Falling James

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Best War Painter

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It's a shame that Barack Obama didn't select Yusef Komunyakaa to deliver the invocation poem at the Inauguration ceremonies in January. The Princeton pr...
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Snark Attack

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The contributor to The New Yorker discusses the finer points of snarkiness, as recounted in his latest book, Snark, in a conversation with hat-loving L.A. Times...
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Into the Mystic Valley

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Mystic bright eyes: The trembling-voiced bard (Bright Eyes, Desaparecidos) from Omaha returns with his latest project, the Mystic Valley Band, which is beefed u...
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The Rockers From Rockford

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Whither Cheap Trick? The longtime rockers from Rockford can be quite confounding. On the one hand, they seem perfectly content to endlessly play their early hit...
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Word on the Street

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The annual Sunset Junction Street Festival in Silver Lake has expanded so much in recent years that it's grown far beyond its original roots as a neighborho...
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The Bowmans at the Hotel Café

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Sister act the Bowmans create their own little oasis of beauty and tranquility every Wednesday this month at the Hotel Café, just a few feet from the constant r...

Mad Rhythms

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You might remember Sami Yaffa from his days in the early-’80s Finnish hard-rock band Hanoi Rocks (although he’s apparently not involved in their reunion). He re...