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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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