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Fitter Happier: Radiohead Return

For years, Radiohead have been known as cold, cutting artistes who do everything--particularly interviews--the hard way. So why are they now acting like a bunch of chatty, regular guys who simply read lots of books and fear for our future?

MEETING THOM IS EASY

Spin Record Guide: Essential World Music

Back in the 1980s, hippies made “worldbeat”--a catchall for any music from outside America or England--a dirty word. Which is a shame. From African funk to Asian punk, Cuban rumba to Algerian disco, global pop is constantly mutating. In a small world that’s only getting smaller--and scarier--a little musical multilateralism goes a long way.
Back in the 1980s, hippies made “worldbeat”--a catchall for any music from outside America or England--a dirty word. Which is a shame. From African funk to Asian punk, Cuban rumba to Algerian disco, global pop is constantly mutating. In a small world that’s only getting smaller--and scarier--a little musical multilateralism goes a long way.

Next Stop Nowhere

America's new indie-rock capital, Omaha, is overrun with young bands and hungry industry execs. It's enough to make a singer want to run away from home

I'll leave behind dull care / I'm going there, and I'll not be alone.... I'm going back to dear old Omaha--"I Want to Grow With Growing Omaha," Albert Adair and Julius K. Johnson, 1923

Madonna, 'American Life' (Maverick/Warner Bros.)

Madonna addresses a fearful nation.

Even if you dislike Madonna's music, it's hard to deny that she'd make as good a candidate as anyone for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination. She's world-renowned for her charisma and business savvy. Getting married, becoming a mother, reaching 44, and penning children's books have upped her cred more than they've eroded her pinup status.

Ever Get the Feeling You've (Not) Been Cheated?

For one night at New York City's Madison Square Garden, the reconstituted Guns N' Roses didn't suck--they rocked. The rocked extremely hard. And then they were no more

For one night at New York City's Madison Square Garden, the reconstituted Guns N' Roses didn't suck--they rocked. The rocked extremely hard. And then they were no more

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