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An educator, scholar and critic of music, politics and media, Jayson Harsin was an indie rock and alt. country dj for seven years at WNUR radio in Chicago. He has two blogs (Parisnormale:Indie News from Paris and Pearls Before Swine). He is also a regular contributor to Popmatters, and his writing on film has appeared in Bright Lights Film journal (online) and Bad Subjects. He is currently at work on a book, The Rumor Bomb: Convergence Culture and Politics
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Concert Review: King Khan & the Shrines Do Paris
King Khan is a nut: boisterously funny, at times ironically in-your-face punk and soft-pornographic.
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Concert Review: Of Montreal Live at the Bataclan, Paris, January 31, 2009
OM brings a patently entertaining kind of postmodern theater spectacle that sometimes risks making the music its soundtrack.
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Jayson Harsin's/Djay Indie Eclectique's Top 10 Indie Albums of 2008
Critic/DJ Jayson Harsin/DJay Indie Eclectique gives you his Top 10 indie albums of 2008.'
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Jay's Best Indie Christmas Music in Video
Fa-la-la-la-la, my friends. Xmas is doomed to be musical. At your service: the best mostly indie Xmas music videos.
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Concert Review: Eli Paperboy Reed, Paris 7/15/08
Eli Paperboy Reed, the hottest new Soul Revivalist, performs his first show in Paris
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Concert Review: The Hives & Gogol Bordello - Le Zenith - Paris, France - April 20, 2008
Gogol Bordello and the Hives's shock therapy for Paris.
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Concert Review: Thedø - La Maroquinerie, Paris, France December 4, 2007
Concert Review of thedø, a buzzing new franco-finnish indie folk duo at the Maroquinerie, Paris.
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Wombat Rock: Interview with The Wombats
“We want to keep on doing music full time. We don’t want to be a flash in the pan.”
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Concert Review: 54 Nude Honeys/Rodeo Massacre: La Maroquinerie, Paris
Spectacular performances by Rodeo Massacre and 54 Nude Honeys at the Maroquinerie, Paris. Bands to watch, especially.
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Sarkozy Triumphs in Struggle to Claim France
Sarkozy wins first round of French presidential elections,amid a range of candidates who all claim, "I am France."
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