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The radio waves are empty
Posted on June 22, 2011 | No CommentsMONTPELIER, VT, 1987: I have a strange confession – when I grew up we only had AM/FM radios. No iPods, no iTunes, no YouTube. I […] -
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. […]