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  • Keep Your Feelings Out of Industrial, Pansy

    Reviewing Ministry’s 'The Mind Is A Terrible Thing to Taste' in 1989, Robert Christgau wrote that industrial is “objective; it doesn’t imply a subject.” That pronouncement made sense until NIN came along and spread their boring narcissism all over...

  • Mitt Romney Loves the Killers

    Willard “Mitt” Romney’s Spotify playlist, released in March, consists entirely of country songs and old rock ’n’ roll, with two exceptions. One is Kid Rock’s straightforward country-rock celebration of his own indomitable spirit, “Born Free," and the...

  • SPK: From Disease to Disco

    Time was, if you wanted to get onstage half-naked and bang a piece of sheet metal against an oilcan while screaming into a six-foot column of fire, you were expected to give a reason for doing so.

  • Your Body Is a Wonderland

    I wanted to experience what Mayer felt while making the music video for "Your Body Is a Wonderland," so I masturbated, rewrote the lyrics, and sang it to my probation officer.

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