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Why Is Michael Shannon So Good at Being Bad?
Hollywood's go-to villain tackles Superman after starring as America's most famous hit man
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Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon Brings Experimental Thrills to Tribeca
Thurston Moore checks out her set of avant-garde music, wild art exhibition
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David Bowie, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd Arrive on U.K. Stamps
British letters have acquired a taste for rock music. Yesterday, the Royal Mail released a set of 10 special stamps featuring classic British album covers including David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust, the Rolling Stones' Let It Bleed, New Order's Power, Corruption and Lies and Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head. The Royal Mail was […]
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"Who Shot Rock and Roll" Celebrates the Photographers Behind the Iconic Images
When Jimi Hendrix set his guitar on fire at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival he created one of rock's most perfect moments. Standing in the front row of that concert was a 17-year-old boy named Ed Caraeff. Caraeff had never seen Hendrix before nor heard his music, but he had a camera with him and […]
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What Made "Braid" a Punk-Rock Video Game? A Look Back at the Innovative Title
Last year the video gaming community was abuzz over Braid, an Xbox title that has been described as "Super Mario set in the future." It wasn't like most popular games: it was short (it could be beat in a day), its graphics were pretty but far from state of the art, and it was designed […]
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Experience New York In Audio at City's "Central Park Sound Tunnel"
People travel from all over the world to experience the strange tranquility of Central Park — 843 acres of scenic nature in the middle of New York City. But this summer visitors have been accosted by sound as they pass through one of the park's tunnels near the children's zoo. Six speakers perched inside the […]
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New Exhibit Explores New York's '70s Punk and New Wave Scenes
In 1975 New York was bankrupt. President Gerald Ford famously told the city to "drop dead" when asked for federal financial assistance. But as the rest of the country predicted the Big Apple's demise, a fervent musical revolution was taking place in the city's squalid downtown nightclubs, studios and galleries. Artists and musicians were producing […]
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Fatboy Slim Keeps the Sweaty Hits Pumping at New York Gig
Last night Fatboy Slim turned his Wednesday night audience at New York's Terminal 5 into a pack of Saturday night revelers. It was one of his two U.S. dates this tour, but it may also be his last: Norman Cook recently said he was renouncing his Fatboy Slim moniker, a name that produced some of […]
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Springsteen Joins Phish to Close Out Electric Bonnaroo 2009
Many Bonnaroo '09 attendees pitched their tents in the pouring rain Thursday, and it seemed like clouds might shield the fest's final day from the blazing Tennessee sun. But the sky began to clear around 3:00 p.m. when Citizen Cope started playing their slow emotive funk on the Which Stage, and Erykah Badu brought the […]
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Virgin Megastore's Last Days: Farewell to NYC's Big Record Shop
Two months ago, large red posters started appearing in the windows of the Virgin Megastore in Manhattan's always jam-packed Union Square. "25%-50% off on everything," one shouted. By May 18th the sale increased to "30%-50% off" and a sign arrived announcing the furniture and fixtures in the store were up for grabs. Even casual passersby […]
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