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The Friday Mixtape: 9/17/10 — Double Shots

Tony Redman September 17, 2010 8

In this week’s mixtape you’ll find pairs of the same song by two different artists. I did try to lay down some ground rules for myself,  though: 1. No parody songs (although strange and

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Sugar Water: Black and/or White

Robert Cass June 30, 2009 18

Writer-producer-director Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing opened in theaters on June 30, 1989. “White people still ask me why Mookie threw the [trash] can through the window” at the film’s climax, he recently

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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 54

Dave Steed June 3, 2009 39

So, I took the readers’ challenge (sort of) last week. I said that I knew nothing from Gordon Lightfoot except for the song I posted — “Baby Step Back” — and “The Wreck of

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Dw. Dunphy On… Cover Songs — Why and Why Not

Dw. Dunphy April 10, 2008 10

Some people are just flat-out smart-asses. It’s not necessarily a bad thing to be at times, mind you, but a good smart-ass pulls it off with a modicum of grace and might give you

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