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Greg Garry is a writer and editor covering the beats of music, movies, fashion, travel and art, using his craft as an excuse to meet his heroes. He's also produced photography for many pop culture titles over the centuries, including Radar, Flaunt, Budget Living and Wallpaper. See all of it at his totally amazing website

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Dirty Pillows

Posted December 1, 2011 | 12/01/11 06:23 PM ET

Disclaimer: This post contains graphic imagery.

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Bedding is really such a snooze these days. Where did you sleep last night? Sure, it was impossibly expensive high thread count sheets, but chances are they were mental hospital white or bland hotel beige....

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Is This the Official Anthem of Occupy Wall Street?

Posted November 23, 2011 | 11/23/11 04:43 PM ET

The Drums' "Money," the clever first single off their second album Portamento, seemed poised to be the poster song of our current financial armegeddon. It really is the "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime" for the new Depression. Now an enterprising fan has edited the song to some of the...

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Throwing Muses Did It the Hard Way

Posted October 19, 2011 | 10/19/11 05:34 PM ET

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The 20th anniversary hoopla of Nirvana's Nevermind has only pointed out how weak and boring rock music is nowadays. The kids deserve better, Kings of Leon and Coldplay just ain't cutting it. Thankfully there's Kristin Hersh, the powerhouse behind seminal indie rock band Throwing...

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The Drums Go for Broke

Posted August 26, 2011 | 08/26/11 11:23 AM ET

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You would think that the Drums would just cheer the hell up already. 2010 was a very good year for the indie rock darlings. Their assured debut album, one of the best in recent memory, was released to mass critical hossanas. Their first single...

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Sandra Bernhard: Bigmouth Strikes Again

Posted June 6, 2011 | 06/06/11 11:36 AM ET

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Photo by Eva Tuerbl

Sandra Bernhard is a textbook Gemini. Acerbic and catty one second, then warm and compassionate the next, it is exactly that dual nature that makes her so compelling and hilarious to watch in action. Since her startling film debut in...

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PJ Harvey's 'Bitter Branches' U.S. Premiere

Posted April 18, 2011 | 04/18/11 12:57 PM ET

This is the tenth video taken from PJ Harvey's acclaimed eighth album, Let England Shake, again directed by renowned war photojournalist Seamus Murphy.

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Lollapaloozer's Guide to Chile

Posted March 24, 2011 | 03/24/11 03:05 PM ET

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Are you one of the lucky ones traveling to South America for this big ass concert? Tack on a few more days of fun for yourself while you're there.

The country of Chile is having something of a renaissance right now. Once under the...

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Jeanne Bice Quacks Me Up

Posted March 17, 2011 | 03/17/11 11:50 AM ET

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"Head Quack" of QVC's Quacker Factory, Jeanne Bice

Fashion has been such a drag lately. Stick figure models stomping down the runways in shapeless shrouds of black and gray, looking for all the world like the walking dead. Depressed designers are killing themselves,...

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PJ Harvey: Artist at War

Posted February 11, 2011 | 02/11/11 03:45 PM ET

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Let England Shake is the eighth proper album from PJ Harvey, and I dare you not to take it seriously. Released on February 14th, this is an arsenic-laced valentine to her beloved Great Britain, and in a way, the entire Western world. This is...

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