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is a creative director at a CD/DVD manufacturer in NYC. He likes 90ies college radio and 70ies movies and sometimes books, but sometimes not.

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The Beatles' Apple Records: 40 Years Later : NPR Music

Music – It was 40 years ago today that The Beatles launched Apple Records. The label's trademark green Apple logo appeared on albums by The Beatles and other artists the band helped discover. It didn't take the group long to show that it was better at making music than running a business, but Apple did hint at what was to come.

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KCRW Guest DJ Project Ã;¢ââ;;¬" KCRW | 89.9FM

Music – KCRW's Guest DJ Project invites an array of cultural icons to share and discuss songs that have inspired and moved them with KCRW DJs. Actors, authors, chefs, athletes, directors, tech entrepreneurs and more share their musical passions, giving deep insight into both their lives and their creative process. Check back each month for new sessions wit

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MPR: Clinic performs in The Current studios

Music – Art punk four-piece Clinic formed in Liverpool in 1997 and released their first single on their own Aladdin's Cave of Golf label. After two more Aladdin's releases, Clinic signed with Domino in 1999 and released their first album, "Internal Wrangler."

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100 Must-Read Books: The Essential Man's Library | The Art of Manliness

Books – There are the books you read, and then there are the books that change your life. We can all look back on the books that have shaped our perspective on politics, religion, money, and love. Some will even become a source of inspiration for the rest of your life. From a seemingly infinite list of books of anecdotal or literal merit, we have narrowed

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The Chattanooga Pulse - Straight Outta Athens -Hope for Agoldensummer

Music – Athens, Georgia is perhaps one of the least likely underground rock havens to come out of the left-of-the-dial '80s. Home to the University of Georgia, it seems more suited to Steve Miller cover bands than the jangly/angular college rock popular in the Reagan era thanks to R.E.M. and Pylon.

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Top 20 Super Hero Songs

Music – Between the successful release of Iron Man (sorry, Speed Racer) and the mounting anticipation for The Incredible Hulk, The Dark Knight, and Hellboy 2, some have already dubbed 2008 the greatest summer in comic book film history! The noticeable influx of comics at the local cineplex got Hypeful to thinking about their influence on music. After all,

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Creative Loafing Atlanta | Arts | Augusten Burroughs and Rick Bragg: Dad reckoning

Books – The ghosts of their fathers haunt Augusten Burroughs and Rick Bragg.

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Books: The Recipe for Sloane Crosley's "Cake" | Newsweek Books | Newsweek.com

Books – The hype over "I Was Told There'd Be Cake" has a lot to do with who Sloane Crosley knows. But the book ain't bad, either.

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Metro Spirit: Music Features - Dead heads | Dead Confederate

Music – Dead Confederate marches on in advance of their upcoming album this fall and a tour with the Drive-By Truckers

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Bostonist: Bostonist Interviews Augusten Burroughs

Books – Augusten Burroughs is a far-from-ordinary man that has led a far-from-ordinary life. His series of tragic memoirs, characterized by his razor-sharp wit and blatant honesty, detail an outrageous life that few could have escaped unscathed.

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Publishing: Books for Teens Are a Bright Spot | Newsweek Books | Newsweek.com

Music – The book business may be flat, but there's at least one bright spot: the booming sales of books for teens--and no, it's not all Harry Potter.

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EYE WEEKLY - British Sea Power

Music – It's both strange and perversely appropriate to be interviewing British Sea Power frontman Scott "Yan" Wilkinson on a patio across from a daytime South by Southwest event promoting army recruitment Ã;¢ââ;;¬" given that his band of Brighton art-rockers have a tendency to

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Dallas - Music - Old 97's Frontman Rhett Miller Reflects on the Past and Present

Music – Rhett Miller sounds surprisingly at ease. Not eager. Not too excited. Pleased.

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Truckers stop in Charleston

Music – A favorite among critics, a lot has been said and written about the Drive-By Truckers.

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Scifi Sagas: 7 Reasons Why Scifi Book Series Outstay Their Welcomes

Books – Why do so many amazing novels sprawl into so-so trilogies? Let alone blah tetralogies, or dull ten-book series? Blame "Herbert's Syndrome," in which a great writer gets tempted to keep writing about a popular universe, like Frank Herbert's Dune, long after its expiration date. (The Fantasy Review coined the term "Herbert's Syndrome&q

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Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 07:47pm