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A friend has sent you the following article from PopMatters.com Column: Behind the Music by Ben Rubenstein 27 March 2007 It's impossible to listen to music in a vacuum, to take the sound of a band on its own merits. There are so many outside factors at play – reviews, friends opinions, larger cultural influences . . . Link: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/31810/behind-the-music/ PopMatters Popular Voices, Cultural Matters http://www.popmatters.com/

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