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To Jump: Life After ACL Surgery
In the last two weeks, Derrick Rose, Iman Shumpert, Baron Davis and Mariano Rivera have all torn the anterior cruciate ligament in their respective knees. This flurry of ACL inj... ...read more
R. Kelly and the State of Freedom in America
Today, I must make a plea on behalf of a great artist – a great man, really – because it seems no one else will. R. Kelly – the sage who brought us Ignition, The World’s Greates... ...read moreMerry-Making Music: Mayer Hawthorne’s A Strange Arrangement
From now until Christmas, I will be posting a series of reviews on albums that will make great gifts this holiday season. I’m calling the series Merry-Making Music and here, as ... ...read moreJ. Edgar, Clint Eastwood and the Fatal Flaws of Biopics
Right when Harry Callahan started shooting his .44 Magnums up and down the streets of my hometown, I granted Clint Eastwood a lifetime pass: if he has a hand in a film, I’ll see... ...read moreAn Improbable Tale of Fate and a Missouri Fiddler
I come to you today with a feel-good story; one of those true stories that asserts a romance that all too often feels absent in this generation. It’s a story I was told weeks ag... ...read moreYou Got To Be Cocky To Be On Top; So What If Weiner’s A Dick?
Weiner-gate is one more example of why we shouldn’t look to politicians as bastions of morality. I guarantee you that neither church attendance nor marital fidelity have anythin... ...read moreA Satisfied Blues: Taj Mahal’s “Satisfied ‘N Tickled Too”
I’m going to fess up: I stopped reading Crime and Punishment in the middle of Part III. Even as I write this, I can hear a collective sigh of not really giving a fuck rising fro... ...read moreI Don’t Like to Brag, but We’re Kinda Proud of That Ragged Old Flag
One of the incredible features of a perfect song is its ability to transcend time and move people of all beliefs and persuasions. Sure, there have been great Patriotic diddies a... ...read more
Backstage with…Ded Pixl
Jeremy Shapiro is a scruffy, soft-spoken, hoodie-wearer — everything about him is low-key. When I interviewed him over lunch yesterday, he explained to me that his DJ name, Ded ... ...read moreZen and the Art of Sampling
In fairness to all those lovers of electronic music out there, I’ll let my bias flag fly free. I am not an Electronica fan; I have always been partial to human voices, poe... ...read moreFollow Us
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