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Iain Ellis

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Rebels Wit Attitude: Nirvana

In this excerpt from PopMatters' new book Rebels Wit Attitude, Iain Ellis discusses how Nirvana were a rocking perfect storm of punk’s attitude, metal’s riffs, and pop hooks. [11 January 2009]

Rebels Wit Attitude: Beastie Boys

In this excerpt of PopMatters' new book Rebels Wit Attitude, Ellis discusses how Beastie Boys were not afraid to play the enemy within, often mocking the macho strutting of harder rappers. [14 December 2008]

Rebels Wit Attitude: Talking Heads

In this excerpt from PopMatters' new book Rebels Wit Attitude, Ellis looks at the Talking Heads' art school intellectualism, pop melodies, funk rhythms, and the abstract humor that made them outsiders. [7 December 2008]

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Features
:. PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2009
:. Paranormal Passions: An Interview with the Ghost Hunters

Columns
Pop Osmosis: Farmville: Fetch Me My Manure Boots
From the Cheap Seats: Seeing Stars (Suffer Brain Injuries)

Blogs
Consuming Consumables: Jazz
Short Ends and Leader: Critical Confessions: Part 19 - Top Ten-tative
Mixed Media: The Best Singles of 2009: Bishop Allen - “Oklahoma”
Marginal Utility: MySpace’s Demise
Notes from the Road: The Hidden Cameras + Gentleman Reg: 3.Dec.09 - Chicago
Sound Affects: Verse-Chorus-Verse: An Interview with Diane Birch
Channel Surfing: Not-So-Tragic-Mulatto’s Low Point: Crossing the Color Line in ‘The Jeffersons’
Graphically Speaking: The Sociology of Superheroes: Andi Ewington and 45

Music
:. Clipse: Til the Casket Drops
:. Brett Anderson: Slow Attack
:. Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Afrobeat Revolution
:. Shafiq Husayn: Shafiq En A-Free-Ka
:. Dufus: In Monstrous Attitude
:. Eric Roberson: Music Fan First

Events
:. Dethklok + Mastodon: 12 November 2009 - Houston, TX

DVDs
:. Imagine That
:. Bootleg Film

Books
:. The Interrogative Mood: A Novel? by Padgett Powell
:. Free for All by Kenneth Turan, Joseph Papp

Comics
:. Hot Potatoe

News
:. Comcast scores controlling stake in NBC Universal
:. We solve the mystery behind the success of TV crime shows
:. Out of South Africa: ‘Invictus’
:. Sense of humor survives Robin Williams’ heart surgery
:. Is ‘New Moon’ the worst successful movie ever?
:. INTERVIEW:Tai Babilonia straps on her skates again for the troops
:. The message? Exhibit A could be textual infidelity

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