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Book Review: Gary Wien, “Are You Listening?”

Dw. Dunphy July 4, 2011 1

There was a lot of music in 2001-2010. Popdose looks at Gary Wien's book, Are You Listening? which attempts to make sense of it all

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Bootleg City: Take It or Leave It

Robert Cass August 13, 2010 16

The mayor of Bootleg City sends an update from prison, and the final two volumes of Y100 Sonic Sessions are featured in their entirety

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Bootleg City: Putting the Pedal to the Metal

Robert Cass May 14, 2010 7

Earlier this week I took a group of underprivileged kids to see the first big blockbuster of the summer movie season, Iron Man 2. Or at least they sounded underprivileged — when I pulled

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Pop Goes the World: Icecream Hands, “Sweeter Than the Radio”

David Medsker August 12, 2009 8

It's time for another week of Pop Goes the World -- and a look at what David Medsker calls "the best album Crowded House never made."

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Live Music: XPoNential Music Festival, Camden, N.J.

Ken Shane July 30, 2009 4

All Photos Copyright © David J. Simchock. Visit David’s Website: Vagabond Vistas. WXPN is the listener sponsored Triple A radio station associated with the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and one of the finest stations

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CD Review: Pete Yorn, “Back & Fourth”

Ken Shane July 4, 2009 6

The first Pete Yorn song I ever heard was “On Your Side,” from his debut album, Musicforthemorningafter (2001), but where I heard it was a bit unconventional — playing over an ad for United

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Live Music: NON-COMMvention, World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA

Ken Shane June 3, 2009 6

NON-COMMvention is the premier annual event for North America’s noncommercial Triple A radio stations. It was founded by Dan Reed in 2001, when he was at radio station WFPK in Louisville, which cosponsored the

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Listening Booth: “The Green Owl Comp: A Benefit for the Energy Action Coalition”

Taylor Long April 30, 2008 5

If putting money in the hands of artists isn’t charitable enough to compel people to buy music, Green Owl Records is hoping that helping the planet will be. Founded in New York City, the

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