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Hard Corps Cold War Rock
Posted on October 25, 2013 | No CommentsWhen it came to high drama concerning Russia, the west was at its prime in the 80’s. The Waterboys capture a huge slice in this […] -
Don’t Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me: Mingus, Oh Yeah
Posted on March 6, 2011 | No CommentsNEW YORK CITY, 1961: “(We’d) like to play piece titled, Oh Lord Don’t Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me…” If you’ve never […] -
X in a Los Angeles basement
Posted on March 6, 2011 | No CommentsLOS ANGELES, 1980: We were a group of kids, borderline orphans, shuffled to the basement of a complex on an LA summer day in 1980. […]