May 2013
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April 2013
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Most listeners know Shuggie Otis from his song, “Strawberry Letter 23,” which went on to be one of the big hits of 1977 in a version by the Brothers Johnson. But musicians always knew there was more to Otis than one hit single. Al Kooper and Frank Zappa each worked with him, and The Rolling Stones even asked him to replace guitarist Mick Taylor when Taylor left the band. However, Otis declined; he...
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March 2013
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The Last Days of Contrition (1988) by Richard Kerr
“Filmed in the documentary style of early American photographers Paul Strand, Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange, The Last Days of Contrition follows the journey of the last survivor of the apocalypse, a woman, as she drives down a broken down and deserted America. Her progress is accompanied by a strident sound collage reminiscent of the work...
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