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- Music, Music Review, Nov 30, 2006
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Like a Little "Black Korea"
Middle Eastern shopkeepers boycott an up-and-coming MC over a song about liquor stores in the hood.
- Music, Music Review, Nov 23, 2006
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A Life in the Pit
Dan the Fan passes the half-century mark with no plans to quit pogoing.
- Music, Music Review, Nov 16, 2006
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Meditating With Sound
A crop of local bands explores the artistic possibilities of holding onto a note.
- Music, Music Review, Nov 9, 2006
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Happy to Stay Home; A Final Protest
The guys in Zelienople cultivate a fan base in spite of themselves.
- Music, Music Review, Nov 2, 2006
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The Big Pond
Back in Arkansas, Keefe Jackson could pay the bills playing other people's music--but to play his own, he had to come here.
- Music, Music Review, Oct 26, 2006
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Making eLemonade
Thrill Jockey's Bettina Richards isn't thrilled about the digital revolution, but she's determined to meet it head-on.
- Music, Music Review, Oct 19, 2006
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On the Beat
A Chicago cop with a love for 60s soul helps the city's forgotten stars get heard again.
- Music, Music Review, Oct 12, 2006
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A Long-Distance Relationship
With help from some friends in Chicago, Bay Area songwriter Sonny Smith has made the record that could make his career.
- Music, Music Review, Oct 5, 2006
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Scandinavian Import
Ingebrigt Haaker Flaten is in the house.
- Music, Music Review, Sep 28, 2006
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The Plumber
Steve Albini on Touch and Go, the Stooges, and how his analog work ethic is faring in the digital age
- Music, Music Review, Sep 21, 2006
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HotHouse Moves On
Marguerite Horberg is out; business director Marc Harris is in.
- Music, Music Review, Sep 14, 2006
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Delmark on DVD
A new venture helps change the fortunes of the venerable jazz and blues label.
- Music, Music Review, Sep 7, 2006
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Swampy but Smooth; A Silworm Postmortem
Catfish Haven could be the closest thing indie rock has to the Doobies.
- Music, Music Review, Aug 31, 2006
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The Blair Witch-y Project
Industrial-disco refugee Chris Connelly heads for the woods with Tim Kinsella.
- Music, Music Review, Aug 24, 2006
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Comedy for Indie Rockers; Was That Wim Wenders?; Man Down
Drag City and the Empty Bottle want to promote stand-up to the stand-and-nod crowd.
- Music, Music Review, Aug 17, 2006
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Local Release Roundup
- Music, Music Review, Aug 10, 2006
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The Soul Plumber
Local DJ John Ciba introduces the world to Neal Hemphill, an Alabama recording hobbyist who gave a host of southern R & B musicians their first chance.
- Music, Music Review, Aug 3, 2006
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The Law of Unintended Consequences
HotHouse head Marguerite Horberg thought it'd be great if the board hired a business director--but now that they're trying, it's touched off a feud that could leave her out of a job.
- Music, Music Review, Jul 27, 2006
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He Loved the 90s
While James Van Osdol fills Mancow's slot at Q101, he's finishing an oral history of the local rock scene at the end of the last century.
- Music, Music Review, Jul 20, 2006
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Contract Killers; The Blacks Are Back
The Assassins, signed to Arista after their seventh show, spent more than a year trying to get free of their deal.
