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RICHARD BECK

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Unfreaked Folk

Devendra Banhart, Roxy, September 25, 2007
Devendra Banhart may have found his true calling at the Roxy last Tuesday as a small-time professional entertainer.
By RICHARD BECK  |  October 01, 2007

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The Game Plan

Sweet in its misguided mawkishness
Come for the end-around blitzes, stay for Rock’s dance as an enchanted tree, complete with tights.
By RICHARD BECK  |  September 26, 2007

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War of the words

50 Cent versus Kanye West
50 Cent has a long history of initiating beefs before he releases a new album.
By RICHARD BECK  |  September 12, 2007

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Aesop Rock

None Shall Pass | Definitive Jux
Sometimes I don’t have one goddamn clue what misanthropic underground hip-hop king Aesop Rock is talking about.
By RICHARD BECK  |  August 28, 2007

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The Cats of Mirikitani

The self-appointed co-star needs to be cut
Jimmy Mirikitani is a homeless Japanese-American artist living on the streets of New York’s Lower West Side.
By RICHARD BECK  |  August 15, 2007

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Explicitly yours

R. Kelly after the sex jokes
The easiest way out with R. Kelly — as with Bill Clinton or Paris Hilton — is sex jokes.
By RICHARD BECK  |  August 07, 2007

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Noise ploys

Rediscovering the joys of Japan’s Boredoms
Vision Creation Newsun  was a fitting finale for the Japanese noise-rock band Boredoms.
By RICHARD BECK  |  June 25, 2007

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Poetic injustice

This life of Donne leaves out the art
John Donne’s poetic reputation was in pretty bad shape till T.S. Eliot came along.
By RICHARD BECK  |  May 22, 2007

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Lil Wayne’s world

A rapper thrives in the world of the mixtape
On his mixtapes, Wayne is the most playful, experimental artist in mainstream hip-hop
By RICHARD BECK  |  May 21, 2007

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Brooklyn Rules

Smile, you're in a badly done Martin Scorsese rip-off.
Marty should whack this guy with his new shiny Oscar.
By RICHARD BECK  |  May 17, 2007

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Cult Cargo

Grand Bahama Goombay | Numero
More than an hour of should-have-been superstars and preposterous amalgams of funk, soul, acid rock, and even a little gospel.
By RICHARD BECK  |  May 18, 2007

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The Flying Scotsman

An exhilarating non-stop flight
In 1993, Scottish cyclist Graeme Obree built a bike out of old washing-machine parts and broke the one-hour distance world record.
By RICHARD BECK  |  May 02, 2007

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Slow Burn

Ridden with awful lines
A film that’s more of a frustrating near-miss than a disappointment.
By RICHARD BECK  |  April 18, 2007

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Hip and free VBS.TV

But will it play in Peoria?
In collaboration with Vice magazine, Spike Jonze has put together an on-line TV station.
By RICHARD BECK  |  April 24, 2007

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Discovering Dilla

A posthumous look at a hip-hop great
As with so many other figures in pop music, death has been good to hip-hop producer and MC J Dilla.
By RICHARD BECK  |  April 09, 2007

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Reign Over Me

Rewrite!
It’s a commonplace that real-world ugliness is the best kind of fodder for artistic beauty.
By RICHARD BECK  |  March 21, 2007

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City limits

B-More Gutter music might be ready to leave town
The 8/4, 130 bpm assault of Baltimore club music has been alive and well since the early ’90s, but recently there have been signs that the local sound might be going national.
By RICHARD BECK  |  March 19, 2007

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Die Große Stille|Into Great Silence

16 years in the waiting
In 1984, documentary filmmaker Philip Gröning asked the Carthusian monastic order for permission to film at one of the world’s most ascetic monasteries.
By RICHARD BECK  |  March 15, 2007

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Explosions in the Sky

All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone | Temporary Residence
Explosions in the Sky are certainly symphonic, and devoted to bigness in the absence of a vocalist.
By RICHARD BECK  |  March 12, 2007

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Kettle of Fish

Unmemorable, unlikable
Even New York City looks dull here.
By RICHARD BECK  |  March 06, 2007
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