July 18th, 2007
When Travis covered ...Baby One More Time as tender British comfort rock, it was cute.
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When Jonathan Coultan did Baby Got Back as a singer/songwriter folk troubadour, it was funny.
When The Gourds played Gin n' Juice in up-the-mountain bluegrass style, it was just bizarre.
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December 27th, 2006
From the archives: I wrote the original version of this article for a newspaper column about 5 years ago. So it reads more like a newspaper column and not so much like a the informal blogginess that's usually found around here. It's from the Records that time forgot series that I hope to revive in 2007. This version corrects a couple awkward sentences and updates the formatting, but remains ...
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July 27th, 2006
Since the mid-1970s, John Williams has never been lacking in notoriety.
Jaws, Towering Inferno, Close Encounters, Superman, Star Wars... these film scores made him a household name, gaining fame and respect for work that is generally restricted to devotees and cultists only. The Star Wars album even managed to break into the public's consciousness, becoming best-seller on the Billboard charts for 1977 and inspiring an awful disco/dance version of ...
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