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The Down Side of Being Out There

One of the sweetest joys of riding a motorcycle is being out there in the world you’re passing through. That’s as opposed to being enclosed in a steel cage, peering out through a windshield that limits your view, shut off from the smells and other ...

Gaga for Lolla

Lollapalooza stands apart from other music festivals such as Bonnaroo, Camp Bisco, and Coachella for several reasons. One of the biggest differences is that Lolla attendees stay in hotels, creating a vast contrast in the feel and general atmosphere of the ...

The National, High Violet

The best music changes you a little bit – it opens you up, like a flower cracking its seal. And The National’s new High Violet is the best music. It opens with the disturbing tension of “Terrible Love,” and continues moving through one bad day ...