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July 6, 2015 / Album Reviews - Archive

Archer album

Old Time Sing Song Man (Pound) When Tom Waits first emerged in the 1970s he sounded about 30 years older than he was. Archer somehow doubles that, sounding like his own grandfather, and he writes songs you’d swear were first aired before the recording industry was even born. The weird…

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July 5, 2015 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

MDMA: Modern Day Maiden Aunt

Hayes Theatre, June 16 I had a beloved great-aunt who, among other qualities, set herself apart from the family pack simply by being single. Geraldine Quinn is not only single, she is in show-biz, so almost inevitably she radiates cool for her 19 (!) nieces and nephews and offers a…

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June 30, 2015 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Komeda Project

Sound Lounge, June 13 Krzysztof Komeda was dead at the age of 37. In that truncated life this Polish medical doctor had penned the scores for over 40 films, including most of Roman Polanski’s up to and including Rosemary’s Baby. Simultaneously he was a jazz pianist who did more than…

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