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Tuesday, September 22 2009

Bea Arthur’s Subversive Sexuality

I would always rank Bea near the top of my desired celebrity conquests, alongside more conventional choices like Natalie Portman and Jenny Lewis.


Monday, July 20 2009

Sex in the U.S.A.: Male Sexuality in Springsteen's American Dream

Born in the U.S.A. turns 25 this year. Hohman looks at how Bruce Springsteen stresses male sexuality as imperative to the American Dream on the seminal album, but asks, where does that leave the women?


Reviews

Wednesday, September 23 2009

Heavy Rotation by Peter Terzian (ed.)

This is a book strictly for the upper middle class by the upper middle class, confessions of the comfortable. It could use a better program director, and a bit more variety on its playlist.


Wednesday, August 19 2009

Mindy Smith: Stupid Love

On her third album, Mindy Smith still has the exquisite voice of a hummingbird, and the emotional fortitude of one.


Friday, July 24 2009

Caroline Peyton: Mock Up / Intuition

Recent reissues position '70s folkie Caroline Peyton as an undiscovered treasure, but she's more a performer of unrealized potential.


Monday, July 6 2009

Deer Tick: Born on Flag Day

Deer Tick's boozy and bloozy sophomore album finds no future in America's present, and a troublesome comfort in America's past.


Friday, May 15 2009

Tommy James and the Shondells: 40 Years: The Complete Singles Collection (1966-2006)

Tommy James sells both the Shondells and his own legacy short with a chintzy, useless new "career-spanning" retrospective


Blogs

Sunday, December 7 2008

Rock and Roll Cage Match

Rock and Roll Cage Match: Music's Greatest Rivalries, Decided - Sean Manning - Three Rivers Press [$13.95]


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