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Jack Johnson

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    January 30, 2012

    100 & Single: Adele's Focus-Grouped Chart-Topper And The Demise Of The "Deep Cut"

    Remember the album cut—the track deep on a disc that fans knew best, that only cool radio stations would play? Like so many cherished things from before the iTunes era, it's essentially extinct. My evidence for this bold and seemingly facile statement isn't the steady, well-chronicled disappe ... More >>

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    April 13, 2011

    Donald Glover Is More Talented Than You

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    November 24, 2010

    Muhammad Ali v. Joe Frazier, Madison Square Garden, 1971

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. March 11, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 10 In the company of two madmen By Joe Flaherty About 2.30 in the afternoon on Monday the sun was shining brightly while snowflakes were falling like confetti from the Lord's balcony. Now that should have ... More >>

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    May 18, 2010

    Back to 'Africa' With Nas and Damian Marley

    Why the blockbuster collusion of Distant Relatives feels so . . . distant

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    April 27, 2010

    Ozomatli

    Why the blockbuster collusion of Distant Relatives feels so . . . distant

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    December 29, 2009

    Joseph Arthur

    Why the blockbuster collusion of Distant Relatives feels so . . . distant

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    October 6, 2009

    Mason Jennings

    Why the blockbuster collusion of Distant Relatives feels so . . . distant

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Live: M. Ward Ends His Tour at Central Park Summerstage

    Winnie KwokM. Ward​ M. Ward should have been the commencement speaker at my college graduation instead of the blindingly sequined, paperback-writing, thriller novelist swami who dispensed the sole pearlescent aphorism of "Give 'em hell!" before talking mostly about shoes, and not even as a me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    Tonight! Beach Bums and Goatwhore

    We'll run art on Ted Leo when he busts out a floater.If Jack Johnson has taught us anything, it's to never, ever underestimate the sheer marketability of surfing. Obama's entire general election strategy in Hawaii revolved around a single photo-op at the deadly Sandy Beach (see below), just as Johns ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    July 22, 2009

    Donavon Frankenreiter+Gary Jules

    We'll run art on Ted Leo when he busts out a floater.If Jack Johnson has taught us anything, it's to never, ever underestimate the sheer marketability of surfing. Obama's entire general election strategy in Hawaii revolved around a single photo-op at the deadly Sandy Beach (see below), just as Johns ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    Photos of Nude Politician Found to Be Photos of Nude Nobody

    Pauline Hanson is an Australian politician, formerly leader of Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party and now leader of Pauline's United Australia Party. Well, it worked for Newman's Own Salad Dressing. As you may have gathered from the code words in her brand names, Hanson has been a bit edgy on matters ... More >>

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    January 30, 2009

    Coachella: Paul McCartney's Coming to the Desert

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    September 17, 2008

    Interview: Barry Hogan, Creator of All Tomorrow's Parties

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    August 5, 2008

    The Jonas Brothers's Worn Out A Little Bit Longer

    Let the Hit Factory help you out, boys

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    August 5, 2008

    LIFE, LIBERTY, PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

    Go find something you like at the All Points West Festival

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    June 12, 2008

    Welcome to Bonnaroo 2008: Where's the Fun in Festivals?

    Go find something you like at the All Points West Festival

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    May 13, 2008
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    September 25, 2007

    Miles Smirks

    Charting the genesis of the seething On the Corner across six sprawling discs

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    July 9, 2007

    NBC's Live Earth Special: A Running Diary

    Charting the genesis of the seething On the Corner across six sprawling discs

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    January 2, 2007

    Def in a Jam

    On the endlessly inventive and increasingly mishandled career of Mos Def

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    December 26, 2006

    Eulogy for Black Caesar

    James Brown, 1933–2006

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    December 12, 2006

    Kids Incorporated

    Disney superstars and their accessible tales of growl power keep the record biz afloat

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    May 30, 2006

    Amateur Proselytizing

    Crooner searches for God, though a bit repetitively

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    May 30, 2006

    Just One Joke Fix

    Industrial idols better at tragedy than comedy

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    April 11, 2006

    Save Soft Rock

    Isle of Skye electropopper sadly leaves rock and roll standing

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    November 29, 2005

    A Business, Man

    Coffeehouse song-and-dance star and his lady friend beat back boredom

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    August 30, 2005

    Dumber Breeze

    Surf star whittles mellowness down to the big questions

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    November 23, 2004

    Hip-Hop Doppelgängers

    Iced-out thug and boho griot keep it surreal on complementary CDs ready for iTunes

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    November 23, 2004

    Tombstone Territory

    Just in time for Christmas and post-election cheering up, boxes from Miles and Woody

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    November 2, 2004

    Sonic Refuges

    Rock and roll could never hip hop like this and vice-versa et cetera, part 400something

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    September 7, 2004

    Give His Piece a Chance: Pete Robbins Jazzes Up National Politics

    Rock and roll could never hip hop like this and vice-versa et cetera, part 400something

  • Music

    December 23, 2003

    Call Inky

    Five staggering discs of Black artistry and Black arrogance

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    December 16, 2003

    Flee as a Bird

    Envoi; Aloha, Au Revoir, Auf Wiedersehen; Adiós Amigos; I'm Checkin' Out, Goombye

  • Music

    November 11, 2003

    Greatest Whatevers

    Just because you can spell 'forbearance' correctly doesn't mean you'll get a gold star

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    December 3, 2002

    Christmas Gilt

    A Bounty of Chestnuts and Gift Boxes

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    September 24, 2002

    Jammed for All Time

    The Improvisational Rock Scene Isn't Just for Hippies Anymore

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    July 2, 2002

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    The Improvisational Rock Scene Isn't Just for Hippies Anymore

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    March 27, 2001

    Vibrators

    The Improvisational Rock Scene Isn't Just for Hippies Anymore

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    December 28, 1999

    Hit or Myth

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    August 10, 1999

    Boxing Loves

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    July 20, 1999

    Consumer Guide

    Examining the Legends of the World of Sports

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    December 22, 1998

    10-G Spot

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    January 13, 1998

    Buppie Meltdown

    Afro-Romantic Monifa Stewart Loses Her Innocence

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    January 13, 1998

    Buppie Meltdown

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