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1-2-3-4 Go! Records -- Why Record Stores Should Still Matter

Melissa Webster | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Oakland, 1234 Go Records, Green Day, Punk Rock, Prima Donna, Kepi Ghoulie, Live Music, Alternative, Music, Record Stores, Punk, Records, The Phenomenauts, Emily's Army, The Dollyrots, California Bands, Video, Entertainment News
Melissa Webster

I refuse to buy an iPod, a Kindle, or download any movies that go straight to my computer or television. Face to face social interaction and good times, that was the true value of these businesses.

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From Madonna to Mogwai, Swervedriver's Resurgent Sonics Achieve Escape Velocity

Scott Thill | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Psychedelia, Madonna, Mogwai, Nirvana, The Stooges, Coldplay, Alternative, Shoegaze, Rock, Jimmy Fallon, My Bloody Valentine, Britpop, Sonic Youth, Swervedriver, Culture News
Scott Thill

With a sonic heat signature that converged somewhere between the raw power of The Stooges and the cerebral trips of Sonic Youth, Swerdriver's four full-lengths and underestimated rarities have grown in relevance with the flight of time's arrow.

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Dustin Yellin - On Building 12-Ton Sculptures and a 'Utopian Art Center' in Brooklyn

Annie Fabricant | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Dustin Yellin, Intercourse Magazine, Art, Art-Education-Reform, Kidd Yellin, Red Hook Brooklyn, Artist, Warehouse, Alternative, Residency Programs, Vito Schnabel, Slidepollajax, Art Spaces, NY Around Town, NY Arts, Arts News
Annie Fabricant

The art world often seems like a game, where no one is quite sure of the rules, but no one wants to be the first to admit it. You begin to crave authenticity. Then, I discovered artist Dustin Yellin and his very big, and brave, new project.

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Fanfarlo's New Frontier

Salvatore Bono | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Reservoir, Simon Balthazar, Atlantic Records, Interview, Rooms Filled With Light, Mercury Lounge, Fanfarlo, Indie, Britrock, Alternative, New York News, New York News
Salvatore Bono

Rooms Filled with Light is already looking to be one of 2012's most anticipated albums.

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Coldplay and Eggs, Sort Of...

Wyatt Closs | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Mylo Xyloto, Moca, Kroq, Red Bull, Alternative, Rock, Music, Moca Art in the Streets, Coldplay, Chris Martin, Kevin and Bean, Los Angeles News
Wyatt Closs

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Funding Art Without Compromising the Creative Process

Joan K. Smith | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: New Media, Artists, Business, Alternative, Visual Art, Art Funding, Creative Economy, Arts News
Joan K. Smith

Fewer and fewer artists are creating work that is manifested as a tangible, commercially viable object, but are instead expressing themselves through conceptual works.

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A New Model For Cancer Care

Dr. Nalini Chilkov | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oncology, Health Care, Alternative, Robert Zieve, Cancer, Management of Cancer, Home News
Dr. Nalini Chilkov

Healthy Medicine is the recognition that our one-size-fits-all approach to medical practice is largely ineffective if our goal is healing.

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Love Music and Politics? Here Is a Gift for You

Axel W. Caballero | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nacional-Records, Latino Community, Brave New Foundation, Music, Cuentame, Politics, Latino, Manu Chao, Alternative, Latino Musica, Entertainment News
Axel W. Caballero

Cuéntame is excited to announce the release of a free, innovative and provocative online Latino Music Series. As an introductory gift, we are giving you our first Latin music album ever -- for free!

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Getting Your Sh*t Together: Ask GYST

Karen Atkinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Careers, Artists, Diy, Business of Art, Hybrid Careers, Alternative, Gallery, Professional Practices, Arts News
Karen Atkinson

A number of years ago, I was sitting in a faculty meeting and we were discussing the current curriculum of the art program and chatting about the emba...

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The Best Bands in the US(LA): The Monolators

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Punk, Silver Lake, Eagle Rock, Rethink Interview, The Monolators, The Cobra Lilies, Rethink Reviews, Indie, Jonathan Kim, Music, Alternative, Pop, The Best Bands in the US(LA), Rock, Ashley Jex, Jillinda Palmer, Los Angeles, Eli Chartkoff, Mary Chartkoff, Ray Gurrola, Los Angeles News
Jonathan Kim

Anchored by the husband and wife team of Eli and Mary Chartkoff, the Monolators have been scorching and seducing Silver Lake/Echo Park/Eagle Rock audiences for nearly eight years.

