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Generational Solidarity: Folk Band the Weavers and the Damages Done by the Red Scare
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Generational Solidarity: Folk Band the Weavers and the Damages Done by the Red Scare

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 / 14 August 2019

Wasn't That a Time digs into the Weaver's empathy for the working class struggle, which was weaponized and politicized against them by the House Un-American Activities Committee.

On Warren Zevon, the “Kurt Vonnegut of Rock Music”
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On Warren Zevon, the “Kurt Vonnegut of Rock Music”

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 / 7 May 2019

Author C. M. Kushins talks with PopMatters about the complicated legacy of Warren Zevon, from crack-up to recovery and back again, and his research for Nothing's Bad Luck: The Lives of Warren Zevon.

Matthew Cutter Chronicles the Ordinary/ Extraordinary Life of Robert Pollard
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Matthew Cutter Chronicles the Ordinary/ Extraordinary Life of Robert Pollard

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 / 28 August 2018

On the lo-fi high jinks of unlikely alt-rock legend, Guided by Voices' Robert Pollard.