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Book Review: The Music Instinct by Philip Ball
August 8, 2020The amount of factual detail and insights that Ball brings to the themes under discussion is...
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Book Review: Chords of Strength by David Archuleta
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Art Review: Kurt, at the Seattle Art Museum, Explores Kurt Cobain’s Influence on Contemporary Artists
July 20, 2020Nearby, Jeffry Mitchell’s portrait as Kurt is arguably the hidden gem of the exhibit. Self-Portrait as...
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Book Review: Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet: Race and the Mythology, Politics, and Business of Jazz by Randall Sandke
July 18, 2020Sandke offers no critical commentary about this piece of advice that was given Armstrong after he...
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Book Review: The Songs of Hollywood by Philip Furia and Laurie Patterson
July 17, 2020For the next few years, Hollywood musicals, climaxing in 42nd Street (1933), would be "backstage" pictures....
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Book Review: Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen by Jimmy McDonough
July 11, 2020In the Nashville of the 1960s, songs were typically recorded in an hour or less and...
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Movie Review: The Runaways
July 11, 2020“It’s not about women’s lib, kitties, it’s about women’s libido!” manager Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon) screams...
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The Great Music Videos #2: “Thriller” (dir. John Landis)
July 6, 2020Jackson as a zombie in “Thriller” William Bibbiani noted in the Great Music Videos #1 post...
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Nicole Atkins: Femme Noir
June 13, 2020She’s been called the female Roy Orbison, a psychedelic metalhead who grew up listening to Elvis...
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