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In Tehran, the graffiti appeared on a wall near the university: "Andy." Authorities scrubbed it away; it reappeared a day later. This went on for some time, and the phantom scribbler was never apprehended. So the wall was torn down.
Young women i...
by
John Payne
on April 30, 1998
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Though it would make it easier for me, I won't try to glamorize his death into an art statement. Rozz Williams hanged himself in his West Hollywood apartment on April Fools' Day. Best known as the founder and front man of seminal goth band Christian ...
by
Ron Athey
on April 16, 1998
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English Frank was a true friend, and one of the most misunderstood people I've ever known. Those close to him, however, knew how thoughtful and considerate he really was. Maybe because he was adopted and an only child, he never took friendship for gr...
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JOHN SCOFIELD
A Go Go (Verve)
John Scofield might have laughed if you told him his project with groovemen Medeski, Martin & Wood was going to be his best album ever. The jazz-guitar generalissimo probably figured he'd double-park outside the stu...
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VARIOUS ARTISTS
Live at Raji's 1987 (TON)
Musty, dark, smoky, with an inescapable stench of stale beer, sweat and passion, Hollywood Boulevard rock pit Raji's was, for mid-'80s postpunk music fans and rock & roll aspirants alike, the ultimate hom...
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The mere mention of Judas Priest undoubtedly stirs a shiver in any rock fan who came of age in the previous decade. The cheesy double-guitar onslaught of K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton, the grade-school lyrics of devils/testosterone/domination, a...
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DAVID HONEYBOY EDWARDS
The World Don't Owe Me Nothing (Earwig Music)
THE WORLD DON'T OWE ME NOTHING: The Life and Times of Delta Bluesman Honeyboy Edwards
By DAVID HONEYBOY EDWARDS
As told to JANIS MARTINSON and MICHAEL ROBERT FRANK
Chicago R...
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One thing is certain: Royce Hall, grand architectural landmark on the UCLA campus, 1,829-seat concert hall of matchless comfort, beauty and sonic amenities, reopens next Wednesday. After four years and three months of repair, reconstruction and r...
by
Alan Rich
on April 16, 1998
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Holger Czukay vs. Dr. Walker: Clash (Tone Casualties) Basically, the editing of spontaneity marks the separating point of the new way of making music from the old, and Clash's shaped explosions of freestyle electronics and beats are absolutely state ...
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Revolution is in the air. At a recent capacity-crowded concert by De La Soul
in downtown Manhattan's Tramps nightclub, the die was cast. Puff Daddy, crowned Rolling Stone's new king of hip-hop less
than a year ago, was resoundingly booed.
Lest...
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''Your 15 minutes begin now!"
In lieu of standard salutation, Roni Size kicks off the interview with a bark full of prima donna attitude. It's tempting to shoot back, "And yours are almost up." But the drum 'n' bass ambassador quickly appends a bit ...
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Welcome to Our World by the newly chart-busting Virginia duo Timbaland and Magoo is one of the weirdest and most deadpan-conversational hip-hop albums ever made. A lot of it reads like some Zen-sage Seinfeld junkie haiku-ing off the top of his head: ...
by
Chuck Eddy
on March 26, 1998
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''God help you if you are an ugly girl, 'course too pretty is also your doom/cuz everyone harbors a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the room," sings Ani DiFranco on her self-penned "32 Flavors," a track recently covered by Alana Davis and tur...
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Jackie Lee Waukeen Cochran, the restless, intense singer-guitarist best known for rockabilly classics "Hip Shakin' Mama" and "Ruby Pearl," was found dead, apparently from a heart attack, at his Toluca Lake apartment on Sunday, March 15. Cochran, who ...
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JIMI HENDRIX
First Rays of the New Rising Sun
South Saturn Delta
(both MCA/Experience Hendrix)
Apparently, reports of Jimi Hendrix's demise have been greatly exaggerated, as this is at least the third time his catalog has been remastered for CD and s...
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If you think of L.A.'s past as a movie, you will find the city's nondominant classes and races on the cutting-room floor. You already know the starring roles, which are nailed down by a familiar cast of wealthy celebrities from William Mulholland t...
on March 19, 1998
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BOBBY FULLER
El Paso Rock Volume 2:
More Early Recordings
(Norton)
THE BOBBY
FULLER FOUR
Never To Be Forgotten
(Mustang)
One recent Saturday night, I idly tuned in to the Arts & Entertainment network, the "All Crime All the Time Channel." Between ...
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MORBID ANGEL
Formulas Fatal to the Flesh (Earache)
Defiantly shattering the Motley Crue template, heshers no longer consider it fashionable to revel in the satanic trappings of the '80s. With Formulas Fatal to the Flesh, Tampa death-metal freaks...
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CHARLIE HADEN AND KENNY BARRONNight and the City (Verve)
Charlie Haden is not an underappreciated bassist. It would be foolish to embark on a list of his credits, for fear of leaving out a few thousand. But if everybody loves Haden, how come nobody c...
by
Greg Burk
on March 19, 1998
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How does it feel to be remixed?
At the weird and exciting frontiers of technology, the identities of just about everything including yourself are up for remix. William Gaddis hit a cultural vein when he made art forgery the center of his first epic w...
by
Greg Burk
on March 12, 1998
