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2006 Stories by Michael Hoinski

• Do the Collapse

  published October 31, 2006

  And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead frontman Conrad Keely is so misunderstood. The chorus he leads on "Wasted State of Mind," from... More >>

• Belles on Wheels

  published August 22, 2006

  What a sight—two pinups sitting on lawn chairs underneath a fake palm tree inside an Ace Hardware in Kansas City. Imagine the awkward pickup... More >>

• Texan Troubadour Turns Near-Death Into New Life

  published June 20, 2006

  When he started coughing up blood, Alejandro Escovedo realized another drink might do him in. Three (presumably sober) years later, Austin's... More >>

• Amateur Proselytizing

  published May 30, 2006

  "Some call me Allah, some call me Dao, some call me Buddha, some call me now," Mason Jennings bellows on "Some Say I'm Not," before letting out a... More >>

• No Continuity

  published February 7, 2006

  Members came and went during Los Angeles–based Idaho's early-'90s pioneering (along with Low and Red House Painters) of slowcore, but Santa... More >>

• Three Times a Crybaby

  published January 10, 2006

  Ryan Adams should quit reading his own reviews. He's been dubbed a crybaby ever since (and probably before) he left a peevish message on Jim... More >>