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Protecting Pop’s Pilloried Plagiarists

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Charlie Clissitt

It’s the sincerest form of flattery, and it’s not going away, but imitation as a means of creation does not enjoy the acceptance it once did. What once was homage is now plagiarism. Guest Weekling Charlie Clissitt goes to bat for practitioners of the age-old art of looking over the shoulders of giants. Continue reading →

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Sunday Sermon – Three Songs

Posted on December 29, 2013 by The Editors

“..And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the merging of image and text defining a new form of communication should be killed…” Continue reading →

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Soul Seduction – The Bar-Kays

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Hank Cherry

They sang in churches, played on street corners, in gin joints. They did it for you and they did it for me. They did it because music ran in their veins. These are the forgotten stories of soul music’s swinging past Continue reading →

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