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Josiah J. Madigan

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Ours Distorted Lullabies (DreamWorks) Imagine, if you will, the following scenario: Take the musical sounds of rock bands like Fuel


‘Seek’ and Ye Shall Find Yourself

The subtitle is misleading. Denis Johnson’s Seek is not so much a collection of journalistic efforts as it is a


Verba Receives Microfilm Grant

The National Endowment For the Humanities awarded Pforzheimer University Professor Sidney Verba nearly $1 million Monday to preserve aging history


Clean, Sober

By JOSIAH J. MADIGAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER Question: Name the six guitarists who have played with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.


"It's Just Trance Music, Really"

The Crimson managed to grab a few words with an affable Tim Holmes, one half of the minds behind Death


Love and Death in Vegas

Throughout the alternative music press, Death in Vegas is pretty much universally regarded as standard-bearers of cool. The goodwill is


Scott Weiland Offers his Version of Heroin Chic

SCOTT WEILAND 12 Bar Blues Atlantic Records It's just so easy to hate Scott Weiland. Right as Pearl Jam decided


Jane's Relapse Shines as Necessary, Promising Fix

About 10 years ago in L.A. there arose a band, seemingly out of nowhere, which would go on to rise


Apples Joyfully Hop on Beatles Bandwagon

Ah, yes. Put the new Apples In Stereo album, Tone Soul Evolution, in your CD player, and the first thing