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Artist on Artist
Mar 12, 2013
Artist on Artist: John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants nerds out with Abraham Levitan of Shame That Tune
"For somebody who grew up on a healthy diet of five hours of TV a day, it’s just an interesting show."
By Miles Raymer
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Canada
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Grimes
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I've Got a Match
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They'll Need a Crane
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Nanobots
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Idlewild
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Yale Whiffenpoof
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Baby Teeth
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Hideout
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Public Enemy
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Australia
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Bleader
Jul 13, 2012
Death by smartphone: the Pitchfork edition
If I could holster my iPhone during Pitchfork, I would. But I can't, and I don't want to.
By Kevin Warwick
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Performing Arts Review
Feb 16, 2012
Death and the maiden
Dating Walter Dante
asks why some girls go for suspected murderers
By Kerry Reid
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Feature
Apr 29, 2011
What's Happening With Sulzer Library's VHS Tapes?
(Not to mention the chairs and tables)
By Sarah Louise Klose
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Bleader
Nov 17, 2009
Towards a Limited Sort of Sympathy for Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin > Rod Blagojevich
By Whet Moser
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Bleader
Apr 15, 2009
Jerry Weller, the gift that keeps on giving
The former congressman was a friend to fishing tackle-box makers.
By Kiki Yablon
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Jan 4, 2008
Places to land
As columnists Karl Rove and William Kristol are (relatively) harmless.
By Michael Miner
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Joseph Palermo
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