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Can This Dinosaur Change?
Lucky Hank stars Bob Odenkirk as a sympathetic fossil: a college professor.
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The Band That Best Captures the Sound of the ’70s
Other groups made a bigger splash, but Blondie was a true genre chameleon.
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What Makes Neil Young’s Voice Irresistible
The key to the enduring popularity of his less-than-groundbreaking album Harvest
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The ‘L.A. Woman’ Reveals Herself
A visit to Eve Babitz’s newly opened archives reveals how she constructed her unique public persona.
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Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ Belongs to Everyone
What is it about the once virtually unknown song that inspires so many musicians to make it their own?
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Radiohead’s “OK Computer” Turns Twenty-Five
It’s possible now to see what the album opened up both for the band and for other ambitious pop and rock acts who would follow.
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What “Drive My Car” Reveals on a Second Viewing
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s film overflows with surprising references to its literary source materials.
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The Velvet Underground Eludes Todd Haynes
The long-awaited documentary about the Velvet Underground is very good, but we had reason to expect more.
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What Bob Dylan Is Doing in “Murder Most Foul”
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Witnessing the Moon Landing in Ireland, at the Start of the Troubles
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All Along the Ivory Tower
Amateur geeks and scholarly nerds come together to discuss Bob Dylan and his music.
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Dead Poets Society Is a Terrible Defense of the Humanities
The beloved film's portrayal of studying literature is both misleading and deeply seductive.
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Rock That Sucks
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‘We Are the World'—Just Ask Our Agents
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The Discreet Charm of the Bad Voice
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