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Feature Stories
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Tuesday, 05 December 2000 18:00 |
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Anton Dvorák and Bedrich Smetana are Czechoslovakia’s most famous composers. Full of folk tendencies and a love of their homeland, they expressed the tapestry of bohemian life in their music. While Smetana helped develop Czech nationalism, Dvorák made it popular.
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Music News
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Written by John James
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Tuesday, 05 December 2000 18:00 |
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Holiday high jinks! Animal instincts! Christmas camaraderie and much egg-noggery! Take musical arms my friends, and toss those lame superstar Christmas albums to the dustbin! Come with me, and let’s dip into Santa’s sack a little early this year and get the party started right! I’ve always thought Christmas was a lot like Elvis, all about love and all about showbiz.
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Feature Stories
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Tuesday, 05 December 2000 18:00 |
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The second album from Shane Johnson’s Blue Train, Big Legged Women, starts off with a song that exists primarily as a framework for hot-licks blues. The words and vocals serve primarily as a break from the fiery work of the guitarist who lends his name to the band.
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Music News
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Written by John James
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Tuesday, 28 November 2000 18:00 |
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All this scratchin’ is making me itch! I swear turntablist extraordinaire Mr. Dibbs must be an octopus, with multiple arms flying, dropping needles, cuing beats, and wagging platters like a mad audio scientist. Sure, he’s been awarded top-10 DJ status from Spin, Trace, and Thrasher magazines, but it’s the sheer creativity of the layers be builds up, drops out, and smashes together that’s amazing: fuzzy psychedelica over jazz, Led Zeppelin into Lenny Kravitz, ragamuffin pimp-strolling beats, and snippets of spoken-word children’s records.
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Feature Stories
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Tuesday, 28 November 2000 18:00 |
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Reggae Cowboys have all the trappings of a novelty act: Canadians in cowboy hats doing the reggae thing in songs about the Wild Wild West. It sounds a bit like Dread Zeppelin crossed with the Village People, if a little more original.
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