Some rock and roll bands can get by on sheer bloody attitude, but it's worth noting in the case of Max Frost and the Troopers, seen above in the 1968…
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Well do I remember the first time I laid eyes on Ms. Britney Spears. It was in Park City, Utah, in January of 1999, and I was at the Sundance…
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Lloyd Cole came to town on Monday night and played some Lloyd Cole songs. With two excellent musicians (Americans Matt Cullen and Mark Schwaber) by his side, Cole gave us…
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Once more diversifying my journalistic efforts—because, as we see more and more clearly day by day, film criticism is a mug's game—I recently interviewed Gregg Allman for the MSN Music…
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Because it's the Purps, bro. And because it's funny, cuz my birth date is August 8.
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I have some thoughts on the greatness of the Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu, whose work is getting highlighted in a welcome and innovative retrospective at Film Forum, for The Daily…
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