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• 8 Scrubs in harmony

  in Video — by Jim Carruthers — on Oct 03, 2002

• 7 Herman Blume and the class struggle

  in Video — by Jim Carruthers — on Sep 25, 2002

• 6 Rolling Stones Old and in the Way

  Neal Pollack buries the Stones in the NYTimes, and says it best on his site: Based on the outraged howls of classic rock fans everywhere that have been pouring into my mailbox at the rate of one an hour, I thought I would provide basic answers to questions that will inevitably arise from my savage attack on the Rolling Stones in this weekend's NY Times Arts and Leisure section. Let me iterate, people: The Stones are not the Greatest Rock and Roll Band of All Time. That was Iggy and the Stooges. I will stand by my opinion, and I will go listen to Fun House to prove my point.

  in Music — by Jim Carruthers — on Sep 01, 2002

• 5 CD sales down - and it's your fault

  Yet another article where the RIAA blames the 'net for a decline in CD sales. In all of these articles I have not seen anyone point to the obvious fact of demographics.

  in Music — by Jim Carruthers — on Aug 27, 2002

• 4 21 Dog Years

  "21 Dog Years: Doing Time @ Amazon.com" is Mike Daisey's memoir of working at Amazon. The book is the text of his one-man show which is wrapping up a five month run in NYC.

  in Books — by Jim Carruthers — on Aug 25, 2002

• 3 Music Industry Suicide

  Mark Jenkins in Slate writes this week that the problems faced by the Music Industry are the fault of, well, the Music Industry.

  in Music — by Jim Carruthers — on Aug 22, 2002

• 2 Elvis, eh?

  Toys discuss pop culture. What do you expect?! They're toys!

  in Music — by Jim Carruthers — on Aug 15, 2002

• 1 Pixies

  In 1987, I first heard an advance cassette of "Come On Pilgrim" from 4AD. The songs blew me away, and I was able to meet with the band on their tour dates in Canada. They are now hailed as a hugely influential band, but when I went on a roller coaster with Charles "Black Francis / Frank Black" they were living in "who knew?" territory.

  in Music — by Jim Carruthers — on Aug 12, 2002