A look at pilot fatigue, hiring standards and the strange practice of "commuting"
By Patrick Smith Aug 21, 2009
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Google announces a music search-and-buy service directly from its main results page. Should iTunes be nervous?
By Andrew Leonard
October 21, 2009
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Vaudeville star Sophie Tucker was brassy, sexually confident and brave. She was also the "Queen of Coon Shouters"
By Sady Doyle
August 31, 2009
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A new VH1 documentary by Barbara Kopple suggests that the festival's legacy carries on and on
By Jacqueline Linge
August 14, 2009
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Bibio's eclectic new album sounds like an unholy threeway between Fleet Foxes, Beck and Funkadelic
By Heather Havrilesky
July 29, 2009
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The rumors of her penis were greatly exaggerated, but the star is still becoming one of rock's great gender benders
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
August 18, 2009
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Winsome, accessible pop songs from a band so cool they're willing to be ridiculous
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 23, 2009
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Bowerbirds make restless lullabies about the joy of holding hands among the squirrels and the poison ivy
By Heather Havrilesky
July 21, 2009
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I have very little time but love playing the guitar!
By Cary Tennis
July 8, 2009
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Salon live-blogs the King of Pop's televised memorial -- with streaming video
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
July 7, 2009
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Born to stardom, he never knew what it was like to live or even behave normally
By Bill Wyman
June 26, 2009
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From death photos to celebrity sound bites, the three-ring circus of mourning Michael Jackson has just begun
By Heather Havrilesky
June 26, 2009
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Critics and Salon staffers remember Michael Jackson's legacy, his racial impact and the brilliance of "Billie Jean"
By Various
June 26, 2009
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A conversation about disco, snap peas and rock 'n' roll (plus a special performance for the bunnies).
May 26, 2009
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The reggae artist says that in order for music to matter it has to keep its soul.
May 18, 2009
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For seven years I ignored the world's biggest pop culture spectacle. But thanks to my daughter -- and the stunningly original Adam Lambert -- I finally caved.
By Gary Kamiya
April 19, 2009
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The great songwriter is old now. But as closing time approaches, his poetic fire burns brighter than ever.
By Gary Kamiya
April 17, 2009
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Sing along to Dion Flynn's tale of a Kodiak bear sneaking around in the woods.
April 8, 2009
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On her new album, "Middle Cyclone," the feral songstress sounds like a minstrel along Cormac McCarthy's apocalyptic road.
By Kevin Berger
April 7, 2009
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All U.S. outlets of the music chain will be closed before summer in another sign that the record store as we knew it is dead.
By Joy Press
March 12, 2009
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A hard drive crashes, and one's self-identity follows suit. The world needs better backup strategies.
By Andrew Leonard
March 6, 2009
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On her gleeful new album, the British pop star defends her right to have good sex and be just a girl -- in the best possible way.
By Stephanie Zacharek
February 26, 2009
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This should be Bruce's promised land. So why is his vision of America still so bleak?
By Louis P. Masur
January 27, 2009
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Slain rapper Biggie Smalls was larger-than-life, but this biopic finds a satisfying groove by staying pleasantly unflashy.
By Stephanie Zacharek
January 16, 2009
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Apple promises iTunes will remove copy protection from "vast majority" of catalog. Who could have seen that coming?
By Andrew Leonard
January 6, 2009
How new legislation will affect air safety
Look out, Apple, here comes GoogleTunes
Can a feminist hero do blackface?
Woodstock never dies
Critics' Picks: Walk down "Ambivalence Avenue"
Critics' Picks: The genius of Phoenix
Critics' Picks: Folk me all night
Mom, lawyer, musician?
Watching Michael Jackson's last show
Michael Jackson's celebrity suicide
The King is dead
Don't stop 'til you get enough
Rabbit Bites interviews folk singer Dar Williams
How I learned to love (and hate) "American Idol"
Leonard Cohen's perfect offering
Neko Case is an animal 
Like a Virgin Megastore, shut for the very last time
Lily Allen doesn't want to grow up
Springsteen can't save us
"Notorious"
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