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		<title>Modern Rock Criticism Explained</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2011/02/22/modern-rock-criticism-explained/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kurt Vile]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps you&#8217;re not aware, but long before I rose to the ranks of Matablog editor / label co-owner, I dabbled a bit in the wild world of music press. Back in the go-go 1980&#8242;s, I wrote for publications including (but not limited to) High Wire, The Wayland Town Crier, and of course, Smegma Journal. During [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jon Spencer speaks</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/19/jon-spencer-speaks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rock history]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[File this under &#8220;totally fascinating blasts from the past&#8221;. Gerard is that a category? Jon Spencer talks to Ian Svenonius (I figured they&#8217;d be nemeses for the similar territory they mined during my youth) on VBS. Seriously interesting stuff:]]></description>
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		<title>TNV &#8211; M o v e   t o   C a l i f o r n i a</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/08/21/tnv-m-o-v-e-t-o-c-a-l-i-f-o-r-n-i-a/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[mp3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music journalists are people too]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Times New Viking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Catalog number OLE-896 is Times New Viking MOVE TO CALIFORNIA 7&#8243;, slated to come out on September 8. The four song 7&#8243; contains two tracks from the upcoming BORN AGAIN REVISITED LP, those being &#8220;Move To California&#8221; and &#8220;City On Drugs,&#8221; plus two songs from the coveted STAY AWAKE REVISITED cassette, namely &#8220;Pentagram&#8221; and &#8220;Teen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HuffPo : Equally Useful For Plugging TV Projex, Defending The Sucky</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/03/24/huffpo-equally-useful-for-plugging-tv-projex-defending-the-sucky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[music journalists are people too]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recommended reading]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Someone should contact Rolling Stone&#8217;s David Wild ASAP ; it seems the Onion&#8217;s Jackie Harvey (above) has penned a rather pointless tribute to nature kid Billy Corgan for the Huffington Post and attached Wild&#8217;s photo and byline to the article. Now truth be told, I was not the biggest Pumpkinshead during their initial run &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wear the Good-Cause Hat: Anna Ives vs. Cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/01/27/wear-the-good-cause-hat-anna-ives-vs-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/01/27/wear-the-good-cause-hat-anna-ives-vs-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Earles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Earles & Jensen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[i believe that children are the future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay Reatard]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anna Ives is the very young, very adorable daughter of Zac and Amy Ives. Zac is co-owner of Goner Records, the singer for Final Solutions, and a flat-out great guy. The Goner Records BBS is currently holding an auction while Zac, Amy, and Anna are in Boston, where the latter is receiving specialized radiation treatment. The auction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Those About To Diss Bon Scott, We Condemn You</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/01/13/for-those-about-to-diss-bon-scott-we-condemn-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[music journalists are people too]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recommended reading]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Back In Black&#8217; aside, AC/DC&#8217;s batting average during the tenure of vocalist Brian Johnson is substantially lower than that of countless Fall lineups during the same period. That said, the band&#8217;s recordings with Johnson&#8217;s predecessor, original howler Bon Scott (above), have more than stood the test of time, with patrons as diverse as Chris Lombardi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portland, Lock Up Your Daughters</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/12/01/portland-lock-up-your-daughters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[music journalists are people too]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In what likely constitutes the sexiest meeting of the minds in recent memory, Portland&#8217;s Baghdad Theater will host Stephen Malkmus and Ian Svenonius for a taping of Soft Focus on December 4th. Soft Focus, for those of you stuck in 1991, is a long-form interview program hosted by Svenonius and featuring interviews with some of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fucked Up&#8217;s Damian wears clothes in FRONT magazine</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/09/30/fucked-ups-damian-wears-clothes-in-front-magazine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/09/30/fucked-ups-damian-wears-clothes-in-front-magazine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annette</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fucked Up]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rampant consumerism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Click above and find out exactly why Damian has the best tits to ever go in a magazine. It had me convinced anyway. Want to dress like your favourite Canadian FRONTman? Follow this link here for cool threads, the likes of which will undoubtedly lead to you hanging out with Charlotte from The Subways in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fucking Up The NME &#8211; The Making Of&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/09/26/fucking-up-the-nme-the-making-of/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/09/26/fucking-up-the-nme-the-making-of/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judge</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fucked Up]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it&#8217;s on the shelves this week, Fucked Up finally get their cover time. Blood (real), nakedness, Manginas, dark secrets and an insight into life with Fucked Up. You can check out a short clip of Danny North doing the cover shot in a north of England Halal supermarket on his Flickr HERE.]]></description>
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		<title>On stands today</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/09/23/on-stands-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/09/23/on-stands-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fucked Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intensity]]></category>
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		<title>For Starters, It Looks Like He&#8217;s Had Some Work Done</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/08/09/for-starters-it-looks-like-hes-had-some-work-done/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/08/09/for-starters-it-looks-like-hes-had-some-work-done/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[mistaken i.d.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music journalists are people too]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve got to admit, that&#8217;s one heck of a transformation.]]></description>
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		<title>Jay Reatard Taking UK By Storm</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/08/02/jay-reatard-taking-uk-by-storm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/08/02/jay-reatard-taking-uk-by-storm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jay Reatard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music journalists are people too]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The NME has issued a list of &#8217;25 Bands Making America Cool Again&#8217;, and while these lists usually inspire head rolling from atleast 10 of the entries, I am really pleased that than our very own Jay Reatard makes the cut at #14 for the full list click here.]]></description>
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		<title>SWells : Harp &#8220;Licked Musician Ass Until It&#8217;s Tongue Bled&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/04/30/swells-harp-licked-musician-ass-until-its-tongue-bled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/04/30/swells-harp-licked-musician-ass-until-its-tongue-bled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 02:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[music journalists are people too]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recommended reading]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Middle age has taught me that regardless of my current views on the state of print media, nobody wants to hear about the good old days reading Suburban Relapse and Sick Teen &#8217;til 4am whilst surrounded by vomiting kitty-cats. Look, I already know that Rusty Clarke and Mission Of Burma excepted, most everything I used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hey Buddy, Can You Spare 167 Seconds?</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/04/18/hey-buddy-can-you-spare-167-seconds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/04/18/hey-buddy-can-you-spare-167-seconds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[friday afternoon's alright for writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music journalists are people too]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Tom Scholz &#8212; not bad, but he&#8217;s no Lee Mavers) &#8220;Don’t get me wrong, slugger,&#8221; scolds The Morning News&#8216; resident efficiency fetishist Josh Allen.  &#8220;I love &#8216;More Than a Feeling.&#8217; But it&#8217;s four minutes and 47 fucking seconds long. I don’t have time for that kind of nonsense.&#8221; My scientists told me that the perfect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Céline Dion : Worse Than Hitler &amp; Cancer Combined, Or Merely Misunderstood?</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/04/07/celine-dion-worse-than-hitler-cancer-combined-or-merely-misunderstood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/04/07/celine-dion-worse-than-hitler-cancer-combined-or-merely-misunderstood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[music journalists are people too]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recommended reading]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While Q Magazine once described Céline Dion as a vocalist who&#8221;grinds out every note as if bearing some kind of grudge against the very notion of economy.,&#8221; The Calgary Herald&#8217;s Nick Lewis hopefully points out she&#8217;s won twice as many Oscars as Martin Scorsese. Hey, Marty never&#8217;s been a Eurovision contestant, either. &#8220;Even though it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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