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Top 10 Forgotten TV Sitcoms You Wish You Had Seen

By Michael Barrett / 22 June 2023

You’ve heard about them, seen snippets from them, and wondered about them: The Top 10 Forgotten TV Sitcoms You Wish You Had Seen.

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Top 10 Forgotten TV Sitcoms You Wish You Had Seen

By Michael Barrett / 22 June 2023
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Bottlerock Napa Valley 2023 Delivers Another Intoxicating Experience

By Greg M. Schwartz / 22 June 2023
Books Featured: Top of Home Page Music Music Features Reviews

The Doors’ Well-Told Story Still Contains a Lot of History and Mystery

By Jesse Kavadlo / 22 June 2023
All Things Reconsidered Featured: Top of Home Page Features Music Music Features Pop Past

Lou Reed on Illness and Death: Revisiting ‘Magic and Loss’

By Jordan Kessler / 21 June 2023
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The “Roll” of Life in ‘We Love Katamari Royal Roll + Royal Reverie’

By Luis Aguasvivas / 21 June 2023
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Eliza Gilkyson on the Calamity and Prosperity That Brought Her ‘Home’

By Brian D’ Ambrosio / 21 June 2023
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Retrofuturism: How the Alt-Right Learned to Love Depeche Mode

By Iain Ellis / 20 June 2023

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Tommy Prine Considers God, Love, and Death ‘This Far South’

By Steve Horowitz / 22 June 2023

Tommy Prine’s This Far South shines with intelligent songwriting, and successfully incorporates a wide range of Americana-type styles rooted in folk to punk.

Jayda G’s ‘Guy’ Is a Touching Tribute to Life, Love, and Loss
Music

Jayda G’s ‘Guy’ Is a Touching Tribute to Life, Love, and Loss

By Alex Brent / 22 June 2023
Black Thought and El Michels Affair Team Up for Throwback Hip-Hop
Music

Black Thought and El Michels Affair Team Up for Throwback Hip-Hop

By Chris Conaton / 22 June 2023
Rancid Set Sail for Glory on ‘Tomorrow Never Comes’
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Rancid Set Sail for Glory on ‘Tomorrow Never Comes’

By Nick Soulsby / 21 June 2023
Sheila Chandra’s Breathtaking Vocal Experiments Are Immortalized in Reissues
Music

Sheila Chandra’s Breathtaking Vocal Experiments Are Immortalized in Reissues

By Adriane Pontecorvo / 21 June 2023
Lucian Ban and Mat Maneri Adapt ‘Oedipe’ for Modern Jazz
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Lucian Ban and Mat Maneri Adapt ‘Oedipe’ for Modern Jazz

By John Garratt / 21 June 2023
Killer Mike Returns to His Roots on Triumphant ‘MICHAEL’
Music

Killer Mike Returns to His Roots on Triumphant ‘MICHAEL’

By Alex Brent / 20 June 2023

Music Features

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Bottlerock Napa Valley 2023 Delivers Another Intoxicating Experience

By Greg M. Schwartz / 22 June 2023

Bottlerock Napa Valley has arguably seized the crown as the premiere large-scale rock festival in California, with its allegiance to the Bay Area’s rock heritage.

The Doors’ Well-Told Story Still Contains a Lot of History and Mystery
Books

The Doors’ Well-Told Story Still Contains a Lot of History and Mystery

By Jesse Kavadlo / 22 June 2023
Lou Reed on Illness and Death: Revisiting ‘Magic and Loss’
All Things Reconsidered

Lou Reed on Illness and Death: Revisiting ‘Magic and Loss’

By Jordan Kessler / 21 June 2023
Eliza Gilkyson on the Calamity and Prosperity That Brought Her ‘Home’
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Eliza Gilkyson on the Calamity and Prosperity That Brought Her ‘Home’

By Brian D’ Ambrosio / 21 June 2023
Retrofuturism: How the Alt-Right Learned to Love Depeche Mode
Culture

Retrofuturism: How the Alt-Right Learned to Love Depeche Mode

By Iain Ellis / 20 June 2023
James Baldwin Digs Into the Roots of American Music
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James Baldwin Digs Into the Roots of American Music

By Josh Friedberg / 19 June 2023
Blur Bring Down the Rain at Primavera Sound Madrid
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Blur Bring Down the Rain at Primavera Sound Madrid

By Ana Yorke / 16 June 2023

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How Much Money Do You Need? Tell ‘Dear Mr. Brody’

By Michael Barrett / 12 June 2023

Among many topics raised in Dear Mr. Brody, the story of a man who gave away his ill-gotten money for need, not greed, is how media and money blur our already imperfect perception of mental illness.

