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Waxed - Record Review from Issue #41 Sept-Oct 2002

Chris Cacavas – Bumbling Home From The Star

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While Chris Cacavas’ long solo career has played peek-a-boo in the States, he’s issued a slew of records overseas, every one worth tracking down. (In addition to this one, newly out is Kneel, a limited-edition mail-order-only item on Normal subsidiary Return To Sender.) Far less rock-oriented than much of Cacavas’ prior output, Bumbling Home From [...]

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Hello Stranger - Editor's Note from Issue #41 Sept-Oct 2002

Hello Stranger from Issue #41

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At some point in the early 1980s, right about when MTV went from high-risk investment to cultural landmark, magazine publishers decided that words were bad. Well, a few words were OK, so long as they were suitably adorned with colorful graphic elements calculated to lure fickle readers away from the cathode ray tube. And so [...]

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Field Reportings - News from Issue #41 Sept-Oct 2002

Field Reportings from Issue #41

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CONTINUING CIRCLE: It’s the third time around for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, with an October 1 release date set for Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. III. Co-produced by Randy Scruggs and NGDB, the collection will follow the previous formula of pairing the band with a parade of stellar guests. Contributors this time include [...]

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Farther Along - Obituary from Issue #41 Sept-Oct 2002

Alan Lomax: 1915 to 2002

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In 1997, at age 82, Alan Lomax signed a contract with Rounder Records that called for the release of over 100 albums of his life’s work. Rounder planned to methodically digitize, organize and release Alan’s field recordings, made from the 1930s to the 1990s, including much unreleased material. They have issued about 80 CDs to [...]

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Bound - Book Review from Issue #41 Sept-Oct 2002

Shakey: Neil Young’s Biography

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It’s somehow appropriate that Shakey: Neil Young’s Biography would see the light of day only after the same sort of high-wire act undertaken by any number of projects released over the years by Young himself. Young agreed to participate in the biography, and gave author Jimmy McDonough hours of interviews and access to family members, [...]

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