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In 1994, it seems like we couldn't get enough or get away from The Crow. The cult film also saw the on-set tragic death of its star, Brandon Lee. The incredible soundtrack that featured The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, Stone Temple Pilots, and others was also pretty steady in the minds of countless grunge kids growing up around that time. Well here we are, 16 years later, and word on the street is

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Thanks to audioperv for sharing this. Check out Flaming Lips' performance of "See the Leaves" on "The Late Show with David Letterman" from Wednesday (07.28.10). Absolutely brilliant. I love these guys.

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"There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm." -- Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark [Thank you Famous Poets and Poems for the image]

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My dear Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine is set to return to the States this fall. Excellent news! According to her official site, Flo and her crew will land in New Orleans for the annual Voodoo Music Experience on October 30th. Additional shows in New York City, Toronto and Los Angeles are set to follow, with many other dates yet to be announced. I'm sooooo tempted to fly back to the

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Amazing! Amazing! Amazing! Brooklyn-based animator and designer Dan Cassaro pays homage to New Jersey's finest, Bruce Springsteen, with his "SpringStreets" map! This map of the Garden State includes more than 200 references to Springsteen's vast catalog of songs. You can also get your hands on this 23x32 work of art via Cassaro's own Young Jerks site. [Thanks to Neatorama via Young Jerks.]

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Yes! Another Manic Street Preachers album! That kind of news always makes me happy. Hot on the heels of 2009's Journal for Plague Lovers, the Manics are set to release Postcards From a Young Man September 20th in the UK. [NME] Postcards From a Young Man, the tenth album from the Welsh trio, is apparently the band's "one last shot at mass communication." "(It's Not War) - Just the End of Love"

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I feel like this sometimes. Have you bought any new albums recently? Check out the Amazon carousel to the right to see what I've been listening to lately.

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New York City-born photographer and film director Melvin Sokolsky made quite a splash in 1963, when Harper's Bazaar showcased his famous "Bubble" fashion photo series. Elegantly-dressed women "floated" above the streets of Paris and above the River Seine in giant clear plastic bubbles. Absolutely stunning. More exquisiteness can be found here. Thank you Voyonsvoir!

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My high school years were spent scouring old Rolling Stone issues at the local library and keeping my ears glued to the Detroit-based 89X station--when it played great alternative stuff. I was pretty much obsessed with anything English, so I devoured nearly every band and album that came out of the Madchester, shoegaze and Britpop scenes. Morrissey was at the forefront for me and his Bona Drag

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Whenever I'm home in the summer, I love photographing my Mom's various roses and flowers. Here's a look at some of her collection, captured in Fenton, Michigan during July 4th weekend.

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I captured this photo on Liberty Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan last weekend. There's some fantastic graffiti in this little cave-like area that sits near the famed Michigan Theater.

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Nick Cave is a guy that just keeps going. For diehard fans like myself, I'm pleased to hear that the Bad Seeds ringleader has gathered his Grinderman mates -- Warren Ellis, Jim Sclavunos and Martyn Casey -- for a second album. Grinderman 2 kicks off with first single "Heathen Child," featuring Robert Fripp, on August 31st, with the nine-song set following September 14th via Anti-. There are four

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"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." -- Thomas Edison

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The famous photograph featuring a nurse sharing a passionate kiss with an American sailor upon the end of World War II is unforgettable. The picture was taken in New York City's Times Square by Alfred Eisenstaedt in 1945 and went on to become an iconic image ingrained in U.S. history after being published in LIFE magazine. According to Reuters, the nurse in that celebrated V-J Day photo was

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Charlie Brown would be so thrilled. [Thanks Nylon]

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My absolute favorite artist in the world turns 51 today. Cheers!

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John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten of Sex Pistols fame, is currently on the road with his second band, a newly reformed Public Image Limited for their first North American tour in 18 years. I want to say that PiL and Lydon last galavanted around the States for one of MTV's 120 Minutes tours way back when, when I was too young to go? In yesterday's edition (May 11) of All Songs Considered on NPR,

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Getting some Jarvis Cocker news first thing in the morning is always enjoyable. According to NME, the former Pulp frontman has recorded an album of nature sounds -- everything from birds chirping, footsteps walking on gravel and waves whirring on shore to an old music box and movements while gardening. These sounds are captured in various settings run by the National Trust, an organization that

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More from Married to the Sea

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"Cosmic Love" marks the final single from Florence + the Machine debut album, Lungs. GORGEOUS!!!

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So there's been some recent news about Adam Ant coming up from the surfaces to record his first album in 15 years. It's apparently titled Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar In Marrying the Gunner's Daughter and will be released on Ant's own Blueback Hussar label. [NME] While some are calling the comeback complete rubbish, supposedly an ex-member of Oasis (I guess it's Andy Bell, also of Ride *

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Finding five minutes in your day seems easy right? Er, maybe not. A study conducted by researchers at the University of Essex suggests that enjoying some fresh air for just five minutes could improve your mental health. After analyzing 1,252 people in the U.K., researchers found that doing some kind of "green activity" such as biking, walking or even gardening can enhance a more positive daily

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Erika Iris Simmons takes to a music medium of the past, the cassette tape, to create some incredible and engaging portraits. Select images by self-described "imaginative painter" and sculptor's 2009 series entitled "Ghost in the Machine" is featured below. AMAZING! "Ghost in the Machine: Robert Smith" Cassette tape on canvas, 2009 Cassette tape art illustration for the Sunday Times Magazine

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  "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." -- e.e. cummings [Thanks to Nancy Imperiale for the image]

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Check out this loveliness! On June 8th, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart will issue the "Say No to Love" 7" with "Lost Saint" on Slumberland Records. It's the latest from the Brooklyn-based indie pop collective, who's 2009 self-titled debut was one of my favorites. For those purists out there, it'll  be available in sea foam green vinyl (!!!) and as a digital download. Pitchfork is currently

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