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Image via Wikipedia"It's been a longtime dream of mine, to play bluegrass in Salt Lake City," (Steve) Martin said as he took the stage. "Tonight, I feel I am one step closer to that goal."Related articles by ZemantaSteve Martin: 2010 Banjo Tour (jambase.com)Playing banjo calmed Steve Martin before … [Read more...]

from a PopMatters series on "What's the Write Word?": This whole business of "giving advice" to "young writers" smacks of old-school authoritarianism and I won't participate in that scam without some kind of "honorary degree." Music writing's a great racket--jump in, the water's warm! ID'ing … [Read more...]

Related articles by ZemantaHave A Listen To The Rolling Stones Plundered My Soul (undercover.com.au)Rolling Stones Plan "Plundered My Soul" Single for Record Store Day (rollingstone.com)The Rolling Stones "Exile on Main Street Deluxe Edition": First listen (timeoutny.com)Unreleased Rolling Stones To … [Read more...]

Image via Wikipedia...From the point of view of rational analysis the weight of evidence is still on the side of the skeptics who assure us that all crop circles are made by artists and lovable, jolly old men like Doug and Dave. But there are facts that don't quite fit, and the alternatives are … [Read more...]

Image via Wikipedia"America was called into being by a journalist. When Virginia plantation owners who would become presidents were still pondering petitioning to King George III, when a Boston lawyer who would also be president was fretting about the excesses democracy might unleash with the … [Read more...]

To the Editor:The top 25 hedge fund managers took home an average of $1 billion each last year (Business Day, April 1). The same day I read that the global community has pledged $9.9 billion over the next three years for disaster relief in Haiti ("Billions of Dollars Are Pledged for Haiti, but … [Read more...]

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Serena-Maneesh Hit Us and It Felt Like Abyss, the Stranger, Seattle, March 28 Related articles by ZemantaSerena-Maneesh - No.2: Abyss In B Minor [Album] (idiomag.com)Serena-Maneesh/The Depreciation Guild @ Spaceland, Los Angeles 3/22/10 (stereogum.com)TechStars Seattle Applications Are Now Open … [Read more...]

To the Editor: Luc Sante, perhaps echoing pleasurable, intoxicating confusions found in David Shields's "Reality Hunger" (March 14), fails to distinguish lies from fictions. Such a conflation can be exciting; it generates an illusion of profundity. The illusion vanishes when the rather obvious … [Read more...]

Can Taschen do no wrong? As a card-carrying typeface hobbyist, I get off on this stuff, but lordy lord don't put this book in my lap I might just leap right in and never come back. Are you ready eyeballs? Start dancing: … [Read more...]

From the David Simon article in the Sunday Times magazine: Network executive to writer: "Could we have the drama . . . without the conflict?"Rivals Lewis Black being told by a suit that his comedy pilot was "too funny."  New orleansRelated articles by ZemantaThe New New Treme … [Read more...]

You can tell by the way he smiles... Related articles by ZemantaDylan, Mellencamp, Baez Bring Civil Rights Songs to White House (rollingstone.com)Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Natalie Cole and More to Perform at White House Civil Rights Concert (pastemagazine.com)White House to welcome Bob Dylan, … [Read more...]