Month: May 2010

Arts & Entertainment

Doing ‘Mad’

Some people are infuriated by absurdities in the news. Other people, like Kate Clinton, build a career on them. by…

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Arts & Entertainment

Bitch and Blasted

Bitch, the classically-trained violinist turned multi-instrumentalist-poet-rocker, is as blunt as her stage name—a name chosen to reclaim a word that…

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Music

Letter to Heaven: Songs of Faith and Inspiration by Dolly Parton

Somehow, when Dolly goes gospel, it doesn’t come off as holier-than-thou or judgmental.

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Arts & Entertainment

Something to Live For by Barbara Carroll

You don’t play the Oak Room’s Sunday brunch at New York City’s famed Algonquin Hotel by being a second–rate performer.…

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Arts & Entertainment

The Essential Carole King

It’s hard to imagine what rock-’n’-roll would be without the doo-wop, finger-popping influence of Carole King. This double-disc retro package…

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Arts & Entertainment

Head First by Goldfrapp

The freshest synth-pop duo to hit the stage since Erasure starts strong on this CD with “Rocket” and maintains a…

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Music

Achin’ & Shakin’ by Laura Bell Bundy

After playing Elle Woods in Broadway’s Legally Blonde, this cute little pixie with the big voice delivers a fine roster…

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Arts & Entertainment

Lessons from the Late Night by Hunter Valentine

This out-and-proud lesbian trio from Canada rocks hard in the tradition of The Cliks, with whom they frequently tour. All…

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Music

Dolly’s Dollies

I recently saw a 1978 interview with the late Dusty Springfield, in which she called herself “the Dolly Parton of…

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Film/DVD

Sometimes in Life

A winner of the Muskogee, Oklahoma Bare Bones International Film Festival’s Independent Spirit award, this comedic drama finds Jill (Sara…

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