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This Is Your Correspondent…

October 14, 2008
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This Is Your Correspondent…

On friday night I saw Wire here in Philadelphia at Johnny Brenda’s. I had been looking forward to this for awhile. It was one of my all-time favorite bands, playing in a nice, small venue. Even though it’s been over thirty years since the band was formed, they did not disappoint.
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Cover v. Original Verdict: Lost in the Supermarket

October 11, 2008
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Our readers have overwhelmingly voted for the Clash (3-1). I knew this would happen. In fact, it’s the whole reason I proposed this song. I’m subversive like that. Here’s the deal. The Clash are good. Damn good. I mean phenomenally good. “Lost in the Supermarket” is one of my favorite songs. But what I’m...
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Cover v. Original Verdict: Friday Night, Saturday Morning

September 28, 2008
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Cover v. Original Verdict: Friday Night, Saturday Morning

Cover v. Original: Friday Night, Saturday Morning Verdict:  Francophiles love Nouvelle Vague First, let me admit my own ignorance. Before I heard the Nouvelle Vague version of this song, I had never heard of The Specials. If that isn’t enough to turn you away from reading the rest of my review, let me also...
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The Return of My Bloody Valentine

September 25, 2008
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The Return of My Bloody Valentine

Sept. 23, 2008 – Day of days. My Bloody Valentine live at the Roseland Ballroom in NYC for the second of two sold-out shows, on their first tour since 1992. My greatest teenage ambition realized as I witnessed the event I’d waited 15 years to see. Oh yes, I have slipped the surly bonds...
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Interviews: Benjamin Power of Fuck Buttons

September 25, 2008
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Interviews: Benjamin Power of Fuck Buttons

Fuck Buttons have been on a tear this year as acclaim has poured in over their album Street Horrrsing (ATP.) Their live show is a force to be reckoned with and made me reconsider everything i thought I knew about electronic based performances (review here.) Benjamin Powers is one half of this dynamic duo...
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Cover v. Original: Lost in the Supermarket

September 23, 2008
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Cover:  Afghan Whigs Original:  The Clash VOTE! – Cover v. Original works like this:  A contributor presents covers and originals in a post.  Readers debate over which is better in the comments.  Final verdict is given about one week later.
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Hipsters named Sid: Sid Viscious, Syd Barrett, and Sidney McCain

September 22, 2008
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Hipsters named Sid:  Sid Viscious, Syd Barrett, and Sidney McCain

By now, everyone knows about McCain’s sweetheart daughter, Meghan. (…at least those of us who roam around the blogosphere…) As the media accurately reports, Meghan is a member of generation facebook, a not-so-secret admirer of Dr. Kissinger’s shoes, and a savvy politician in the making.  She used her Generation-Blackberry know-how, her degree from Columbia...
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Cover v. Original: Friday Night, Saturday Morning

September 20, 2008
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first edition of a new column. readers, you have one week to debate it out in the comments.  look for the post-author’s response next week. COVER VERSUS ORIGINAL
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Sir Ben Kingsley as Ian MacKaye circa 1981

September 17, 2008
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I’m pretty sure Gandhi was straightedge too.
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Kill Your Idols

September 10, 2008
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Kill Your Idols

One of the best things about being a college student who lives near campus again is that (a) companies think/hope that you have access to money you don’t deserve and (b) don’t mind wasting it and they (c) know exactly where to find you in order to lure you into spending all of your...
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