Thursday, February 9, 2012

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The Sound of LA

SALUTE

Nicholas Pell throws his voice into the cacophony of deciding which LA bands are the best.

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Vox Rockuli

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The strutting cocks of rock. The Vocalists. The best ones use one of ten voices. Joe Daly breaks these styles down and reveals the rockers who use them.

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A Voice in the Rock and Roll Wilderness: An Interview With Rock Journalist Mick Wall

MUSIC BIOS

Joe Daly sits down with the foremost journalist in rock and roll and gets the dirt on Led Zeppelin, Metallica and the state of rock journalism. They talk about Axl too.

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Rock of Ages

NOTES

A very brief autobiography of Gloria Harrison’s life, as seen through music.

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Cobain is to Rose as Van Gogh is to Rockwell-Part III-Nevermind

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Art Edwards explores Nevermind, barrel-hopping, and the romance of our anger.

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Sex, Drugs and Mudsharks: The Triumph of the Rock Biography

MUSIC BIOS

Joe Daly takes a look at what makes a rock and roll biography whip ass and name checks his faves.

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Cobain is to Rose as Van Gogh is to Rockwell-Part I

NOTES

Art Edwards sets things right again in the world of rock lit. You’re welcome, Angela Tung.

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Anatomy of a Supergroup

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Joe Daly looks back on some of rock and roll’s greatest all-star groups and wonders why two great tastes don’t always taste great together.

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Quid Pro Quo, Part II: An Interview with Novelist Greg Olear

FICTION INTERVIEWS

Jeffrey Pillow interviews novelist Greg Olear, author of the murder mystery/social satire Totally Killer.

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