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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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Sarkozy's French "Law and Order": Racing for the French Presidency
Sarkozy for French president: Neo-fasicsm by a shrewd politician?
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Kirk Rundstrom, 1968-2007: Thank you
Kirk Rundstrom, the beaming, generous and energetic front man of Split Lip Rayfield is dead at 38.
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Music Review: Scott H. Biram - Graveyard Shift
Review of the blues, country, punk album by Scott H. Biram: Graveyard Shift.
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Universal Health Care: The Problems with Public Opinion Polls, Part I
A recent Reuters story on Americans' public opinion regarding universal healthcare demonstrates the flaws of news covering polls.
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Don't French Me In: Indie Style in Paris, Part II
Part II of a meditation on Indie American style transplanted in France
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Don't French me In: Indie Style Among the French
An indie encounter with French fashion norms and a meditation on their relation to power and identity--what's in a pair of pants?
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Concert Review: Girls Against Boys, La Maroquinerie Paris, February 21, 2007
Girls Against Boys Concert at La Maroquinerie club, Paris France showed the band still doing what they do best, even if too briefly.
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Music Reviews: Wolf Parade, Peter Bjorn and John, Tapes'n'Tapes, and More
MP3 Peep Show: Or Riding the Metro with Jayson
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Movie Review: In Praise of the Pagan, Feminist, Anti-Musical Holiday Classic, The Year Without a Santa Claus
The Year Without a Santa Claus — holiday humanism with a feminist, secular twist.
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Indie Music Reviews for the Attention Deficient: Special Holiday Column
Solidarity in pain, regret, and hope for the holidays.
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