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Low power FM radio, a truly democratic use of the radio spectrum, was greatly inhibited when introduced in 2000 by restrictions placed on it under pressure from commercial broadcasters (and NPR), who claimed it would interfere with their signals in urban areas. A study ordered by Congress showed these claims …

Moco is a garage punk whirlwind. Their new CD hit American college radio this spring, but they ought to be marketed to the Nuggets crowd too, if such a thing is possible. Heat up some Animals, (including a Trogg or two), season with Jim Morrison, whip it into post-punk tempos, …

I am unclear as to how the Polish came to be thought of as dense and the butt of jokes. Other than an inordinate fondness for polkas (but I jest), I think they’re damn cool. Check out the perspicacity of this Polish film reviewer: Michael Moore’s contentious film Fahrenheit 9/11 …

We’ve been talking about the Berklee Collge of Music’s innovative online school of music since its inception in 2003 – now they have added a class in Apple’s GarageBand program: Explore the features and capabilities of GarageBand, and unlock the full potential of your songs by learning to use the …

You know, I am a middling Dave Matthews Band fan, but the guy sure does seem to have the right kind of social conscience: instead of preaching and whining all the damn time, he gives of himself on an ongoing, generous basis. And the band does too, of course: On …

On the 9/11 report: After a 19-month investigation that laid bare the failures of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Pentagon, the National Security Council and virtually every other government agency responsible for defending the nation on that brilliantly sunny September morning in 2001, the 10-member …

Though I agree the Dixie Chicks were inordinately dumped on for their anti-Bush statements last year (not the least of which by opportunists like Clear Channel with agendas of their own that had little or nothing to do with “patriotism” or “supporting the troops”), those who have continued to claim …

Sax legend Illinois Jacquet has died of a heart attack at 81 – over an 8-decade career he played with anyone who was anyone, their mothers and the horses they rode in on, including Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Jo Jones, Buddy Rich, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles …

I am trying to understand what this says about me, who has in theory closely followed popular music for 35 years, that I have never even heard of this guy: Tributes have been coming in for French singer Sacha Distel, who died on Thursday after a long illness at the …

In fact, the best way to describe how I felt after watching that movie was confused, embarrassed and befuddled. Sort of like I was forced to watch some perv expose himself in public. ICK!