Silent Film’s Raymond Griffith Pulled Tricksters Out of Top Hats
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Silent Film’s Raymond Griffith Pulled Tricksters Out of Top Hats

By Michael Barrett / 8 June 2023
Andrea Pallaoro’s Trans Drama ‘Monica’ Has a Painter’s Touch
Film

Andrea Pallaoro’s Trans Drama ‘Monica’ Has a Painter’s Touch

By Paul Risker / 2 June 2023
‘Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille’
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‘Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille’

By George de Stefano / 1 June 2023
Old-Fashioned Modernisation in Pakistani-Dubai Drama ‘Pinky Memsaab’
Film

Old-Fashioned Modernisation in Pakistani-Dubai Drama ‘Pinky Memsaab’

By Upasana Dandona / 31 May 2023
Dare to Compare Hideo Gosha’s ‘Violent Streets’ with Today’s Spandex Superheroes and John Wick
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Dare to Compare Hideo Gosha’s ‘Violent Streets’ with Today’s Spandex Superheroes and John Wick

By Michael Barrett / 30 May 2023
Steve McQueen’s ‘Small Axe’ Film Series Keeps Chipping Away at Racism
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Steve McQueen’s ‘Small Axe’ Film Series Keeps Chipping Away at Racism

By Chris Robé / 22 May 2023

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The Doors’ Well-Told Story Still Contains a Lot of History and Mystery

By Jesse Kavadlo / 22 June 2023

In the shadow of the “Happy Together” decade, Bob Batchelor’s the Doors’ biography Roadhouse Blues explores the dark and gloomy side of Jim Morrison and the band.

The Punk Rock Sci-Fi of Izumi Suzuki’s ‘Hit Parade of Tears’
Books

The Punk Rock Sci-Fi of Izumi Suzuki’s ‘Hit Parade of Tears’

By Christopher J. Lee / 20 June 2023
James Baldwin Digs Into the Roots of American Music
Books

James Baldwin Digs Into the Roots of American Music

By Josh Friedberg / 19 June 2023
We Can Only Imagine: The Consciousness of Physics
Books

We Can Only Imagine: The Consciousness of Physics

By R.P. Finch / 13 June 2023
Breaking the Habit: Can the US Kick a Century of Drug Dependence?
Books

Breaking the Habit: Can the US Kick a Century of Drug Dependence?

By Michael Curtis Nelson / 12 June 2023

Television

Featured: Top of Home Page Features Lists Television

Top 10 Forgotten TV Sitcoms You Wish You Had Seen

By Michael Barrett / 22 June 2023

You’ve heard about them, seen snippets from them, and wondered about them: The Top 10 Forgotten TV Sitcoms You Wish You Had Seen.

Ken Burns on the Heartbreak and Hope of ‘The American Buffalo’
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Ken Burns on the Heartbreak and Hope of ‘The American Buffalo’

By Brian D’ Ambrosio / 14 June 2023
There Is No Place Like ‘Ted Lasso’
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There Is No Place Like ‘Ted Lasso’

By Elizabeth Howells / 13 June 2023
Ranking the 34 ‘Ted Lasso’ Episodes
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Ranking the 34 ‘Ted Lasso’ Episodes

By Jeremy Levine / 1 June 2023
It’s Too Hot to Hate in Climate Change Series ‘Extrapolations’
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It’s Too Hot to Hate in Climate Change Series ‘Extrapolations’

By Chris Barsanti / 17 May 2023

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Eliza Gilkyson on the Calamity and Prosperity That Brought Her ‘Home’

By Brian D’ Ambrosio / 21 June 2023

Eliza Gilkyson’s ‘Home’ illustrates the gratitude of a musician who has known both prosperity and calamity, who has been graced with craft and crafted with grace.

Amy Stroup Takes a ‘Frank’ Approach to Pet Project
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Amy Stroup Takes a ‘Frank’ Approach to Pet Project

By Michael Bialas / 15 June 2023
Ken Burns on the Heartbreak and Hope of ‘The American Buffalo’
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Ken Burns on the Heartbreak and Hope of ‘The American Buffalo’

By Brian D’ Ambrosio / 14 June 2023
Sara Petite Has Fun “Bringin’ Down the Neighborhood”
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Sara Petite Has Fun “Bringin’ Down the Neighborhood”

By Michael Bialas / 6 June 2023
Liberation Blues: Tinariwen Invoke the Sahel’s Complex History on ‘Amatssou’
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Liberation Blues: Tinariwen Invoke the Sahel’s Complex History on ‘Amatssou’

By Christopher J. Lee / 5 June 2023

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Featured: Top of Home Page Features Lists Television

Top 10 Forgotten TV Sitcoms You Wish You Had Seen

By Michael Barrett / 22 June 2023

You’ve heard about them, seen snippets from them, and wondered about them: The Top 10 Forgotten TV Sitcoms You Wish You Had Seen.

MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of May 2023
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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of May 2023

By Spyros Stasis, Antonio Poscic / 12 June 2023
The 10 Most Memorable Non-Smash Hit Singles of 1984
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The 10 Most Memorable Non-Smash Hit Singles of 1984

By Marc Edelstein / 8 June 2023
The 15 Best Americana Albums of 2013
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The 15 Best Americana Albums of 2013

By PopMatters Staff / 7 June 2023
The 10 Best Indie Rock Albums of 2013
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The 10 Best Indie Rock Albums of 2013

By Corey Beasley / 6 June 2023

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