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"Alive and deadly": a sociolinguistic reading of rock songs by Australian Aboriginal musicians
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Runaway facial hair, road-salted riffage, and a raging drive to wake up the neighbors--ever since the advent of Neil Young, these have been the hallmarks ......(Continue Reading)Porch Songs - Mark Linkous, musician/founder of the band Sparklehorse
LUCKY FOR THOSE LAZY SUNDAYS, SPARKLEHORSE'S LONESOME QUAVER IS WAY, WAY OFF THE CHARTS A GUY LIVES IN A VAN BY the Pacific Ocean. Man, he hates his ......(Continue Reading)
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