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Bruce Springsteen: Still Going Strong at Age 60The key to his success is that Springsteen believes in what he does, but doesn’t try to live inside the rock ‘n’ roll fantasy that glorifies wealth, fame, and superstardom. [20 September 2009] Sex in the U.S.A.: Male Sexuality in Springsteen’s American DreamBorn 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? [20 July 2009] Recession Sounds: Revisiting Bruce Springsteen’s NebraskaPresident Obama faces an economic crisis, rising unemployment, and widespread anxiety about the country's future. In light of these troubling events, perhaps it is time for him (and us) to revisit Nebraska. [6 April 2009] Part 5: Public Enemy to Dixie Chicks (1989-2006)The brave, early activists of the US AIDS movement knew that Silence = Death. Throughout history it's "Put up", we're told, "Shut up", we're threatened. Praise to those who set their protest to song and act up! [20 July 2007] Part 4: Heaven 17 to N.W.A. (1981-1988)Sarcasm, irony, tongue-in-cheek, parody. Thumb your nose at 'em. Flip 'em the finger. Plug in the amp and blast 'em. That oughta kick 'em outta their apathy and get their asses shakin'! And more thoughts on motivational music. [19 July 2007] Springsteen’s Other TracksIn 1998 Bruce Springsteen released Tracks, a four-disc set that you'd have thought had cleared his archive of the best unreleased studio material. But that barely scratched the surface -- here, the best of the rest [5 April 2007] Best Folk of 2006English and Scottish ballads, Cajun songs, protest music, and covers of everything from Mississippi John Hurt to Prince populate this year's notable folk records. [20 December 2006] Columns
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back (A Eulogy for the E Street Sound)When it comes to his work with the E Street Band, Springsteen seems to have tempered or even jettisoned other songwriting trademarks, such as the sense of place that informed so many of his songs. [21 January 2008] (more Field Studies) Politicians: Beware the Power of RockWhen a giant of the rock industry like Bruce Springsteen weighs in with his tuppence worth, tens of thousands of ordinary voters feel they are being offered the benefit of impartial common sense from a source they can trust. [25 August 2004] (more Anglo Visions) Reviews
Bruce Springsteen Road Trip: 40 Years of the BossThe second disc is a keeper; the first, flick it out an open window and watch it fly. [9 June 2009] Bruce Springsteen: 8 May 2009 - Washington, DCIf this is indeed America's funeral, she is going out with a bang, and Bruce Springsteen is the grand marshal for death's parade. [1 June 2009] 
Magic in the Night: The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen by Rob KirkpatrickThis book is a great overview for the Springsteen novice, and although it borrows heavily from previous works, it will undoubtedly thrill collectors and completists. [23 April 2009] 
Bruce Springsteen: Working on a DreamWorking on a Dream is not only a worthy album, but also an enjoyable one. But when you’ve built a career on inspiring nothing less than transcendence, is enjoyable really a worthy goal? [26 January 2009] 
Bruce Springsteen: Under Review-1978-82: Tale of the Working Man [DVD]While the subtitle, “Tales of the Workingman”, is hopelessly cliché, the DVD mostly dodges the expected pitfalls of the Springsteen story. [19 November 2007] 
Bruce Springsteen: MagicWith his mates, the E Street Band, Springsteen remarkably captures some of that old elusive lightning while teaching us about the ties that bind all over again. [1 October 2007] 
Bruce Springsteen: Live In Dublin [DVD]This tour sold out venues everywhere in the world where it performed with only one exception: The United States, where it most needed to be heard. [23 July 2007] 
Bruce Springsteen: We Shall Overcome: The Seeger SessionsThe song "American Land" is what would happen if Bruce and Shane MacGowan ran into each other and - you may want to sit down for this hypothesis - started drinking. [9 October 2006]
Bruce Springsteen: We Shall Overcome: The Seeger SessionsA folk tribute to Pete Seeger that's about a thousand times as fun as that description might suggest, We Shall Overcome is also an album as American as apple pie, baseball and Bruce Springsteen. [24 April 2006] 
Bruce Springsteen: Devils & DustIt is, by turns, a country record, a folk record and even a bit of a rock record. It is thick with atmosphere, awash in violence and a shadowy mythology redolent of the Old West. [25 April 2005] Blogs
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