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By Elizabeth Navarro, on March 19th, 2010 117 views  I am retired grunge girl who now dabbles in housewifery. The angst coveting girl in flannel and cut-off grey sweats who listened to Nirvana, The Cure and Violent Femmes was left in the mid-nineties. Since then I had been looking for something. Music that excited me the way Smells like Teen Spirit had when I first heard it. The way The Pixies Bone Machine made me crave Japanese fast food. And though my torment had morphed from wild and dramatic teen agony to a quieter rebellion, I still needed a voice for it. I needed angst with
Continue reading Essential Listening: Elizabeth Navarro time travels back to the first post-Grunge years
By Molly Gaudry, on March 12th, 2010 120 views  Song I listened to the summer I turned fifteen: Radiohead’s “High and Dry.” I was studying writing for six weeks at Andover and there was a boy with a guitar singing beneath a tree on the quad. I still remember his name: Jeff Agia. He introduced me that day to Radiohead. What a crush I had. What a silly girl I was. He never knew I
Continue reading SONGS I LISTENED TO DURING EACH OF THE FOREVER-LIFE-CHANGING MOMENTS IN MY LIFE
By Scott Duhamel, on March 7th, 2010 189 views  Crazy Heart’s well-traveled tale concerns itself with Bad Blake (Bridges), yet another country and western macho poet with a fistful of magical songs, heartsick and stumbling towards oblivion with a lungful of cigarette smoke and gut full of bourbon. Blake bounces from Bowling Alley stage to straight-up saloon gig, often puking mid-song, piloting himself with laid back charm or churlishness, almost broken with regret, yet nursing dreams about reversing his showbiz status. His shaky encounters with a trio of antagonists set the stage for an admirably unforced and neatly ambiguous tale of
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By Fred Shaw, on March 1st, 2010 161 views  Another writer once proclaimed Patti Smith to be the “Godmother of Punk,” and it would be tricky to dispute that she doesn’t deserve the title. Her 1975 debut album, the seminal Horses, uses an effective blend of well-crafted poetry and three chord guitar rock with beautifully placed feedback to set a standard for a generation of rockers. Bands such as R.E.M. and The Smiths, which fielded influential musicians of their own, have remarked on the impact of Smith’s music on their own
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By Jericho Brown, on February 26th, 2010 186 views  Poet Jericho Brown lays down the perfect mix tape to groove to, break up to, and dance lying down to.
Featuring tracks by Prince, Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Tendy Pendergrass, and
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By Marion Winik, on February 4th, 2010 380 views  My skin is cellophane wrap; my heart is pinned smack in the middle. Squarish in shape, it catches the light. HELLO MY NAME MY IS
Continue reading CRY BABY CRY: A Mixtape with heart-dotted sleeves
By Mark Cutler, on January 24th, 2010 376 views  A Mix Tape from Mark Cutler, songwriter, singer, bandleader and guitarist
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By Wayne Cresser, on January 15th, 2010 874 views  Thomas Cobb discusses Hank Williams, Nabokov, and the near impossibility of
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By William Walsh, on January 10th, 2010 313 views  A mixtape of artists with long careers who continue to produce great songs.
Continue reading Don’t Call It A Comeback
By Rick Moody, on December 25th, 2009 807 views  Rick Moody lays out the ultimate mixtape tracks to get us through the holidays.
Continue reading Songs Useful In Any Contemporary Attempt to Ignore The Holidays
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