Music
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Rick and Jolie Have a Chat
“Music is like acupuncture–the exact same treatment, the exact same songs, even the exact same recording will move people, even the same people at different times, in very different ways.” Jolie Holland and Rick Moody are having a conversation about…
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Renaissance Amateur
“He has painted over 2,500 works and is a published novelist and poet. Billy Childish is creativity personified.” Billy Childish has the punk teenage heart of a fifty-year old. He spurns professionalism by embracing amateurism. The choice to remain amateur gives…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 6/21-6/27
This week in San Francisco: Hey Honey, it’s the Tamale Lady’s birthday!, Flaming tassels at Cafe Du Nord, The Big Lebowski meets William Shakespeare at SF IndieFest, McSweeney’s and the Believer get it on at Amnesia for an All Acoustic…
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Swinging Modern Sounds #24: A Magician of the Highest Degree
The millennium is not very old, it’s true, and yet today is the day on which I feel obliged to anoint a best song of the millennium, and to risk open debate on the subject, even though I recognize that…
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #8: Sarah Legg in Conversation with Bruce Legg
This is an interview with Bruce, fifty-nine years old, a former shipping department employee, and general music enthusiast. Bruce is usually quiet, but always up to talk about his first love. He is also my dad.