Listen! If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. 1998: Bill Clinton and the blue dress. “Y2K” is slowly shaping on everyone’s lips. Celine’s “My Heart Will Go On,” Jay-Z’s “Hard Knock Life” and Madonna’s “Ray of Light” are in everyone’s heads. Meanwhile, a young rock band from Austin, Texas, […]
Thomas Costello
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Paper Trail: The Poster Art of Casey Burns & Ron Liberti
“Are we too loud, um, for a library?” Kirk Ross asked mischievously Monday evening as his rock band Lud pummeled UNC-Chapel Hill’s Wilson Library. Steve Weiss, head of the Southern Folklife Collection at UNC’s Wilson Library, simply shook his head no. After all, Weiss invited Lud into his library, alongside Billy Sugarfix and Regina Hexaphone, […]
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Richard Bacchus and Jesse Malin
Going to see an old friend’s band is a lot like watching him marry that girl you both used to hang out with, a sweet dose of nostalgia chased by a sour shot of watching someone else live a dream that’s not your life anymore. Thursday night at Slim’s, Jesse Malin and Richard Bacchusknown in […]