthday. Sadly, Joey died a little
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Neuman's Own: The Mysterious Power Of Ezra Furman
posted: May 11, 2011
After one listen to Mysterious Power (Red Parlor Records) it’s not hard to imagine twenty-four-year-old singer/songwriter Ezra Furman hopping a freight train with a bindle stick over his shoulder and a tattered copy of Thoreau
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Neuman's Own: Baseball Recordings No Longer Inside Baseball
posted: March 28, 2011
No sport has a sacred soundtrack like baseball. Baseball has inspired a litany of songs that go back to the origins of the game itself. To be sure, other sports have inspired music, but so
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