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Salon's culture gurus tip you off to their favorite things this week: A knockout '70s R&B singer, a ravishing anime, the best season of "Survivor" in years.
[2008-04-26]
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  • MARGIE JOSEPH

    i listened to Margie Joseph. suffice to say, we now know where Tina Turner got her phrasing.

    -- hughman
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    Friday, April 25, 2008 05:44 PM

  • um... Porco Rosso's kind of old news, isn't it?

    I watched Porco Rosso quite a while ago, why is it newsworthy?

    Worth watching, yes, pick of this particular week, why?

    -- Allie_
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    Friday, April 25, 2008 06:59 PM

  • My indie is way more obscure than your indie

    The greatest lost track of all time:

    The Late Greats' "Turpentine"

    You can't hear it on the radio

    You can't hear it anywhere you go

    The best band will never get signed

    K-Settes starring Butcher's Blind

    Are so good, you won't ever know

    They never even played a show

    You can't hear 'em on the radio

    The greatest singer in rock and roll

    Would have to be Romeo

    His vocal chords are made of gold

    He just looks a little too old

    The greatest lost track of all time:

    The Late Greats' "Turpentine"

    I can't hear it on the radio

    I don't hear it anywhere I go

    The best song will never get sung

    The best life never leaves your lungs

    So good, you won't ever know

    I never hear it on the radio

    Can't hear it on the radio

    -- Electro Robot
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    Saturday, April 26, 2008 07:01 AM

  • Best Suvivor season ever? Say what???

    Since when does a season where three people dropped out of the game voluntarily add up to the best ever? This season had too many players who should never have been on in the first place. They played up "Jonny Fairplay" in the promos but he was thankfully sent home first, after asking to be voted out. Fact is he is a one trick pony and could not even be a convincing villain this time around.

    Sure, blindsiding Ozzy and then Jason after they both failed to play thier immunity idol was a cool move, but it hardly makes up for skilled players managing the game to their advantage. The tables will turn soon.

    -- larrfirr
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    Saturday, April 26, 2008 03:26 PM

  • Porco Rosso!

    I'm a huge Miyazaki fan, and Porco Rosso is my favorite. The movie is beautiful, funny, poignant, lyrical, you name it. Thanks, Laura.

    To a previous letter writer, it's never to late to discover (or re-discover) a classic. 1992 is more recent than the 1970s, no?

    -- Steve Hall
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    Saturday, April 26, 2008 04:59 PM

  • Survivor

    Reality tv, court tv, etc is all about watching people shame themselves ...... those who watch are painfully aware of their own shame and darkness and seek to find comfort in those who publicly display theirs ....... signs of a declining empire.

    -- rrecroc
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    Sunday, April 27, 2008 09:36 AM

  • Marge Joseph

    Listening to samples from the 1970s and then 1999: pleasant, very decent phrasing, but no particular depth of sound to carry the material, engage the listener. Reminds me of a lead for the B side of a hit group's 45, or the filler when the lead singer takes a song break.

    -- romath
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    Sunday, April 27, 2008 10:50 AM

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