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15 January 2010
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Lost and Found: We Check the Pulse of Independent Record Stores

Written by Nick Leitzke
Slowly but surely I am making my way through the backlog of music I couldn’t afford to buy last year. The list is long, and it keeps growing thanks to new releases and newly discovered record labels like Hozac. I keep reminding myself that just because the …

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10 January 2010
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Jeremy Arn Sparks Our Nervous System: New Paintings for 2010

In a time when it seems everything has been tried in the art world, we come across someone like Jeremy Arn.  His paintings hold a palette deeper in thought than what most painters are willing to carry.  The use of lines, color, and form spark both emotion and intrigue.  Jeremy’s …

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6 January 2010
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Movies To Take With You Into The New Decade: Children of Men

Written by Nick Leitzke
The first movie I Netflixed in 2010 was from 2006. After reading Brother Scott’s 20 best movie moments from the past decade I was convinced to check out ‘Children of Men.’ I didn’t realize it was based on a P.D. James novel. My mother is a big P.D. …

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6 January 2010
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“Ba, ba, ba-da-da-dah” – I Hate Indie Rock

Written by Nick Leitzke
The music industry is one great big saturated market. Everyone wants in on the action, but opportunities to get a foot in the door are few and far between. What develop over time are trends. An artist’s creative sound takes off in popularity, and so the industry, …

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4 January 2010
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We Say Farewell to a Friend: Nelson Kelly (1981 – 2010)

We at murmur DC not only have lost a valuable contributor, but have lost a friend and a true soul.  Nelson Kelly has passed away on the first day of what many of us hoped to be a glorious year.  What makes this most tragic is the wealth of talent …

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1 January 2010
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In the Spotlight: Moderat

Written by Scott Ahn
What makes the collaboration between Modeselektor and Apparat (both names combined to form Moderat) intriguing, is both the stylistic differences in their music, and the fact that they have previously collided with each other in  a failed attempt to collaborate back in 2002.  It is simple to …

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1 January 2010
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A Top Ten List By A Recession-Weary Movie Lover

Written by Nick Leitzke
In the middle of a recession you have to make sacrifices. When cable costs over a hundred dollars for hundreds of channels of which I will only watch a few with any regularity, a major cut needs to be made. When the price of a movie ticket …

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26 December 2009
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Looking Back: The 20 Most Memorable Film Scenes of the Decade

The 2000s probably won’t be considered the most important decade in film and cinematic history, yet we shouldn’t undermine some of the ground breaking performances that made us all weep, cheer, laugh, and possibly become violent.  Some of the performances and productions will be admired for years to come, as …

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24 December 2009
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My Sangha: Self Mastery Systems

Written by Duy Tran
As soon as I arrive to the class I jumped right into the warm ups.  The studio was remodeled from a large 2 car garage with a second floor.  I was surprised to see Erin, one of the contributors to murmur DC, was in full uniform and …

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21 December 2009
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Editor’s Picks: iPod Burners of the Week

Should be burning the iPod:
Hyperdub: 5 Years of Hyperdub

Chances are, if you like garage, grime, two step, dubstep, or any other genre involving bass-riddled, detective movie soundtrack qualitites, then 5 Years of Hyperdub was probably on your list of must-haves this year.  If you have no idea what I’m talking …

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