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CD Review: R.E.M., “Collapse Into Now”

Annie Zaleski March 1, 2011 14

With a new R.E.M. album in hand, Annie Zaleski tackles the difficult task of assessing the latest offering by her favorite band

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CD Review: Ride, “Nowhere: 20th Anniversary Edition”

Annie Zaleski February 8, 2011 0

Britpop lovers will be intrigued to hear about the 20th-anniversary reissue of the seminal Ride album Nowhere. Annie Zaleski dips into the contents of the set

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Popdose Flashback ’91: Material Issue, “International Pop Overthrow”

Annie Zaleski February 7, 2011 10

When Material Issue front man Jim Ellison committed suicide in June of 1996, the act was sharp and sudden. The 32-year-old wasn’t a stereotypical grunge sad-sack. He was an anachronistic rock vocalist who sported

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Bootleg City: One Man’s Dystopia Is Another Man’s …

Robert Cass January 15, 2011 12

Todd Rundgren's Utopia performed in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 16, 1974, but Bootleg City is where you'll find the document of their concert

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Bootleg City: The Political Scandal of the Decade of the Week!

Robert Cass February 5, 2010 34

A few weeks ago, concerned (i.e. nosy, spiteful, possibly dating archnemesis Matt Wardlaw) citizen-journalist Annie Zaleski leaked a letter I wrote, one that would let all of my constituents know where I’d been since

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Bootleg City: Mayor to Mayor

Robert Cass January 29, 2010 34

The mayor of Bootleg City is back! And in case you have no idea who that is, the mayor is me! Thank you, thank you, you’re too kind. But if it’s not too much

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Bootleg City: Ride in Cambridge, March ’91

Annie Zaleski January 15, 2010 18

Last week in Bootleg City, it was discovered that Mayor Cass had gone missing after what appeared to be a New Year’s Eve celebration in his office. The only clue to his whereabouts was

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Bootleg City: The House of Love in Amsterdam, April ’90

Annie Zaleski January 8, 2010 7

The mayor’s office in Bootleg City was completely dark as I cracked open the door. “Thank God,” I thought to myself. I had absentmindedly left my Cure reissues there before Christmas and was hoping

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Bootleg City: Elastica in Europe, 1994-’95

Annie Zaleski December 11, 2009 40

Greetings, citizens of Bootleg City. It’s an honor being the first female interim mayor of this fair ‘burg. But perhaps you’re wondering how I snagged this plush gig. No no no, it’s nothing like

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