April 2014, Georgia Theatre, Athens GA I can agree that movies from the 1980s, for the most part, are terrible. After the grit of the 1970s, the Me Decade, for
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It’s in our character to fuss with our creations, I don’t believe human nature is ever satisfied. Admit it, do you ever stay on one TV station? No, you always
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It’s easy to be impressed by Americana music, especially when fronted by a female lead. The slide guitar, the slow burn, the yearning croon, lusty and wanton. But the genre’s
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