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The Mercy Seat: Nick Cave's Theological Masterpiece

Nick Cave “The Mercy Seat” 1988, Tender Prey At a time when the popular radio airwaves were saturated by the likes of Warrant, Poison and Motley Crue…

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The Markle Sparkle: Dry Cleaning on the Royals

One of my favorite bands to surface over the past years is Dry Cleaning—an oddball English crew with a sound like no other. Florence Shaw’s spoken…

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Cork It: The Bottle by Gil Scott-Heron

Most famous for his satirical and incisive 1971 “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” Gil Scott-Heron is somehow far less heralded than he should be…

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Back On the Chain Gang by the Pretenders

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