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Casualties of war
What does it take to be a soldier on the Casualty Notification Team, the “Angels of Death Squadron,” traveling the United States and letting spouses and parents know that someone has died while in the Army? And at what cost personally...
Carrie Rodriguez finds space to fit in the roots music world
Singer, songwriter and fiddle player extraordinaire Carrie Rodriguez is kind of lonely...
The Eagles to play Pepsi Center May 20
The Eagles will play a show in Denver on May 20 at the Pepsi Center as part of their “Long Road Out of Eden” tour...
‘The Crazies’ has some scares, but not enough
The two stupidest words in the history of horror movies...
Great American Taxi goes big
To hear Vince Herman tell it, Great American Taxi’s second CD, that ever-dreaded sophomore effort thing, found itself looped out in the exhausted vagaries of a dysfunctional post-millennial record business. Just when people are getting back into actually making ...
Billy Corgan wrestles with the music industry
CHICAGO — Less than an hour before his first Chicago show since December 2008, Billy Corgan sat in LaSalle Power Co.'s U-shaped green room last week discussing — what else? — professional wrestling...
Author Christy Reece walked away from her day job to launch...
After 18 years of working the same job, most of us might...
‘Fish Tank’ deserves awards its winning
Mia is a girl on her way to a serious date with trouble...
After tragedy, Alice in Chains celebrates a new chapter
Seattle rockers Alice in Chains looked like a wrap after the 2002 death of lead singer Layne Staley, ending a storied career that included hit singles, multimillion-selling albums and a Grammy Award...
‘Cop Out’ joins the lineup of buddy cop flicks
Distilled to its manly essence, the cop-buddy movie...
Salvador Santana quests ‘toward individuation’
When you are the son of a living legend, like, say, Carlos Santana, anything is possible — you could turn out to be a downright raunchy and selfish individual who could care less about the world, ignoring everything you were ever exposed to … right...
