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SHE RA
posted: August 24, 2009
It’s not often you read a rapper’s blog and find a quote from William Faulkner. Or a critique of the new Harper’s Bazaar cover. But then again, it’s not often you come across a rapper…
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HEADY MEDS
posted: August 21, 2009
There’s a certain sort of music that any self-respecting indie lover keeps loaded on the iPod for the most emotionally sensitive of situations. Like when you’re facing your first makeout session with a new sweetheart,…
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GAMINE WITH GUITAR
posted: August 17, 2009
Just because a girl has an acoustic guitar and a nice voice doesn’t mean her music is already wrote. When Janis Ian and Joan Baez all but cornered the market on female songwriters/politicos, along came…
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FREE BIRDS
posted: August 14, 2009
The high lonesome sound of bluegrass may have been born in Appalachia, but over time the wind has carried it west to new ranges, where it’s been chiseled accordingly. A mile high in Colorado, mountain…
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CAUSE AND EFFECT
posted: August 10, 2009
The game of hip hop is one that’s fraught with disses and beefs, rodomontade and schadenfreude. These aren’t friendly waters for a newcomer, and many don’t survive first impact. When a young MC steps up…
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FIRE ON THE DANCE FLOOR
posted: August 7, 2009
Remember that old Prego commercial that touted all the ingredients in their spaghetti sauce with the refrain, It’s in there!? Shinobi Ninja is very much the Prego of party music. Thirty seconds into their club…
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