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Music Review: Pokey LaFarge’s “Rock Bottom Rhapsody” — To Hell and Back with That Wholesome Midwestern Troubadour

April 22, 2020
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In Rock Bottom Rhapsody, Pokey LaFarge shows us where all America’s prophetic manias must lead: collapse.

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Television Review: “Mrs. America” — The Battle Against Equal Rights for Women

April 21, 2020
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Mrs. America is well written and beautifully acted (generally), but its real power stems less from its entertainment value than in how it reveals how little has changed for women since the ’70s.

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Arts Commentary: The Late Annie Ross — An Appreciation

April 21, 2020
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Renowned singer and actress Annie Ross is urgently in need of financial assistance to pay for home care during this pandemic.

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Jazz Album Review: Leslie Beukelman’s “Golden Daffodil” — Creative Ambition

April 21, 2020
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Singer Leslie Beukelman has a lot going for her, including her time, the quality of her voice, her control of improvisation, and her capacity to reach deeply into a ballad.

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WATCH CLOSELY: “Blood Sugar Rising” — Sweet Sorrow

April 21, 2020
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Blood Sugar Rising deals with difficult subject matter, but steel yourself to view this engaging and educational look at a growing public health crisis.

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Rock Album Review: “Fetch the Bolt Cutters” — Fiona Apple’s Perfectly Imperfect Storm

April 20, 2020
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Not only is Fetch the Bolt Cutters the most stunning of Apple’s five albums, it’s the most impressive pop record of this young pandemic year, its bottled turmoil speaking to our own pent-up nerves.

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Arts Commentary: Two “Killer” Worldviews

April 20, 2020
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I’m suddenly startled by the almost simultaneous appearance of two killers, neither of them COVID-19, each seemingly unbeatable in its own way.

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Poetry Review: The Verse of Rowan Ricardo Phillips — Let’s Get Weaponized?

April 20, 2020
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Rowan Ricardo Phillips attempts to combine a woke perspective with his vast knowledge of poetry from the past.

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Arts Remembrance: Saxophonist Lee Konitz

April 19, 2020
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Lee Konitz was, with Sonny Rollins, one of the last of his great generation of jazz men still swinging hard.

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Arts Commentary: Endangered Species — Independent, Small Venues

April 18, 2020
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What’s happening right now, this is a bloodbath. It is full on slaughter of small businesses. They lie in the streets gasping for breath.

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