Failure and frustration are equal-opportunity employers in these stories.
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Music Review: Indie Round-Up – John Phillips, Stratospheerius
Phillips's writing combined soulful sophistication with the anything-is-possible musical ethos of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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Dr. Feldberg needs a date so no one will guess he's Gary's therapist.
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It occurred to me that maybe music actually springs from the rhythms of walking.
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Nicu's Spoon takes the adventurous step of casting a disabled actor in the title role.
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Honeyed pop rooted in McCartney and Squeeze.
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Emotional purity in both songwriting and singing is what makes Chinese Boxes such a superb album.
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In the geopolitics of oil, it seems almost anyone is capable of almost anything.
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Godot-style existentialism? Check. Gross-out humor? Check. Irony? Check.
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King Wilkie's "Captivator" is sure to bring a smile to your face. Unless a motorcycle just ran over your foot.
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