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At 78, Photographer William Eggleston Reveals a Brand-New Talent

At 78, Photographer William Eggleston Reveals a Brand-New Talent

Vanity Fair — William Eggleston has little use for words. For decades, he has spoken through his camera, crafting vividly colored testaments to the seemingly mundane.
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You Still Believe in Me: An Interview with Brian Wilson

You Still Believe in Me: An Interview with Brian Wilson

Consequence of Sound — Brian Wilson is a man of few words these days. Perhaps it's because all these years later he's still answering questions about Pet Sounds.
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James Mercer on The Shins' New Album Inspirations

James Mercer on The Shins' New Album Inspirations

Billboard — The Shins are growing up -- or, at least, getting a little less happy-go-lucky.
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The Best Medicine: An Interview with Scott Aukerman and "Weird Al" Yankovic

The Best Medicine: An Interview with Scott Aukerman and "Weird Al" Yankovic

Consequence of Sound — There is a place where the dead return to life, where famous celebrities and lowly janitors mingle, and where esteemed scholars and ignorant fools are equally welcome. This place is Comedy Bang! Bang!
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Duran Duran is Music's Original Startup

Duran Duran is Music's Original Startup

San Francisco Weekly — Steve Jobs. Elon Musk. Nick Rhodes? While the Duran Duran founding member and keyboardist might not be one of the first names you'd think to mention when listing innovators, he certainly deserves to be.
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Hannibal Buress Is Comedy's Next Everest

Hannibal Buress Is Comedy's Next Everest

San Francisco Weekly — Wherever you look, there's Hannibal Buress. Turn on Comedy Central and you'll see him stealing scenes in Broad City as dentist Lincoln Rice. Flip over to Adult Swim, and there's Buress serving as Ed McMahon to Eric Andre's deranged Johnny Carson on The Eric Andre Show. Check Netflix, and you’ll find four of his stand-up comedy specials. Hannibal Buress is everywhere these days — and he’s just getting started.
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All Work, All Play: A Conversation with Moby

All Work, All Play: A Conversation with Moby

Consequence of Sound — We all thought we knew Moby. The narrative has been repeated countless times. He's a vegan. A Christian. A teetotaler. One of the iconic figures of the early 1990s electronic dance movement. As it turns out, things aren't quite that simple.
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Britt Daniel Continues to Bend Spoon

Britt Daniel Continues to Bend Spoon

San Francisco Chronicle — Discussing Spoon with frontman Britt Daniel is a crash course in the history of rock 'n' roll.
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Quantum of Solnit

Quantum of Solnit

San Francisco Weekly — By using place as a prism for the world, Solnit’s work has strived to connect isolated ideas into a nexus of context that ultimately resembles a planet covered in thumbtacks and red strings. At the center of it all is San Francisco, the edge of the world that has long served as her home and muse.
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