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  • Don't Blame It On the Boogie

    by Denise SullivanSeptember 3, 2008Comments (1)

    Before the shame of "Boogie Oogie Oogie", the boogie had seen some very good years—from the roaring ’20s and the birth of rock ‘n’ roll, up till the ’70s when consummate rocker Marc Bolan of T. Rex claimed he was Born to Boogie. (read more)

  • Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis

    by j. poetJuly 23, 2008Comments (2)

    "a Lord I feel so bad but the audience is still giving me a standing ovation kind of blues" (read more)

  • Lemonheads: Jangle Pop, Punk Rock, and Pin-up Charm

    by Everett TrueJuly 16, 2008Comments (0)

    Evan bounds from small classroom to small classroom in a happy haze, occasionally running across an old teacher who advises him to get his hair cut, sometimes stopping to reminisce about where he used to hang out with Jesse, ex-Lemonhead (and now video maker), and chat up babes. Steve Gullick instructs Evan to put his feet up on an old teacher's desk, and the singer complies. (read more)

  • Dark Side of the Death Star (or How I Wasted Eleven Months of My Life)

    by James Greene, Jr.July 9, 2008Comments (11)

    White Zombie’s landmark 1992 album La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 certainly seemed like the type of sample-heavy rock freak-out that would align perfectly with a wild, outer space adventure starring Mark Hamill. Also, I figured it would be pretty cool watching Darth Vader parade around to all those bad-ass metal riffs. That alone might keep me from dozing off in the middle of said experiment. The following evening (read more)

  • Sunset Boulevard: The Metal Years

    by Eric WeisbardMay 14, 2008Comments (3)

    Use Your Illusion, then, arguably marked the end of rock in the weird shape it had taken when the sixties ended: Mass culture masquerading as oppositional culture (read more)

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