Chris Bowen
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VESTAL, N.Y. — The funeral for local punk Jimmy Stark became a matter of sheer embarrassment when his best friend…
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James Knapp
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For more than 25 years Alkaline Trio has been the archetypal brooding, pop-punk muse casting creepy shadow puppets over the…
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Jose Balderas
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SAN FRANCISCO — Executives at the formerly popular blogging platform LiveJournal report that their website experienced a sudden spike in…
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Rob Steinberg
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Me and the boys were just hanging out at our favorite dive bar like we do every night. Playing some…
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Dan Rice
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Nothing is worse than leaving a job interview that you spent weeks preparing for and wondering if an errant phrasing…
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Bobby Korec
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DÜSSELDORF, Germany — Electronic quartet Kraftwerk asked the sound guy at a recent show if they could get more “beeps”…
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Chris Bowen
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BUFFALO, N.Y — Local indie rock band CupNChar were oblivious to the fact that the overwhelming turnout for their gig…
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Patrick Coyne
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BIXBY, Okla. — Local 24-year-old Rylan Humphreys recently came across an old iPhone containing dozens of QR codes from various…
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Dan Rice
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Remember a while back when Martin Scorsese thought that directing a handful of the most highly regarded films of all…
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James Knapp
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Each week The Hard Times looks back on a classic album. This week we reviewed Slayer’s “Show No Mercy” because…
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