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Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire
Jason Turner
“The Suburbs” is beyond great, and trying to pick out the best tracks is like trying to decide who the ‘hot girls’ are in a Victoria’s Secret fashion show. But the songs on this record are nothing if not distinct and any of them would make a sparkling addition to your indie-rock collection.
“The Suburbs” is beyond great, and trying to pick out the best tracks is like trying to decide who the ‘hot girls’ are in a Victoria’s Secret fashion show. But the songs on this record are nothing if not distinct and any of them would make a sparkling addition to your indie-rock collection.
Macy Gray
Macy Gray
Aaron George
Macy’s love songs are great, simply because they break form from the traditional. This is most evident in the song “Stalker”, where she details how she is “your submissive hoe...you best friend bitch, and that’s fine.”
Macy’s love songs are great, simply because they break form from the traditional. This is most evident in the song “Stalker”, where she details how she is “your submissive hoe...you best friend bitch, and that’s fine.”
The Black Keys
The Black Keys
Concert Chronicle
Concert Chronicle
Brian Ahnmark
It was my first experience at an intimate club show, and it was a doozy. Hand-printed concert posters adorned the walls (I stole one). The show started roughly two hours late. There was good bottled beer at dirt-cheap prices (I drank Negro Modelo). The opening band was called The Kristi Yamaguchis (if you aren't already laughing, you don't deserve to understand the brilliance of that band name. I will provide no context). The headlining band set up its own equipment, honest and pure.
It was my first experience at an intimate club show, and it was a doozy. Hand-printed concert posters adorned the walls (I stole one). The show started roughly two hours late. There was good bottled beer at dirt-cheap prices (I drank Negro Modelo). The opening band was called The Kristi Yamaguchis (if you aren't already laughing, you don't deserve to understand the brilliance of that band name. I will provide no context). The headlining band set up its own equipment, honest and pure.
Bonna - Ruined
Bonna - Ruined
A Lesson in "Hippy - ocrisy"
A Lesson in "Hippy - ocrisy"
Chad W. Lutz
It’s not often that something of this magnitude, with this much force behind it, actually comes to be. I can’t tell you how many times people followed up, “Hey, I’m going to Bonnaroo this year,” with, “Fuck you!” It seems that music and arts festivals have recaptured the imaginations of music lovers again. If Woodstock was the prototype, Bonnaroo is the new protégé. But what’s strikingly odd is that the very things that made Woodstock such a success back in the days of Peace, Love, and power ruled by the flower are the very downfalls of the new kid on the block.
It’s not often that something of this magnitude, with this much force behind it, actually comes to be. I can’t tell you how many times people followed up, “Hey, I’m going to Bonnaroo this year,” with, “Fuck you!” It seems that music and arts festivals have recaptured the imaginations of music lovers again. If Woodstock was the prototype, Bonnaroo is the new protégé. But what’s strikingly odd is that the very things that made Woodstock such a success back in the days of Peace, Love, and power ruled by the flower are the very downfalls of the new kid on the block.
Cringe and Repeat
Cringe and Repeat
Column
Column
Carlyn Lynch
What She's Got That I Ain't Got.
What She's Got That I Ain't Got.
They Might Be Giants Interview
They Might Be Giants Interview
Interview w/ Karen Dabdoub of CAIR
Interview w/ Karen Dabdoub of CAIR
Shawn Braley
Interview with Karen Dabdoub, Executive Director of CAIR-Council on American Islamic Relations.
Interview with Karen Dabdoub, Executive Director of CAIR-Council on American Islamic Relations.
Findlay Market
Findlay Market
A Pace Ahead of Race
A Pace Ahead of Race
Chad W. Lutz
Findlay Market, erected in 1852, has been a staple landmark of the Queen City and stands as the oldest surviving municipal market house in Ohio. Made possible by a generous posthumous donation of land from the estate of James Findlay, one time general of the Ohio Militia and former mayor of Cincinnati (1805-1806, 1810-1811), and his wife Jane Irwin (Findlay), the market looked like a vegetable circus when I arrived.
Findlay Market, erected in 1852, has been a staple landmark of the Queen City and stands as the oldest surviving municipal market house in Ohio. Made possible by a generous posthumous donation of land from the estate of James Findlay, one time general of the Ohio Militia and former mayor of Cincinnati (1805-1806, 1810-1811), and his wife Jane Irwin (Findlay), the market looked like a vegetable circus when I arrived.
Engulfed
Engulfed
Chad W. Lutz
But scientists are saying it’s way too early to start calling the size and scope of the spill’s destructive legacy just yet. Already some 1,900 birds have died as a result of the spill just within its first three months. And it can only get worse. The Gulf of Mexico is home to over 1,200 species of fish and some 29 different species of marine mammals. Twenty-one years after the Exxon Valdez scientists are still mopping up the ugly consequences of data that show only, “increasing disease and mortality rates,” with many species now existing on the brink of extinction.
But scientists are saying it’s way too early to start calling the size and scope of the spill’s destructive legacy just yet. Already some 1,900 birds have died as a result of the spill just within its first three months. And it can only get worse. The Gulf of Mexico is home to over 1,200 species of fish and some 29 different species of marine mammals. Twenty-one years after the Exxon Valdez scientists are still mopping up the ugly consequences of data that show only, “increasing disease and mortality rates,” with many species now existing on the brink of extinction.