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December 23, 2010
People Who Died, Circa 2010
Jay Reatard, gone but not forgotten.It is depressing but accurate to note how inexorably the internet bends toward death, and how much of the work of professional critics these days is announcing it, verifying it, and making sense of it (often in that order, unfortunately). Michael Jackson, a ... More >>
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July 27, 2010
RIP Melvin Bliss, Creator of "Synthetic Substitution"
Wax Poetics reported yesterday that Melvin Bliss, singer of one the most sampled songs of all time, 1973's "Synthetic Substitution," has died. The list of artists who've borrowed from the track is long and overwhelming: Ultramagnetic MC's, Public Enemy, De La Soul, Naughty By Nature, Gang Starr, ... More >>
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August 26, 2009
Saying Goodbye to Teddy Kennedy--We Dare You to Play "Holiday in Cambodia" Tonight
Goodbye There will inevitably be a prankster-coward contingent pumping our local jukeboxes with Dead Kennedys' anthems through the weekend. As it is, half a day after the 47 year Senator's passing, such poor-taste giggling has already flooded Twitter, Mary-Jo-Kopechne-as-Trending-Topic and all. Eve ... More >>
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