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• Suze Rotolo: Every Picture Tells a Story

  by Bob Hill•June 25, 2008•Comments (2)

  In A Freewheelin’ Time Rotolo uses her relationship with Dylan as the focal point for everything else happening around them. And in that sense Bob Dylan plays a central role. But—to her credit—Rotolo never exploits the relationship for her own purpose. And she doesn’t waste entire chapters obsessing over Dylan’s every whim. She describes him as someone who was immensely talented, and often difficult. (read more)

• God Bless Bruce Springsteen

  by Jerry Gilbert•June 25, 2008•Comments (1)

  But right now it's 4:30 in the morning and Springsteen has just completed his second show at Georgetown University. Washington, scenario for The Exorcist. He's been ill—coughing up blood, causing the cancellation of the two preceding gigs. He's still coughing profusely and draws on a bottle of prescribed cough medicine which the doctor provided along with the statutory shot. What was the matter, Bruce? A futile question when you're on the road 90 percent (read more)

• The Best Books on Music of the Last Six Months

  by C! Team•June 25, 2008•Comments (3)

  There's something about summer reading lists. They almost always contain must-reads, but they are also supposed to contain page-turners... books that, while not being the most challenging literary content you've feasted your eyes on, are highly entertaining without being too heavy on the thinking. It's summer for crissakes, and that means taking a standard break from life. (read more)

• Watermelon Slim and the Workers

  by David MacFadden-Elliott•June 25, 2008•Comments (0)

  "enhanced by a dearth of teeth that has left his consonants with a lisp-like quality" (read more)

• Solomon Burke

  by Matt Gewolb•June 18, 2008•Comments (0)

  "a fine but flawed album that’s missing the fire of his previous outings" (read more)

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