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8 items by Gary Graff

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  Britney Speaks | ARTICLE

  If you think having the No. 1 album in the country for four weeks straight has seventeen-year-old Britney Spears jumping for joy, guess again. It's not that she's not thrilled with the success of her smash debut, ... Baby One...

  February 26, 1999 12:00 AM ET
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  Barenaked Ladies Are the Kings of the World | ARTICLE

  What would Barenaked Ladies do if they had a million dollars? The Canadian popsters might just have to refer back to the list they compiled for the fan favorite "If I Had $1,000,000" from their 1992 debut album, Gordon.

  October 15, 1998 12:00 AM ET
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  Live Review: Aerosmith | ARTICLE

  At least we know the bad boys of Aerosmith keep abreast of current events. "This one's dedicated to Clinton," guitarist Joe Perry announced as he lectured the beleaguered president with a rendition of the appropriately titled Fleetwood Mac blues chestnut...

  September 15, 1998 12:00 AM ET
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  Live Report: Newport Folk Festival | ARTICLE

  "I love the screaming," Loudon Wainwright III said after watching several rows full of alt-rock faithful shimmy and swirl through nearly an hour of the Violent Femmes. "It's so folky." Of course the Newport Folk Festival -- the first-ever traveling edition...

  August 24, 1998 12:00 AM ET
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  Live Report: The Allman Brothers Band | ARTICLE

  Meet the new Dead. Same as the old Dead? Not entirely, but it's clear thatamidst all the pre-Other Ones hand-wringing over who deserves the GratefulDead's vaulted mantle -- and lucrative fan base -- in the hippie-rock realm(Phish?...

  August 10, 1998 12:00 AM ET
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  Neil Finn Displays Solo Strength | ARTICLE

  "Does anyone know what denomination worshipped here?" Neil Finn asked the small but vociferous group of fans that came to see him perform at this converted church in suburban Detroit, its previous incarnation recalled by stained glass windows, cathedral ceiling and...

  August 7, 1998 12:00 AM ET
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  Janet Jackson Up Against the Ropes | ARTICLE

  When one of your brothers is Michael ('nuff said), your sister is psychicpitch woman LaToya, and your family has lived under a microscope for thirty-odd years, it's understandable if you wonder what people think of you. But Janet Jackson knows. "They...

  July 30, 1998 12:00 AM ET
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  Q&A: Dave Matthews | ARTICLE

  It's a sleepy Dave Matthews who begins talking about the group's new album, Before These Crowded Streets, from his home in Charlottesville, Va. Perhaps it's the accumulated weariness from making the album -- by far the most ambitious of the...

  April 23, 1998 12:00 AM ET