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ISSUE: November 15, 2009

Articles about Bob Bozorgmehr

Music - 11-1-2006

GET A MUSICAL TUTORIAL FROM A ROCK LEGEND. HOW DO TV SHOWS REALLY MAKE IT INTO YOUR LIVING ROOM? IN JUST TWO DAYS, ABC GIVES YOU ENTERTAINMENT WORTH YOUR TIME. PLUS MUCH MORE.

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...as any he’s released. — Bob Bozorgmehr [image-article:2] The Lemonheads The...

Catching Up With The Numero Group - 9-1-2006

Catching Up with the Numero GroupBy Bob BozorgmehrHistory,they say, is written by the winners. But for Chicago-based reissuelabel the Numero Group, the story of musi...

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Dl Music - 7-1-2006

Alejandro EscovedoThe Boxing Mirror(Back Porch/Narada)For fans of: the Velvet Underground, No Depression magazineOver the course of a three-decade career — fro...

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...of Escovedo’s best work. — Bob Bozorgmehr [image-article:2] Golden Smog Another Fine...

Books - 7-15-2006

AbsurdistanBy Gary Shteyngart(Random House, $33)Russia's greatest export has been its literature, because the humor in it has a skittish undertone, as though the thr...

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...for a juicy and engrossing read. — Bob Bozorgmehr
Sheetrock & Shellac: A Thinking...

Music - 8-1-2006

FEELING LONELY? TUNE IN TO A GREAT SELECTION OF NEW MUSIC. WITH A BURGEONING CAREER AND TWO EXCITING NEW PROJECTS, WHO NEEDS FRIENDS? NOT MATTHEW PERRY. PLUS MUCH MORE.

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...of the road sounded this good. — Bob Bozorgmehr
[image-article:2] For fans of: Def...

Books - 8-15-2006

The Sound of No Hands Clapping: A MemoirBy Toby Young(Da Capo, $25)British journalist Toby Young's notorious 2001 memoir, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, deta...

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... makes for a deliciously dishy read. — Bob Bozorgmehr
A Futile and Stupid Gesture: How Doug...

Books - 9-15-2006

The Echo Maker: A Novel By Richard Powers (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25)Richard Powers is a novelist of ideas — cerebral, if you will.

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...contradictory life and legacy. — Bob Bozorgmehr
The Shakespeare Wars: Clashing...

Books - 10-15-2006

APPEARANCES CAN BE DECEIVING. TALKING TO MARK ZUPAN PROVES THAT. WANT MOVIES THAT'LL SCARE THE STUFFING OUT OF YOU? THESE 10 GEMS WILL SURELY SEND THE POPCORN FLYING. PLUS MUCH MORE.

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... remarkably rich and rewarding read. — Bob Bozorgmehr
[image-article:3] We’ve Got...

Music - 12-1-2006

Bee GeesBee Gees' 1st, Horizontal, Idea(Reprise)Although their greatest commercial success would come 10 years later with the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, the Be...

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...experience for the uninitiated. — Bob Bozorgmehr [image-article:2] Oasis Stop the...

The Pixies - 1-1-2007

LoudQUIETloud(MVD Entertainment Group)Directors Steven Cantor and Matthew Galkin were given remarkable access while chronicling the Pixies' 2004 reunion tour, docume...

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...the gap between them as people. — Bob Bozorgmehr ...

Music - 2-1-2007

U2U218 Singles(Island)With such an extensive history under its belt, U2 has plenty of material to cram into an 18-track collection (including two new songs). So they...

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...idea on paper than in practice. — Bob Bozorgmehr
[image-article:3] Lee Hazlewood Cake or...

Books - 2-15-2007

Mark Kreidler, author of Four Days to Glory, is a columnist for theSacramento Bee and contributes regularly to ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine.

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...and thought-provoking read. — Bob Bozorgmehr [image-article:4] My Country Roots: The...

Music - 3-1-2007

If you have the blues, this edgy album from one veteran of the genre will cheer you right up. Whom do you wake up with every morning? Here's our pick for the best A.M.option. Plus much more.

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...Big O’s life and times. — Bob Bozorgmehr [image-article:2] Lucinda Williams West (Lost...

Pick A Pack Of Authors - 3-15-2007

IF YOU COULDNT IDENTIFY WITH THE LOSER TWO LOCKERS DOWN BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL, READING HIS THOUGHTS NOW MIGHT CLUE YOU IN. OUR PETER PAN PRIMER WILL KEEP YOU YOUNG. PLUS MUCH MORE.

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...as thrilling as its subject. — Bob Bozorgmehr
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Book Reviews - 4-15-2007

Great American Billboards: 100 Years of History by the Side of the RoadBy Fred E. Basten (Ten Speed Press, $20)"Neolithic cave paintings in Spain and France bear the...

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...of our national identity. — Bob Bozorgmehr
[image-article:2] Twinkie,...

Cat Power - 1-1-2006

THE GREATEST (Matador) Although Atlanta-bred, Miami- and New York City-based singer Chan Marshall (aka Cat Power) has been high on the critical radar since the mid-’90s, much of the attention has focused on her fragile demeanor — live...

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...certain to win her a few new fans. — Bob Bozorgmehr...