Music | Thursday, December 16,2004

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Less sparkle, more art, and all Rufus

Rufus Wainwright Want Two (Geffen) What's the term for a male diva? Divo? Heva? There may not be a word for Rufus Wainwright, but there should be. After all, he's hardly the first boy singer

Music | Thursday, December 9,2004

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By Tom Irwin

• Prepare yourself, children, for the greatest Christmas event in the history of Western Civilization (well at least in our little world of booze, bars, and party-ons, dude). The annual Festivu

Music | Thursday, December 9,2004

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Tired Eminem rolls another rock up a hill

By René Spencer Saller

Eminem Encore (Aftermath/Interscope) If you're curious about how Eminem's art has evolved during the two-and-a-half years since his last full-length, The Eminem Show, the Encore cover andbook

Music | Thursday, December 2,2004

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By Tom Irwin

• Recycled Records, your civic leader in recorded-music sales and selection, now brings you live music during Downtown Springfield Inc.'s holiday walks. From 5-9 p.m. today, Thursday, Dec. 2, si

Music | Thursday, December 2,2004

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Chicks have cake and eat it, too

By René Spencer Saller

Chicks on Speed 99 Cents (Chicks on Speed Records) The shopping season is upon us, a grim reminder that ours is a fat, frivolous, reckless nation, drunk on debt and self-destruction. Still, eve

Music | Wednesday, November 24,2004

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Soul-scorching redemption

By René Spencer Saller

Arcade Fire Funeral (Merge) Funeral, the first CD from Montreal's the Arcade Fire, came out in September, and already it's induced scores of worshipful music writers to churn out drool-slick

Music | Wednesday, November 24,2004

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By Tom Irwin

n Greg Fundis and company, known to the rest of the world as 56 Hope Road, make another Springfield appearance on Friday at Jazz Central Station, atop the mighty Hilton. The Chicago-based group

Music | Thursday, November 18,2004

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Another reason to bone up on French

By René Spencer Saller

Carla Bruni QuelquÕun mÕa dit (Na•ve/V2) Don't hate Carla Bruni because she's beautiful. If you're going to hate her, there are plenty of other, better reasons. The 36-year-old Italian-born, Fr

Music | Thursday, November 18,2004

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By Tom Irwin

• Just get out of the way there, Junior. Blues Power is all fired up, with four of central Illinois' finest muzeekans goosing the throttle, chomping at the bit, and turning up the heat. Frank He

Music | Wednesday, November 10,2004

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Consolation for these moments of darkness

By René Spencer Saller

Various Artists The Late Great Daniel Johnston Discovered Covered (Gammon) History will prove you poor enlightened blue-staters right someday, but that's cold comfort now, when Christian nutjob