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O Rappa: 7 Vezes

Years back, I remember reading an article in Musician magazine where they asked a couple dozen musicians what they hoped the music of the ’90′s would sound like (this would’ve been in late ’89 or early ’90). I don’t remember … Continue reading

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Lenine: Labiata

You could call Lenine a late bloomer; although his first album (with Lula Queiroga) dropped in 1983, when he was 24, there was a break of nearly ten years before his collaboration with Marcos Suzano, Olho de Peixe, would appear; another … Continue reading

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Rated… huh?

Think of all the things invented to save time. Instant coffee. Jiffy Pop. TV Dinners, and then TV Dinners weren’t fast enough and we invented the microwave oven. Trailers, so you could carry your home around like a turtle. On … Continue reading

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Review: Steve’s Sizzling Steaks

One thing I’ve learned to appreciate is restaurants with small menus. Some restaurants will offer anything and everything short of grilled panda loin on ciabatta, but the quality tends to suffer when you try to be all things to all … Continue reading

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Salman Rushdie: The Enchantress of Florence

I remember sitting through a recital and lecture once by pianist Balint Vazsonyi. It was an evening of Beethoven sonatas, with the pianist’s commentary on the pieces, and on music in general, padded generously in between. One thing that he … Continue reading

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The George Foreman G5

I’m suspicious of anything I see advertised on television. So I’d been skeptical for a while about the George Foreman Grill, in any of its guises; if television advertising is cause for suspicion, then a celebrity’s name attached to a … Continue reading

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Apples To Apples

Mike Doughty, Golden Delicious. ATO Records. Anyone that’s been in “the business” long enough, whether it’s music, art, literature, or anything else creative, gets it sooner or later: someone’s going to tell them, either face to face or in print, … Continue reading

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