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HuffPost Reviews: Leonard Cohen - Live In London / Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! / Nickel Creek's Sara Watkins - Sara Watkins

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Linda Ronstadt, Dino Soldo, Richard Thomspon, John Paul Jones, The Chieftains, Jimmie Rogers, Tim O'Brien, Cylon, Capitol Records, Dave Rawlings, Battlestar Galactica, Neil Diamond, Kris Kristofferson, Led Zeppelin, Robbie Robertson, Bela Fleck, The McGarrigle Sisters, Sean Watkins, New Wave, Sara Watkins, Benmont Tench, Punk, Leonard Cohen, Gillian Welch, U2, Warner Bros Records, Bow Wow Wow, Entertainment News, Rickie Lee Jones, Bill Adama, Joni Mitchell, Jeff Buckley, Bob Metzger, Pop, O2 Arena, The Webb Sisters, Chrissie Hynde, Adidas, The Strokes, Kate Voegle, Bob Wills, Paul Simon, Chris Eldridge, Sharon Robinson, Edie Brickell, Rock, Nickel Creek, Nick Zinner, Rafael Bernardo Gayol, Steve Lillywhite, Rayna Gellert, Ronnie McCoury, The Louvin Brothers, Jon Mark, White Stripes, Alex Woodard, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Elektra Records, Bob Marley, Dan Wilson, Chris Thile, Javier Mas, Avenue C, Karen O, Laura Roslin, Roscoe Beck, Alternative, Bob Dylan, New York City, Tom Waits, Emmylou Harris, John Hartford, Chris Rea, Ben Lee, Jon Brion, Annabella, Svengali, I-Threes, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Leonard's voice really has grown better over the years, Yeah Yeah's new album is 42 minutes of electronically retro-licious pop, and Sara Watkins is as a serious lyricist with a mission.

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HuffPost Reviews: Radiohead Pablo Honey, The Bends, and OK Computer Collector's Editions / Pearl Jam's Ten Legacy Edition

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jools Holland, Deluxe Edition, Chicago, Mike McCready, Legacy Edition, Nevermind, Collector's Edition, Stone Gossard, Brendan O'Brien, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jeff Ament, Weezer, The Who, Sony Entertainment, 2 Meter Session, Ten, Thom Yorke, Marvin GayeSony, Mtv, MTV Unplugged, OK Computer, Alt-Rock, Bob Marley, Nine Inch Nails, The Bends, Nirvana, Seattle Rock Scene, Later With Jools Holland, Radiohead, Alternative, Top of the Pops, Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam, Grunge, U2, Entertainment News, Pablo Honey, Kid A, Rolling Stone, The Astoria, Bruce Springsteen, Review, Huffpost Review, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Radiohead delivers not just one version of their Collector's Editions, but two. Sounds too good to be true? Well, let's take a look at what each of these collections offer.

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Friday Talking Points [51] -- Some Positivity

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debate, Abuse, Demagogue, Green, Fisa, Mccain, Campaign, CAFE Standards, Sarah Palin, Gambling, Pissed Off, 2008, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Student Loan, Rockefeller, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Health Care, Energy, Jay Rockefeller, Democrat, Congress, Joe Biden, 08, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Biden, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Education, Demagoguery, Anger, Mddotw, College, Wiretapping, Warrantless, Troopergate, GI Bill, Mudslinging, Mother's Day, Mud, Obama, Democratic, Shocked, Waxman, Republican, Pelosi, Casablanca, Minimum Wage, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Report, Keating Five, John McCain, Keating, Mental Health, Angry, Medicaid, 2008 Elections, Henry Waxman, Alternative, 2008 Election, Crowd, 08 Campaign, Wall Street, Mother, Fat Cat, Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Charles Keating, Wiretap, Telecommunications, Medicare, Head Start, Rocky IV, Fitzmas, Politics News
Chris Weigant

While we're all waiting for someone to leak the Palin Troopergate Report (which is reminiscent of waiting for "Fitzmas" during the whole Scooter Libby...

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