Category: music
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He had me until the word “not”
If you were under the age of 35 ( . . . which most of you are), and were reading the paper with your breakfast, would you continue with an article that started like this: I do not unconditionally celebrate the Internet, particularly its intrusion into classical music. As replacements for the record store, Amazon…
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I believe the poles are shifting . . .
We saw R.E.M. on Thursday night, and it was awesome — they put on a great show, as always. But we can’t believe that on this tour, in 2008, they’re not playing “I Believe”. I mean, Obama’s campaign slogan, “Change we can believe in”, is practically a lyric from the song! Michael Stipe is (to…