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The Aardvark Is Closing
Everything ends. Maybe not on a cosmic level, but here on earth, in the laughably brief duration of human lifetimes, the institutions of men...
Movies About Maids
The Help looks poised to be a huge hit this weekend, and everyone is healthily chewing over the book and the film’s racial politics....
Caged Bird
The bride wore a black miniskirt. (She is nicknamed “Legs,” after all.) The groom wore gray stripes.
The minister omitted the part about the groom...
Leroy the Prophet Frontman Arrested for Sexual Assault, Abuse
Gabriel Gomez, frontman for long-time local hard-rockers Leroy the Prophet, was arrested earlier this month and charged with sexual assault of a child under...
Cover Songs on Movie Soundtracks: A Brief History
I appreciate a good movie soundtrack when I hear one, and in between feeling guilty about failing to mention The Chemical Brothers’ propulsive soundtrack...
Radioville, Simon Flory (Self-released)
It’s fair to say Simon Flory is comfortable being old-fashioned. Flory, a native of rural Indiana, purveys a sound that is a melting pot...
Local musician looks out for her peeps during the COVID-19 shutdown
A marketing group is studying whether it can maintain a crowdfunding campaign for local musicians and service workers.
Pop-rock singer-songwriter Rachel Gollay has been performing...
Big Heaven, Olivia (Dreamy Life Records)
Olivia is Big Heaven’s second EP, the successor to last year’s Strike a Match, and like that release, it shares principal songwriter Mandy Hand’s...
R.I.P., 3726 W 6th St
I had a moment a couple weeks ago, standing on that deck in the northeast corner of Lola’s Trailer Park, when I concluded that...
The Me-Thinks’ “Mr. Dude,” “Rock Deaf”
The Me-Thinks
“Mr. Dude,” “Rock Deaf”
(Indian Casino Records)
If you ask me, the whole notion of “songwriter” as a type of music is meaningless. Even the...
