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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...give a taster of what's on offer. The latest, The Underground #2: Straight Ahead ... Back to Roots, is like its predecessor, a two-CD box set highlighting 11 local bands. And all of it - from the irrepressibly upbeat indie pop of Poubelle International to the zestful testosterone-fueled rock of the David Bowie Knives and the visceral emo stylings of all-girl band the Ember - is a laudable testament to the city's musical diversity. Granted, some of the listening experience lacks polish, not least because, in their zeal to forward the cause of Hong Kong music, the promoters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Underground | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

...pictures of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 2009 Nominees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Underground | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

...going on down to Yasgur's farm I'm going to join in a rock 'n' roll band I'm going to get back to the land And get my soul free ... -Joni Mitchell, "Woodstock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ang Lee's Woodstock Aberration | 8/28/2009 | See Source »

...rest of the movie is a mess - Lee's first total miscalculation, his first wholly inessential film. He'll do better; he almost has to. The rest of us with any interest in a 40-year-old rock concert can get the DVD of Woodstock, and maybe sing along to a new version of Joni Mitchell's tune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ang Lee's Woodstock Aberration | 8/28/2009 | See Source »

...well, which was drilled in Titusville, Pa. It has been more than a century since any major producer shipped oil in an actual barrel, but the unit has been the industry's standard ever since the overwhelmed Pennsylvania oilmen struck their first gusher. Before U.S. drilling began in 1859, "rock oil" (to differentiate it from vegetable oil or animal fat) was sopped up with rags, wrung out and peddled as a cure for everything from headaches to deafness. Spurred by demand for lamp fuel as whale blubber grew scarce, derricks popped up all over Pennsylvania's oil region...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Oil Barrel | 8/26/2009 | See Source »

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