Category: Features and Fun Stuff
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Get Dead – A Discussion and Guide to One’s Introduction to the Grateful Dead
By Will McGraw As lead guitarist Jerry Garcia himself put it, “We’re like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.” Despite having one of the widest, most passionate, and most reputably recognizable fanbases of all musical groups, the Grateful Dead often also seems to have some of the…
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Congratulations, Bonnie Raitt
You’ve made history – but more importantly, you’ve made a stunning song By Nigel Becker “Oh my God… I’m so surprised,” Bonnie Raitt said as she accepted the 2023 Grammy Award for Song of the Year, for “Just Like That.” She can’t have been the only one. In the run-up to the ceremony, the chattering…
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Y2k Fansites and the Importance of Archiving Obsession
By Emily Burnheimer I recall my past only through my timeline of musical obsessions. It’s hard to remember anything else– or at least, it’s hard to separate the music when it frames every memory. It’s easy to find the music in everything, and in the isolation of adolescence I did just that, spending every free…