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Fall Out Boy’s Biggest Faggot Fan
While I want to welcome Fall Out Boy with open arms, something about FOB Culture feels too calculated and commercial. Who are these boys, and what do they want from us?
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Tell Me What Democracy Looks Like: John Mellencamp Negotiates an All-American Voice
When John Mellencamp and Dan Rather sat down to film an interview, they could probably already hear the derogatory denunciations from the Fox News cult: "Two crazy, anti-American left-wing liars in conversation? I'd rather attend a lecture on evolutionary biology."
Muzak for the Masses?
Radiohead and Steely Dan reach the limits of their experimentation
Bandwagon
How pro-war songs help sell Country
The Most Original and Most Appropriable Girl
Avril Lavigne tells Newsweek, ''I hate sex-object music.'' So do her fans, all dressing up like her to fight the system
Combat Rock
My anger wasn't just a reaction to the loss of Joe Strummer, it was a protest against the pop-music industry for paying homage to the Clash everyday and not having enough guts to admit it
Top Hip-Hop CDs in 2002
Many of the year's most memorable events took place off wax. Snoop gave up smoke; Nelly reigned over his own imaginary town; Tupac had a hit album ... Amid the hubbub, records dropped
Riffs: New Sounds Making Waves
The latest from Jennifer Love Hewitt, Bon Jovi, Beck and more
Empty Emblems
Why the national fascination with American Idol won't translate from the small screen to the stereo
A Year in the Life
Ashanti's work -- so broadly crossed-over -- challenges racist presumptions and divisions between communities, in commercial as well as political terms
Riffs: New Sounds Making Waves
The latest from The Boss, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Public Enemy and more
Keeping Down the King
In 1956, the year of Elvis' big national breakout, the kid who became a symbol of freedom for millions of teenagers was, to many Americans, more symbolic of degeneracy
Badly Drawn Boy: Indie Popper Makes Good
The independent, populist voice of Damion Gough helps make an unusual Hollywood soundtrack
Riffs: New Sounds Making Waves
An eclectic round-up of the latest in techno, jam bands and art rock
With or Without You
Eminem is now about as far from being a troublemaker as he can be: He is super-good for business.