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SPACE INVADERS

Let me start off by saying that I am not a gun nut. But really, is it wrong to be nuts about guns? And can you tell if I have a gun in my pants right now? Because maybe I do, maybe I don’t. This is my right, as an American, to put or not put things in my pants.
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How I Want To Be in That Number

Ah, New Orleans in early May. You might think 90 degrees, fly-trap stickiness, magnolias, and post-Mardi Gras contrition. At this year's Jazz and Heritage Festival, you'd be half right.
Department: MUSIC
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SKYDOG SERENADE

There I was, combing through unmarked boxes of 45s at Euclid Records in New Orleans, when I came across a pristine 1968 Arthur Conley single on Atco: “Otis Sleep On” appears on one side and is backed by a cover of the Beatles’ “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.” Producer Tom Dowd, who cut it at Rick Hall’s Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, slowed down the groove from the Beatles original to a ska pulse built around David Hood’s bass line. When Conley hits the bridge, an amazing ten-note guitar lick reimagines the melody with an against-the-grain rhythmic twist, almost as if Thelonious Monk were interpreting the figure.
Department: Reviews
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EYES ON THE SOUTH: Steve Eiden

Steve Eiden’s project Looking Toward Ft. Sumter examines the modern landscape and residents of Civil War sites throughout the North and South.
Department: ART
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SoLost: 'Mud' and the rise of Jeff Nichols

When you're a 34-year-old screenwriter and director, chances are you're doing something right when Sam Shephard says you've written one of the best scripts he's seen "in a long, long time." Join us as we talk to filmmaker Jeff Nichols and go behind the scenes of his new film 'Mud.'
Department: SoLost
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