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Erika L. Guckenberger

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Just Another 'Static' Sunday

In the three years between their debut album Reading, Writing & Arithmetic (1989) and their sophomore release Blind (1992), the


Underground Songstress

Mary Lou Lord says she's finally letting go of the apron strings. Her first full-length album, set to hit stores


Imitations of Grunge Immortaility

Characterizing the crowd at Dinosaur Jr.'s show is a bit problematic: on one hand, the girl selling CDs at the


Meshing Text and Performance

In recent years, the distinct art forms of "poetry slamming" and "spoken-word" have moved out of coffee houses and into


Gods, Slaves and Sex: Controversy Surrounding 'Bondmaid' Not a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

In American publishing circles, adjectives like "controversial" and "thought-provoking" are compliments, especially when they refer to the works of a


Take a 'Drag': Lang Smokes in Symphony Hall

In the world of rock concerts, audiences basically come in two flavors: really enthusiastic or really mellow. If a singer's


Portrait of a Post-War Psyche Proves Marathon Mini-Series

It is perhaps ironic that Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz opens with a man's release from prison, and chronicles the