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For two weeks in 1994, after she crashed into a steel-and-concrete pole that pulverized her '86 Celica and subsequently cracked her skull, the only word Ellen Georgieff had...
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Let us now discuss the labyrinthine, in-your-face, introspective, esoteric, head-bobbing, fist-pumping, booty-shaking, genre-defying mélange of the Rock Critic...
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The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood is surrounded by small businesses that cater to the whims gamblers can't meet inside the casino complex. On surrounding...
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For your Heath Ledger holiday-movie options, you have (a) a cowboy in love with another man and (b) history's most infamous womanizer. Since the name Casanova is synonymous...
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"Quadriplegics envy paraplegics. You think, 'Man, they've got it made,'" painter Chuck Close once said about his paralyzed life. Close's comment was his weigh-in about living...
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Pity the college basketball coach. He toils endlessly to explain the vagaries of offensive sets and defensive zones. He frets over lineups, injuries, and scouting reports. His...
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Jack Makler hadn't changed much. When he answered the door, his silver-streaked hair was still perfect. Even in his tube socks, he looked ready to roll in a jet-black shirt...
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When the Xbox 360 hit stores last month and the system sold out within hours, a Berkeley business professor commented on the genius of Microsoft's marketing. "Shortages create...
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All in the Family: The Complete Fifth Season (Columbia/Tristar)
Annie Duke's Beginner's Guide to Texas Hold 'Em (Big Vision)
As Time Goes By: Reunion Special (PBS)
The...
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BCC Post-Piety
Hey, there's nothing wrong with a little smear: In response to the cowardly former student of mine who would not have his/her name revealed as the author...
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Some soul singers have sung their joy — Sam Cooke and Stevie Wonder not least — and made their best art. But Anthony Hamilton comes from a bluesier tradition, with a...
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The Strokes were labeled the saviors of NYC's rock 'n' roll scene when they oozed out of hipster enclaves (and, er, prep school) in 2001. But in the ensuing years, all of the...
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Beck's 2005 Guero album, hailed as the folk-rock-rap-whatever successor to his '96 landmark Odelay, reveled in the artist's usual ironic self-awareness. The title, for one,...
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As any tourhead knows, there's no better way to spend New Year's Eve than with a free-spirited, anything-goes kinda band. The big night may have just passed us by, but there's...
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There was a time when men proudly sported tight, stonewashed jeans and had long feathered manes. A time before indie became a genre, when the gods of rock reigned supreme....
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Poor Loudon Wainwright III. In less than a decade, his son Rufus has achieved more success than he has in 35 years, and his daughter Martha wrote the title track of her...
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Punk rock, regardless of what the more militant camps will tell you, has always survived on its underlying humor. Sometimes it takes a little digging to uncover it, and...
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Considered the godfather of American drum 'n' bass, Dieselboy has helped cultivate the stateside scene since its inception. With a hectic touring schedule and the commercial...
