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Letter from the Editor: Critics, Steve Almond, and Lifesavers

Jeff Giles April 9, 2010 11

Writer Steve Almond caught some hell a couple of weeks ago for a pre-release segment from his upcoming book, Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life, which outlined his brief, miserable career as a

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Letter From the Editor: La La La La La

Jeff Giles February 22, 2010 28

Jeff Giles follows a recommendation from a trusted friend, and ends up getting excited about the future of music all over again

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Letter From the Editor: From 1992 to Granby, CT

Jeff Giles December 15, 2009 30

In the fall of 1992, I was publishing a small Bay Area music newspaper– this was back in the BAM era, for those of you who were there, and a time when a person

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Letter from the Editor: Parked in Alex Kimmell’s twodoggarage

Jeff Giles June 12, 2009 3

My dad was an opera singer when he was a kid and later turned into a huge folk music fan. He taught himself to play guitar and would sing all the time to my

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Letter From the Editor: Does This Design Make Us Look Fat?

Jeff Giles May 1, 2009 45

Got some thoughts to share about the new design -- good or bad? How about a wish list of past columns you'd like to see return to active duty? Check in with editor-in-chief Jeff

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Letter from the Editor: Radio is Dying, but Music Has “One Life to Live”

Jeff Giles March 27, 2009 9

I try to do right, I try to do right, because I only got, only got, only got, only got…all that I have is one life to live. These are the words that greeted

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Letter from the Editor: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Kind of Like the Fray

Jeff Giles March 20, 2009 16

Earlier this year, on my Twitter feed, I said something to the effect of “I can think of no argument against Demi Lovato’s music career.” It was a statement I thought twice about making

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Letter from the Editor: Happy Birthday Popdose!

Jeff Giles January 15, 2009 31

Howdy, folks! Like Jim Anchower, I know it’s been a long time since I rapped at ya, but now that Popdose is a whole year old, I figured now would be as good a

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