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Barack Obama and Me
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Mescaline on the Mexican Border
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A Prison Cover-up During Hurricane Rita
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Little Bitty Burger Barn
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Ghost Town CFS: Carriage House Cafe
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Barack Obama and Me (246)
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A Prison Cover-up During Hurricane Rita (13)
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All This Useless Beauty
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Rotten to the Corps: A Question of Justice at Texas A&M (140)
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Are You Hot Enough for Citizen Lounge?
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Tired of the Hype, But That's All There Is
Next month, Houston gets to be a cool kid. But only for a week.
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The improbable redemption of Ashlee Simpson
"La La" Love You
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Rap's Rapidly Vanishing Female MC
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A New Official State Song for Texas?
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Originally released in 1993 — though not in the U.S. until 1995, when it was overshadowed by Bowie's drum 'n' bass experiment Outside — as a sound track/companion to the eponymous BBC TV series, Buddha of Suburbia has unjustly flown under the radar ever since. Bowie's 19th studio album, rereleased this month, ranks alongside Heroes and Lodger, if not higher. In the liner notes, Bowie lists the album's influences — ranging from Brian Eno to Richard Strauss — and writes about the six-day creative maelstrom during which Suburbia was written and recorded. "Sometimes I fear the whole world is queer," Bowie sings in the brilliant title track — strange words from the artist formerly known as Ziggy Stardust, yet the song could easily be the creed of disenchanted suburban youth. Musically, Suburbia has more in common with Bowie's Berlin era than his glam-rock phase or more recent years. Instrumental passages are dispersed throughout — the jazzy, free-form "South Horizon" and meditative, synth-heavy "The Mysteries." Bowie is at his songwriting best in "Strangers When We Meet," a song that pairs nostalgic vocals with the lyric "I'm so thankful that we're strangers when we meet." Likewise, Buddha of Suburbia is a pleasantly surprising old/new acquaintance that deserves stranger status no longer.
