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41. Live Wire

    Badfish

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: March 13, 2008

    Southern California's rock/ska band Sublime was one hell of a music outfit while it lasted. The group, fronted by affable lead singer Bradley Nowell, kicked out funky riffs and...

42. Outtakes

    Cosmic American Tragedy

    New book explores the life of troubled rocker Gram Parsons

    By Bob Ruggiero

    Published: March 13, 2008

    To his champions, Gram Parsons was a cult hero, musical genius, and the primary inventor of "country rock." But he was also a tragic figure who died prematurely, an artist...

43. Dish

    King Fisher

    By John Linn

    Published: March 13, 2008

    These days, it's not just a question of where to find fresh produce, meat, and fish. It has to be organic. Local. Ethical. One market might have juicy, just-harvested sugar...

44. Film

    Look Whos Back!

    After the unspeakable Grinch, Horton is a surprisingly strong Seuss adaptation

    By Gonazalez, Ed

    Published: March 13, 2008

    Was Dr. Seuss, née Theodor Seuss Geisel, oblivious to his own genius? The allegory of his charming Horton Hears a Who! remains fluid today and, like its crafty rhymes,...

45. Short Cuts

    Horace Silver

    Live at Newport '58 (Blue Note)

    By Jason Ferguson

    Published: March 13, 2008

    The first thing one notices about Live at Newport '58 is the sound quality. In a jazz world defined at the fidelity extremes by pristine Rudy Van Gelder remasters of legendary...

46. Live Wire

    Chick Corea and Gary Burton

    By Jason Ferguson

    Published: March 13, 2008

    Skilled musicians Chick Corea and Gary Burton used to make challenging and experimental jazz albums that verged on the avant-garde. These albums eschewed the spastic joy of the...

47. Outtakes

    Gang Green

    Six essential Irish acts that would win St. Paddy's approval

    By Lee Zimmerman

    Published: March 13, 2008

    With another Saint Patrick's Day almost upon us, we'll once again don the green, approximate some lame Irish accents, and prepare to ingest massive amounts of oddly tinted...

48. Short Cuts

    King Crimson

    The Great Deceiver — Part Two Live 1973-1974 (Discipline Global Mobile)

    By Mark Keresman

    Published: March 13, 2008

    How is it that of nearly all the progressive rock combos of the 1970s, King Crimson sounds today the least dated and most relevant (aside from the fact it's still around off...

49. Live Wire

    Webb Wilder

    By Jason Ferguson

    Published: March 13, 2008

    It seems strange to say this as a point of differentiation, but Webb Wilder plays rock 'n' roll. Not a hyphenated form of rock 'n' roll, not an ironically rendered...