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41. Letters

    Letters From the Issue of Thursday, October 18, 2007

    Published: October 18, 2007

    DICTATOR JOE Don’t massage Arpaio’s fantasies: Dictators finally succumb to total paranoia — it's the natural result of a totalitarian mind and a numbed-out psyche...

42. Shrapnel

    Peel It Up

    Memoir of a radio hero

    By Mike Appelstein

    Published: October 18, 2007

    Were you one of the thousands of hopefuls who submitted demo tapes to BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel? Perhaps he didn't play it, let alone include it on his annual Festive 50 list....

43. ˇAsk a Mexican!™

    They Want an Arm and a Leg

    Preferably white meat

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: October 18, 2007

    What is it with the Mexican hang-up on body parts? When General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was struck by a cannonball at the knee in one of his 8,000 wars, his right leg was...

44. Niki's Pick

    Witchcraft

    The Alchemist
    (Rise Above)

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: October 18, 2007

    This CD sounds like sitting in the back of a 1976 Dodge van, surrounded by blacklight posters, clouds of incense smoke, and stacks of 8-tracks. Musically, it's like some...

45. Home Grown

    Shelby James and the Crying Shames

    Cadillac Valentine
    (self-released)

    By Sarah Ventre

    Published: October 18, 2007

    Shelby James and the Crying Shames' Cadillac Valentine is an often sprightly blend of '90s rock, country, blues, driving bass and drums, and '60s-esque guitar and vocal riffs....

46. Listen Up

    Bruce Springsteen

    Magic
    (Sony)

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: October 18, 2007

    Magic is being hyped as Springsteen's rocking return to his classic period, and that's understandable: The album contains lotsa familiar musical totems, not to mention lyrics...

47. Listen Up

    Konono No. 1

    Live at Couleur Café
    (Crammed Disc)

    By j. poet

    Published: October 18, 2007

    Konono No. 1 is from the Congo, and they make music unlike anything you've ever heard. Their music is based on the sound of the mingiedi, the Congolese thumb piano, also known...

48. Listen Up

    Eddie Daniels

    Homecoming: Eddie Daniels Live at the Iridium
    (IPO Recordings)

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: October 18, 2007

    In his first appearance as a bandleader in New York in more than a decade, Santa Fe-based saxophonist and clarinetist Daniels played a four-day residence at The Iridium Jazz...

49. Live Wire

    Matt Pond PA

    By Chris Parker

    Published: October 18, 2007

    Frontman Matt Pond doesn't care for the term "chamber pop," and it's a loose fit. His band's sound is more Delgados than Belle & Sebastian, which is to say that though the...

50. Live Wire

    Keali'i Reichel

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: October 18, 2007

    As one of the most prominent promoters of Hawaiian culture today, Keali'i Reichel (pronounced Key-ah-li-ee Ray-shell) takes an educational approach during his live concerts....

51. Live Wire

    The Cave Singers, and Black Mountain

    By Ray Cummings

    Published: October 18, 2007

    Cave Singers frontman/guitarist Pete Quirk doesn't need a band, really. He's got a vocal delivery so weathered and lived-in — thin as a middle-aged woman's croak, almost,...

52. Live Wire

    Bobby Bare Jr.

    By Tracy M. Rogers

    Published: October 18, 2007

    It's almost impossible to believe Bobby Bare Jr. is the son of legendary countrypolitan crooner Bobby Bare. Bare Jr.'s tongue-in-cheek lyrics, dry vocals, and '60s pop-infused...

53. Needle Exchange

    Tis Brillig

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: October 18, 2007

    Beware the Jabberwock, my son, not to mention the Jubjub bird, the sneaky Snark, or any of the other boojumed bizarrities that will surely journey Through the Looking Glass for...

54. Turntable

    Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

    Who's spinning what, where and when

    Published: October 18, 2007

    Thursday 18 Anderson’s Fifth Estate: MODE Thursdays with Sonique des Fleurs, Sol Martinez, & guests (deep house) Big Fish Pub: Chronik Frequency Thursdays with DJ Ladykilla,...