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Before Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, before Iggy Pop, before the New York Dolls, David Bowie was my personal post-’60s music inamorata.
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David Bowie’s Toy is a solid, enjoyable, and buoyant effort from an artist who never failed to stay interesting and vital well into his later years.
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Nico, 1988 lays bare the ravaged body and brooding soul of a woman who may yet be remembered as among the most iconic musicians of the twentieth century.
Read MoreLiz Duffy Adams’ affectionate look at Aphra Behn’s rise to public prominence, despite prejudice against her gender, comes off as a sort of farcical love letter to an ink-stained ancestor that at times suggests a Shavian talk fest in a minor key.
Read MoreThe impish comedy and refreshingly realistic perspective of Dope questions easy answers to pressing racial problems.
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As cultural critique, Curtis White’s Transcendent comes across as a modest if chilly yip of Zen resignation.
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When he is at his best, few can match Renoir’s charm and popular appeal.
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Music fans who miss, or missed, the long party that was mainstream music in the mid-’80s will be skillfully taken back to fast times in Can’t Slow Down.
Read MoreLocal chauvinism aside, the evening was a diverse one, at least in terms of dance genres.
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Perhaps this review is an autopsy for which I offer an apology.
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