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Movie, Concert, or Act of Vandalism?
Nafis Shafizadeh explores the authenticity and worth of The Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra's rendition of “City Lights” starring Charlie Chaplin.
Music
"I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds." — Dizzy Gillespie
Scenes of Love and Theft: Bob Dylan, Piracy, and Cultures of Transgression
From Bob Dylan's "Great White Wonder," the first rock 'n' roll bootleg, to "Dell" Glover, patient zero of music piracy.
Nina Simone in the New Millennium
Janice Littlejohn interviews Liz Garbus about her new Nina Simone documentary.
Live Through This: A Pioneering Rock Critic Looks Back with Love and Sorrow on the 1960s
Rock critic Richard Goldstein on embracing pop culture, opening music writing to women, and the complicated legacy of the '60s.
Forever Pushing Agendas: An Interview with Jessica Hopper
Stephen M. Deusner interviews Jessica Hopper.
I Am Not a Cheese
Ian Bostridge explores the literary, historical, and postmodern psychological themes that weave through Schubert's 24-song cycle, "Winterreise."
Finding Your Shambolic Magic
"In the All-Night Café" describes the year before the release of "Tigermilk" and helps to explain how Belle and Sebastian's sound was a product of their environment.
Dancing with Michael Jackson
Baltimore and its discontents
The Method Singer
In his new biography, John Szwed argues Billie Holiday was a method actor: she burrowed to the core of the song, determined what type of person might be voicing such sentiments in what kind of situation, and let that guide her interpretation of it.
The Significance of Philip Glass
“Philip Glass has become, whether he likes it or not, a name on a list of sound-material used to induce states of mind.”
Exquisite Failure
Songwriter Nick Jaina on musical failure and impossible loves.
You Better Work
The art of video-game music, from Pong to Tomb Raider and beyond.
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