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Do Young Folks “Lykke” Mushrooms?

March 31, 2009 – 10:30 am
Last Saturday L.A.-based emcee and music aficionado Micah James re-posted the video for “Run Run,” a Summer favorite from last year by Swedish girl-group Those Dancing Days, on his Facebook wall. Earlier the same day I resolved to finally delete Swedish Indie-Pop Lolita Lykke Li’s outstanding 2008 debut Youth Novels off my iPod to […]
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PR(&B)OGRESS

January 21, 2009 – 10:30 am
It’s the morning after one of the biggest and most celebrated days in America’s history. The inauguration parties may all be over. But this was not an event whose significance will soon be forgotten, nor is it a story that ends when the confetti gets swept up. No, no…All that was just […]
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Records at Random, Vol. 76: Tom Tom Club Tom Tom Club

December 5, 2008 – 10:21 am
When I was a little tyke my Mom made a habit of taking me out every once in a while for a special lunch at a cool bistro or pub. I assume it was as a reward for exemplary behavior or an exercise in teaching responsibility. I got to order “grown up” food […]
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Records at Random, Vol. 74: Bill Cosby Hooray for the Salvation Army Band

November 14, 2008 – 10:30 am
Earlier this week I was watching late-nite re-runs of The Cosby Show when I had a revelation. Dr. Heathcliff “Cliff” Huxtable, the show’s main character, despite all of his positive aspects, was a habitual liar. He was a successful doctor, had an amazing wife, exceedingly lovely daughters, an industrious son, and an awesome […]
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A Many-Hued Existence

November 10, 2008 – 10:30 am
I get tons of e-mails every day from bands, musicians, singers, rappers, public relations firms and even other bloggers asking me to listen to “their” music. Only a tiny number of those e-mails contain links to music which is actually of some interest to me. And amongst that privileged minority only a paltry […]
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