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Tonight in Rock: Fundraising at Shark Aid
NFL Season Preview: 5 Burning Questions Answered
I know our city hasn’t had an NFL team in over a decade, but that doesn’t mean the NFL is dead in this city. Since most of us Angelinos come from other parts of the country, we still hold on to our hometown football teams. Even though I grew up in Baton Rouge, LA until I was eight, I am a huge Chicago Bears fan. My first recollection of football was Superbowl XX which...
LAist iPod Essentials
These tracks were in heavy rotation in our iPod this week. Some are old, some
are new... all of them are worthy of a listen. Fire up iTunes and enjoy.
| Local Rock | Red
Sparrowes Free Download: Alone and Unaware, from At the Soundless Dawn. This heavy, multilayered instrumental track is dreamy, three-dimensional and intriguing. It's a sonic trip. |
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| Electronica | Autechre Download: Bike from . "Bike" is an epic, original and experimental electronica song. LAist prefers some of Autechre's earlier musings to its current Untitled release. |
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| Pop | Amanda Ghost Download: Silver Lining from Ghost Stories. Ghost's surname is apropos. Her pipes are haunting, gritty and shorn. That edge combines perfectly with the vulnernable lyrics on this song. |
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| Folk | Tracy Chapman Download: 3,000 Miles from Where You Live. Ever since Telling Stories, Chapman has taken a more subdued approach to her music. On 3,000 miles, she muses about the fragile world and her apparent distance from it. |
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| R&B | Prince Download: S.S.T. from a Katrina benefit album. S.S.T. stands for Sade's Sweetest Taboo. We dig the Plant Life remix heard on KCRW's Chocolate City, but the original is equally as sweet. Proceeds benefit the Baton Rouge Area Foundation. |
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Unsaintly Situation
Yesterday, County Supervisor Mike Antonovich suggested the Coliseum play host to the New Orleans Saints this season, while the city recovers from the tragic destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina. The NFL rebuffed the offer because it's not feasible for this year. The Saints, for their part, have expressed a desire to play closer to their fans, preferably in Baton Rouge. But some speculate that the team would really like to play in San Antonio, or move to Los Angeles.
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