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The music of Contre Jour

Imagine Cut The Rope meeting Angry Birds Space somewhere in French children's literature, and you're getting close. If you've got a smart phone, you owe yourself a copy of Contre Jour for several reasons,...

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free download: Symptomatic EP, by La Machine

In March we met La Machine, concluding, "Sung through a pulse jet and stripped down to the sub-bass." Their dark-as-a-cave, quick-as-a-Zoloft releases continue with the Symptomatic EP. The title track sets paint-can percussion...

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video: “Same Old,” by Audioley

TMIM regulars are already familiar with Francois Peglau, who has been releasing a track-by-track follow up to The Imminent Failure of since December 2010. His singalong verse, campy wit and upbeat revolutionary politics are...

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video vault: “Snow,” by Pooma

How is this for degrees of separation? Desiree's new Finnish obsession leads us to a month-thence Soundcloud upload of a toddler-aged remix of a five-year old track. It's "Snow," by Pooma, from their...

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profile: John Harrison of Cedar Lines

Sunday, January 29, 2012, 11:45am John Harrison can’t find a kit that he likes. The drum line is already written: a smudged, industrial arrangement that summons Cleveland, not Cincinnati. It would work just fine on its own,...

We both knew I wasn't finished posting about Michael Jackson

So I don't know why I went and said that I was. Maybe I was feeling guilty that I...

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You were the Baddest of the Bad. We miss you already.

Michael Jackson and MJ

While reading about Michael Jackson and his struggles with the media, I keep coming back to this piece. Written...

The Demerol shot heard round the world

There has been very little bile so far. Frankly I expected more. Most of it is subtle, tepid...

"Tired of injustice/ Tired of the schemes/ The lies are disgusting/ So what does it mean?/ Kicking me down/ I got to get up/ As jacked as it sounds/ The whole system sucks"

Jackson committed a fairly common logical misstep when he wrote that line. It's the same kind of pardonable error as...

My Reaction to Michael Jackson's Death

Every blog and news outlet, whether it be music, sports or personal are all a buzz about the death of...

A world without Michael Jackson

Rest in peace, brother.