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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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Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
posted: December 21, 2011
Buble does Christmas like Gaga does weird outfits. It really was a great year for viral videos. Duck Sauce anyone? Lana Del Ray’s lips to appear on SNL. Nothing says Christmas special like lost David Bowie footage.…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: From 'Sunfield' to 'Citizen' with Damien Youth
posted: December 21, 2011
In the murky, mysterious world of musical cult heroes, terms like “well-kept secret,” “hidden treasure” and the like are as common as logorrheics in a debate club; they’ve become so ubiquitous that they lose all…
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Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
posted: December 20, 2011
If only apl.de.ap’s name could make as much sense as this charity. Way to ruin Christmas, Lady Gaga impersonators. Florence proves she’s quite the singer, even without her machine. Boy George should know that it’s…
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Sound And Vision: Strange Bedfellows — The Best of Music's Unlikely Collaborations
posted: December 16, 2011
“I get high with a little help from my friends,” Ringo Starr sang on the Beatles‘ 1967 classic. These days, so do many of music’s top stars. Two’s company, and so is three and sometimes…
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The EditoriaList: Ten Totally Righteous Covers
posted: October 20, 2011
A friend of mine suggested some good ground rules for this one: You have to strip out covers of old blues tunes (sorry Stones and Beatles). Also strip out cover bands (sorry Joe Cocker and Nouvelle…
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