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  • Bo Diddley: The Originator

    by Denise SullivanJuly 9, 2008Comments (2)

    The list of rock figures who bowed to Diddley is quite simply too long and insane to mention, though my three favorites are the Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, and the Clash. (read more)

  • Ron Franklin

    by Denise SullivanJune 25, 2008Comments (0)

    "the mysterious power of the words draw me further into Franklin's day dreamy orbit" (read more)

  • Dodos, Crystal Castles, Times New Viking, and more

    by C!-TeamJune 25, 2008Comments (0)

    An interview with the Dodos? Show reviews of Crystal Castles, Billy Bragg, Times New Viking, and Sea Wolf? Dig in and live vicariously through our live music experiences once again. (read more)

  • Charles Manson: When I Get to the Bottom

    by Brian BrownJune 11, 2008Comments (40)

    Dennis Wilson called Manson his Wizard and the two became very close, swapping girls, songs, and religious ideas. Wilson meanwhile championed Manson to the elite music establishment by opening all sorts of doors for him, dropping him off, guitar in hand, at the hippest gatherings and playing his demos to whomever would listen. He even used Manson’s ideology in interviews. Suddenly the surfing, All-American, beefcake Beach Boy was talking about fear (read more)

  • Hickory Wind: The Life and Times of Gram Parsons by Ben Fong-Torres

    by Bill WasserzieherJune 4, 2008Comments (4)

    "Live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse," the classic punk credo spoken by John Derek to Humphrey Bogart in Knock on Any Door (1949), has proved to be a handy epitaph for a number of deceased musicians, each of whom seems destined to be brought back from the dead in a pop biography. Ex-Byrd and Flying Burrito founder Gram Parsons is the latest to get the between-the-covers treatment. (read more)

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