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The Joy of Set

American Analog Set enters the Golden years.

By Amy Kiser
Jul 22, 1999

Evidence suggests that Fort Worth's American Analog Set may be effective in managing killer combinations of adult stress and juvenile attention-deficit disorder. Case in point: A six-year-old boy was recently observed repeatedly tossing a red plastic Slinky down a spiral staircase, vandalizing the banister and kicking approximately two-thousand Lego pieces...
Minor Threat

The Rondelles prove that the kids are all right.

By Amy Kiser
Jul 8, 1999

Roommates Juliet Shango and Yukiko Moynihan just got fired from slinging hash at a Washington, D.C., eatery. As Moynihan puts it, "I'm just sitting at home, jobless." Fortunately, the summer's sultry weeks won't find these young women moping about an apartment sans air conditioning where help-wanted ads are used for...
Monster Mash

Meet the Velveteen Monster, a band that occupies an interesting stretch of Jux County.

By Amy Kiser
May 13, 1999

No need to pull the four Denverites in the Velveteen Monster from the stage with a crooked cane: They're happy to saunter to the side and haunt from the wings. In fact, after several years in the seminal tumbleweed act Jux County, veteran players Andy Monley, Ron Smith and Chris...
The Curator of Pet Sounds

Von Hemmling's Jim McIntyre is at home with the Elephant Six family. Literally.

By Amy Kiser
Apr 29, 1999

Jim McIntyre, the brain behind Von Hemmling, lives among amps and mikes and dogs and cats at Pet Sounds, the shabby yet illustrious recording haven of the Apples and other acts affiliated with the Elephant Six imprint. In doing so, he's grown accustomed to having indie-pop royalty traipsing through his...
Shine On

Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse is running the race his way.

By Amy Kiser
Apr 1, 1999

Back when Mark Linkous, the man behind Sparklehorse, was dirt poor, he would venture into the woods near his Virginia farmhouse and root around for pieces of old rusty tin. "I'd make whirligigs out of them or shoot them up with a shotgun and write 'This was shot with a...

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