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CategoryIs the Magnetic Fields’ “69 Love Songs” the Best Album of All Time?
The Magnetic Fields’ 69 Love Songs is a long album, a three-disc set. On first listening, some of the songs grab you immediately, some flo..
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra
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The Best Quotes from Ke$ha’s “Warrior” Album Commentary
On “C’Mon”: “‘C’Mon’ is a really…fun song. That song…the lyrics…I’m like, really excited about it, because I get to say, ‘I’m fe..
Peter Ames Carlin’s Springsteen biography “Bruce”: The latest, if not greatest, in Bossology
Though Peter Ames Carlin’s new Springsteen book Bruce isn’t technically an authorized biography, since Carlin didn’t give Springsteen the ..
Bruce Springsteen, I Believe In You Again
In retrospect, my retreat from Bruce Springsteen fandom seems like a necessary break in our relationship. We got too serious too soon,..
My Dream Date with Lana Del Rey
She first took interest when she noted the gray hair at my temples, and when she learned that I drive a ten-year-old Ford, she was min..
Me and My Taylor Swift Pizza Box
Hey, Taylor Swift. Not the real Taylor Swift, but the giant face on my pizza box. You just got delivered to my door, and I can’t wait ..
Hello, My Name Is Paul Auster and I’ll Be Your Waiter Tonight
“Sauteéd soft-shelled crab with roasted garlic emulsion, charmoula, and radish. Butternut squash soup with Bleu d’Auvergne cheese and ..
Reader Comments, Performed in the Style of Mumford & Sons
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Look Who’s Coming to Dinner: Text Messages (and Some Annotations) of the Night My Brother Got Frosties with Bon Iver
My brother’s text message reached me just before 6 p.m. on Labor Day.
(5:59) “Bon Iver might be coming over to my house for dinner toni..
Movies That My Upstairs Neighbor and I Might Be In Right Now
A romantic comedy that involves a meet-cute when I go upstairs to borrow some vegetable oil and happen to mention the fact that she consta..
Bob Dylan’s “Tempest” Almost Makes Me Want To Be 71
Bob Dylan had sealed his place among the artistic immortals with the groundbreaking body of work he’d created by the time he was 30, b..