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Breathing Through a Tiny Straw
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Aaron Gilbreath
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The Long, Slow, Torturous Death of Zima
The infamous "malternative" debuted during the clear beverage craze of the early 1990s and lasted over a decade as the butt of many jokes.
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Brendan I. Koerner
It’s Great When You Have Hits
New Adventures in A&R, 1994-97
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Paul Heck
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Mulling Over the Mullet
An Essay on Tonsorial Taste by the Editors of Grand Royal Magazine
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Aaron Gilbreath
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Ephraim Lewis Was Summer Lightning
30 years ago, the alt-soul singer's brilliant LP bridged the gap between trip-hop and neo-soul, before he died way too young
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Michael A. Gonzales
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Can we create new associations for the music that defines our most difficult times?
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Tessa T
No Alternative
How it felt to believe in alternative rock
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Joshua James Amberson
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Elliott Smith’s “Miss Misery”
Picture what it looks like to escape
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Nikki Volpicelli
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