Articles by Roman Sokal

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  Danny Frankel

  The Vibration of Sound

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2002

  Danny Frankel's name and magic percussive handwork appears on a vast amount of important recordings: Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, Fiona Apple...

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  Mickey Hart

  The Best of Mickey Hart - Over The Edge and Back

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2002

  For years, former Grateful Dead avant-garde percussionist Mickey Hart has been releasing albums on the side that feature his inventive expe...

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  Various

  156 Strings: Nineteen Totally Original Acoustic Guitarists

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2002

  What is amazing about this compilation is that each of the acoustic guitarists that were asked to submit a piece were given the restriction...

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  Drive-By Truckers

  Southern Rock Opera

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2002

  In what is to be destined as the Quadrophenia of the South, Southern Rock Opera takes every myth you've ever heard about "the South," mixed...

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  Homunculus

  Words

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2002

  Somewhat of a phenomenon on the East Coast and in the Midwest of the United States, Homunculus has a pop sound that is ultra-refined, like...

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  The Slip

  Angels Come On Time

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2002

  The Slip is a trio consisting of brothers Brad and Andrew Barr, along with Marc Friedman. Together, they take the Northeast collegiate soun...

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  Butthole Surfers

  Humpty Dumpty LSD

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2002

  The thing about the legendarily notorious Texas group known as the Butthole Surfers is that they are not trying to be different. Scarily, t...

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  Deus Ex Machina

  Cinque

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2002

  Deus Ex Machina is a renowned progressive rock band from Italy that doesn't fall under the regular trappings of an endless amount of noodli...