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Land Office Business
Appraise the Lori: This is in response to the November 17 article "Parrish Is Burning." (Bob Norman). Norman just touched the tip of the iceberg. As...
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With Confessions on a Dance Floor, Madonna makes progress in returning to form after the preachy, pale American Life, but this seamless, beat-filled ode to dance clubs isn't...
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A fundraiser that's Taylor made
MON 12/5
In the logo for the Seminole Tribe of Florida JT's Ping-Pong Smash 2, a contorted caricature of Miami Dolphin All-Pro Jason...
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How strange in a musical climate that gives a new Neil Diamond CD all the promotion in the world, the newly released soul-throwback I Believe to My Soul is already...
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A really ungrateful houseguest
THU 12/1
You'd think the Bush administration would listen to former POW Sen. John McCain when he says that torturing suspected terrorists...
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The current round of '80s dance-punk redux has been going on long enough that it's only a matter of time before some bandwagon-jumping latecomers become the chart-topping...
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Danny Diablo takes on Fort Lauderdale
THU 12/1
Fred Durst and his ilk of rap-metal frontmen know how to go through the motions, but c'mon, who are they kidding? Those...
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First, a couple of basic axioms: Sun Kil Moon's Mark Kozelek is underrated; Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock is overrated. That said, Sun Kil Moon's Tiny Cities, an album of Modest...
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Samantha Jones ought to be a familiar name if you've ever dug the Central Florida music scene. From her stints in punk/indie bands like Crustaceans and Bitchin' to her most...
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India.Arie made it clear with her 2001 hit, "Video:" "I am not the average girl from your video." Far from it: the 29-year-old songstress is a Grammy winner and one of the...
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Detroit is notorious for spawning some of the world's definitive wonders: Motown, Devil's Night, Madonna, Eminem, and, lately, minimalist techno. But ADULT., the nervous trio...
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When music historians/collector geeks (these are my people) chat about colossal production styles of the 1960s, they always mention Phil Spector and his Wall of Sound. But...
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Since its introduction in the 1930s by Willie and Troman Eason into the Pentecostal Church's musical worship, the steel guitar has quietly become a triumphant instrument for...
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"For me, funk is a feeling. It's a great feeling that makes you want to get up and get down!" So says DJ Nickodemus, and the man should know. Seven years ago, he launched...