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The curiosity of 'Lulu' →
The opening “Brandenburg Gate” starts out interestingly enough, with Reed reciting “I would cut my legs and tits off/When I think of Boris Karloff/In the dark of the moon,” but it’s not long before the weirdness kicks in, Metallica’s full-scale riffing and James Hetfield’s repeated “Small town girl!” punctuating the rest of Reed’s pseudo-ranting. And it just goes on like this…
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ListenRadio Static, Ep. 19: Screaming Fields of Sonic...
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ListenRadio Static: Episode 18 Matt’s away, but...
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September 2011
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R.E.M. calls it a day
From the horse’s mouth: “To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band. We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone who ever felt touched by our music, our deepest thanks for listening.” The band also offers individual...
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Radiohead's lyrics as tools of guidance →
Radiohead has had a number of lyrics over the years burrow themselves into my subconscious. In high school, a line from OK Computer’s “Paranoid Android” hung with me, one with at least two meanings that left me scratching my head, wondering if it was a condemnation or a clever play on a premise: “AMBITION MAKES YOU LOOK PRETTY UGLY.” Read more…
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Goodbye to the White Stripes
When a band is finished, folks want to know what the defining moment was. If given three or four minutes to describe the White Stripes to the unfamiliar, where to turn? Was it “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground” or “The Denial Twist?” The piano rumble of “My Doorbell?” Their live performance of “Seven Nation Army” and “Death Letter” at the Grammys? It could be any of those. But since this is...
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Grateful Dead announce ginormous Europe '72 box...
This is the one that separates the Dead Heads and the mere followers. The Grateful Dead have announced a limited new box set chronicling their entire 1972 European tour, the same set of shows that gave us the classic Europe ’72. The box set, which will be released this fall, will include all 22 shows from the Spring tour on more than 60 CDs remastered by Dead archivist David Lemieux, a...
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