Posts from July, 2003
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Jul1Sir Paul and KFC
July 24, 2003 Dear Mr. Novak: I am writing on behalf of my friends at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), as well as compassionate consumers across the globe, to urge KFC to implement PETA?s list of eight simple things that need to be done to reduce cruelty to chickens raised and killed [...]
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Jul1Rates $29.95 and Up
Lexington readers: Check out the “Tours and Events” page of Epitaph Records’ web site. Notice anything famililar in the header area?
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Jul0Rock against Sprawl
I picked up “Read Music – Speak Spanish” from Conor Oberst’s (of Bright Eyes and Winona Ryder fame) project, Desaparecidos. Nothing extraordinarily interesting about the music. But I’ve been craving a good rawk fix and the weepy Nebraskan delivered. Fans of Jawbreaker, Avail, Quicksand, and At the Drive In will not be disappointed. And while [...]
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Jul1Dwell Hell
It’s summer, the economy sucks, time to rethink the living room. Armed with issues of ReadyMade, Dwell, and maybe a few a tattered home design catalogs (mostly just for inspiration), it seems like everyone I know is busy on a project around the house or apartment. Our philosophy has been to look online, in catalogs, [...]
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Jul0Learning to like Clear Channel
It’s hard to find enthusiastic supporters of Clear Channel, radio’s big bully. In fact, there are now sites exploring the question, “How many ways has Clear Channel sucked today”? Thanks to an increasingly deregulated industry, Clear Channel’s reach will probably only continue to grow. I imagine many music fans and concert-goers have wondered when they [...]
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