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...resonate in the remote stacks of a rare book room or in a long-ignored film archive. This is the potential of new information, of a new breed of art. Much of the catalog in Twisted Village is composed of records, CDs, even cassettes that the casual music listener will never, ever hear—music that waits, coiled spring-like, to be explored. Casual observers will point to an apparent tautological problem with the type of music and type of patron that is to be found in a place like Twisted Village: worthwhile music has already found a listening...
...other side of the political divide aren’t rabid partisans. They’re citizens genuinely concerned about the best way to run the country, and they find plausible answers coming from both political parties. When deciding on their vote, they’re loth to listen to demagoguery. When they err, they’re likely to turn away from those who belittle their error. To Huffington, it may be clear that the issues of the day “simply do not have two sides.” To that fraction of the electorate that...
...poppy lyricism displayed by Buckingham. On “Time Precious Time,” Buckingham redeems himself with stripped-down guitar playing that takes the foreground to his haunting and melodic chant of “time precious time.” As the song progresses, both the listener and Buckingham can get lost in the waterfall of notes flowing from the strings, until finally the whisper of the artist’s voice fades out over muted tones. But “Gift of Screws,” unlike Nick Drake’s similar-sounding corpus...
...Cambridge with close friend Joan Baez. Today, Passim continues to provide opportunities for unknown artists while also attracting established musicians. “The ability to get really big names is not only because of the reputation, but because they remember the fact that when nobody else would listen to them, people at Club 47 or Passim would,” Susan Scotti, the club’s gallery coordinator, says. “I think there’s no other club in the country like that that has that kind of history.” The plans...
...unofficial uniform of the small-town Chamber of Commerce - McCain cut quite a different figure from his opponent. He radiated toughness with an overlay of irritation. He tried to warn us two years ago that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were screwed up, he began, but did America listen? Now look at the trouble...