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Josiah J. Madigan
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Le Guin Adds Feminist Edge to Science Fiction
In The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia, Ursula K. Le Guin '51 describes a man's uneasy journey from his home world
New Albums
Ours Distorted Lullabies (DreamWorks) Imagine, if you will, the following scenario: Take the musical sounds of rock bands like Fuel
‘Seek’ and Ye Shall Find Yourself
The subtitle is misleading. Denis Johnson’s Seek is not so much a collection of journalistic efforts as it is a
Verba Receives Microfilm Grant
The National Endowment For the Humanities awarded Pforzheimer University Professor Sidney Verba nearly $1 million Monday to preserve aging history
Clean, Sober
By JOSIAH J. MADIGAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER Question: Name the six guitarists who have played with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
"It's Just Trance Music, Really"
The Crimson managed to grab a few words with an affable Tim Holmes, one half of the minds behind Death
Love and Death in Vegas
Throughout the alternative music press, Death in Vegas is pretty much universally regarded as standard-bearers of cool. The goodwill is
Scott Weiland Offers his Version of Heroin Chic
SCOTT WEILAND 12 Bar Blues Atlantic Records It's just so easy to hate Scott Weiland. Right as Pearl Jam decided
Jane's Relapse Shines as Necessary, Promising Fix
About 10 years ago in L.A. there arose a band, seemingly out of nowhere, which would go on to rise
Apples Joyfully Hop on Beatles Bandwagon
Ah, yes. Put the new Apples In Stereo album, Tone Soul Evolution, in your CD player, and the first thing
Anti-Pop Techno Beaten to Death
The music industry is a curious beast. With Kurt Cobain's suicide and the subsequent self-destruction of the entire grunge genre,
'Picasso' Probes Genius, Gets Laughs
Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin (yes, that Steve Martin), currently playing at the Shubert Theatre, is an
Kind of Blue And Very Live
Miles Davis will forever be known for his fearless inventiveness. Unlike most of his contemporaries, he never stopped finding new
The Man Who Sold (Out) the World
Try as one might, it was hard to find a flaw in David Bowie's performance at the Orpheum on Tuesday
