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Riffs, Rants and Rumors: Jesse Frohman Catches Kurt Cobain's Final Act
posted: April 11, 2012
Veteran photographer Jesse Frohman isn’t easily fazed. He may have become adept at photographing the “beautiful people” in celebdom, but he first began making a name for himself in the late ’80s by capturing colorful…
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Riffs, Rants and Rumors: Listening In On Belle and Sebastian's Late Night Tales
posted: April 4, 2012
What do you listen to when the hour is late, the lights are low and careening power chords and wailing vocals just don’t suit the mood? Everybody’s got their own answer to that question, but…
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Riffs, Rants and Rumors: Deconstructing Elvis Costello's Spinning Wheel
posted: March 28, 2012
You might recall that towards the end of 2011 Elvis Costello made news by issuing a statement on his Web site discouraging fans from purchasing the deluxe box set version of his live recording The…
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Riffs, Rants and Rumors: Getting Thicker Than a Brick With Ian Anderson
posted: March 21, 2012
It’s 1972. The Godfather is inaugurating America’s obsession with the inner lives of Mafiosi. Hunter S. Thompson chronicles the dreams of the ’60s turning sour in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, over in…
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Riffs, Rants and Rumors: Bruce's Broadsides for the New Depression
posted: March 14, 2012
The first question is, what the hell took him so long? Bruce Springsteen‘s new album, Wrecking Ball, is very much a response to the post-apocalyptic state of the American economy, but a quick glance at…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Rock Doc Roundup
posted: February 22, 2012
What do true rock & roll obsessive do in the extremely unlikely event that they get tired of listening to their favorite albums? Watch documentaries about them, of course! And even though 2012 is still…
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