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  Diggin' in the Crates for Untold Treasures From Mantronix, Underworld, and More

  February 16, 2012 – Mantronix Mantronix: King of the Beats (Anthology 1985-1988) (Traffic Entertainment) Kurtis Mantronik's productions represent a time in the mid-1980s when rap still meant synthesizers and drum machines. …
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  Paul Westerberg Honors Big Star's Alex Chilton

  March 22, 2010 – "How does one react to the death of one's mentor?" This is the emotional opening line of ex-Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg's op-ed tribute in Saturday's New York Times to Alex Chilton, the Big Star and Box Tops legend who died Thursday morning in New Orleans from an apparent heart attack. …
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  Music Legend Alex Chilton Dies at Age 59

  March 18, 2010 – I'm not ashamed to admit that I learned about him from Paul Westerberg when I was 16. I imagine a lot of people did. That's what it's all about -- discovering your heroes' heroes, connecting those dots and following the trails ever backwards and sideways, falling in love with things you didn't even know existed. But rarely has a signpost been as direct as the Replacements' 1987 love letter. …
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