July 2001 Archives
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Listening
New Order, Technique
by Andrew WomackRight now it’s really hot in New York. Really hot. Something about the vacant, tropical, acid-house sound on this album makes it perfect for what we’re all sweating...
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Letters From the Editor
Overheard Conversation
by Rosecrans BaldwinScene: Register line at a deli. Characters: D (dude), chugging out of a large Sapporo can. GF (girlfriend), waiting for D to finish drinking. D: This place sucks. GF: Let’...
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Personalities
Mike Cina of True Is True
by Rosecrans BaldwinCina is a designer in the broadest sense. His work spans a wide range of commercial and personal art, including print and web design, typography, painting, photography, and bookmaking. Also, he is a fisherman. Our writer interviews the man behind True is True.
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Letters From the Editor
Ask the Audience
by Andrew WomackRichard Rosner, a former ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?’ contestant, is suing the show because he claims that the correct answer to the question that knocked him off the...
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Listening
The Lies, Resigned
by Andrew WomackIn this album San Francisco’s The Lies have crafted an intense, lovely, soaring effort that touches so many different levels of emotion and influence that this seems almost to...
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Listening
Adult., Resuscitation
by Andrew WomackDetroit’s Adult. (always written with the period) is detailed, nuanced, modern, electronic music for every activity that comes to mind. Hard to describe, except in that it features pervasive...
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Personalities
Sam Brown of Exploding Dog
by Rosecrans BaldwinSam Brown of Exploding Dog makes drawings from your titles. A simple formula for an author/reader exchange, and Sam has made some very funny, heartwearming drawings that touch us with their simplicity. ROSECRANS BALDWIN talks to the Dog.