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  Pyramid Scheme

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  1996: The Year the Alternative Bubble Burst - SPIN

  SPIN - Al Shipley

  If the first half of the ‘90s were alt-rock’s boom years — when formerly unknown bands were turning into multi-platinum sensations every few months — …

• Whatever your opinion is of Steely Dan, read this to understand why fans liked them.

  

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  Walter Becker Was A Master Of Musical Understatement

  NPR - Tom Moon

  Don't look for Walter Becker on those endless (ridiculous) listicles ranking the "Guitar Gods of the 1970s." He's rarely mentioned in the same breath as major dudes like Eric Clapton, or Jimmy Page, or Duane Allman, or Carlos Santana, or Billy Gibbons, or Frank Zappa. Becker, who died Sunday at the …

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  How the Grammy Awards’ ‘In Memoriam’ tributes are made

  PBS NewsHour - Joshua Barajas

  The “In Memoriam” segments made for the major televised award shows are usually notable for their exclusions. The Grammys are no exception, as …

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  Mark Alves

  2016 By the Books: A Month-by-Month Reader’s Guide

  signature-reads.com - Jennie Yabroff

  Looking back on 2016, there really was only one story – the one that happened last month after nearly a year of many experts predicting the opposite, …

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  Mark Alves

  

  Photographer Creates Eye-Catching Organic Portraits Using Plant Life

  fstoppers.com - Dusty Wooddell

  French photographer and digital artist Cal Redback has been creating images that bring new meaning to the term, "organic portraits." Sparked by a …