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Interview: Kurt Wagner from Lambchop

Interview: Kurt Wagner from Lambchop

David Harris May 15, 2012 0

I asked Kurt Wagner if we could talk about his friend Vic Chesnutt, who committed suicide in 2009, before I started recording our discussion. To be fair, it would be somewhat cathartic for me

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Rediscover: The Organizer

Rediscover: The Organizer

David Harris May 14, 2012 0

Rediscover is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that have flown under the radar and now deserve a second look. Like a man out of time, the appearance of Mario Monicelli’s The Organizer

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God Bless America

God Bless America

David Harris May 10, 2012 0

God Bless America has its crooked heart in the right place; too bad it’s so inept it can’t do anything about it. America is rotting at its core. Pundits shout at one another on

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Rediscover: Late Spring

Rediscover: Late Spring

David Harris May 7, 2012 0

Rediscover is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that have flown under the radar and now deserve a second look. Has there been another Japanese actress such as Setsuko Hara? Born in 1920,

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Concert Review: M83

Concert Review: M83

David Harris May 6, 2012 0

(Photos: Peta Calvert) The year 2012 is something of a victory lap for M83. Why else tour on a double album that landed on numerous shortlists for record of the year in 2011 after

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The Art of Fielding: by Chad Harbach

The Art of Fielding: by Chad Harbach

David Harris May 3, 2012 0

A recent article appeared in The Atlantic decrying Chad Harbach’s much-loved debut novel The Art of Fielding as the most overrated book of the year. In this multi-page takedown, B.R. Myers laid out a

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The Avengers

The Avengers

David Harris May 3, 2012 0

My biggest fear going into The Avengers, the supposed culmination of the barrage of Marvel Universe comic book movies that have been bombarding us the past few summers, was that it would be a

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Concert Review: Perfume Genius

Concert Review: Perfume Genius

David Harris May 2, 2012 0

(Photo: Diana Khong) Maybe it’s unfair to place expectations on things. When I saw Antony and the Johnsons play in Seattle a few years ago, it was the most moving concert I’d ever seen.

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Headhunters

Headhunters

David Harris April 26, 2012 0

What’s been going on with Sweden and Norway lately? See, many of us in the United States believe in the stereotype of a land of beautiful blonde people living in relative happiness, basking in

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