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  Roger Waters Tour Ad Defaces Elliott Smith Mural

  May 5, 2010 – Roger Waters messed with the wrong wall. To publicize his upcoming The Wall tour, in which the Pink Floyd mastermind will play his former band's 1979 rock opera to celebrate its 30th anniversary, Waters' label launched a guerilla marketing campaign, hiring street artists to cover hip locations in New York and Los Angeles with projections, wheat pastings, and chalk drawings of an anti-war quote from President Dwight D. …
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  DOWNLOAD: Unreleased Elliott Smith Song!

  December 15, 2009 – Like many music fans, we miss Elliott Smith. And "Cecilia/Amanda," a previously unreleased song available to download below, makes us miss the late singer/songwriter even more. The tune -- originally written for Smith's high school band, Stranger Than Fiction, and later recorded at Portland, OR's Jackpot! Studio in 1997 -- is a special treat from Kill Rock Stars, the label home of Smith's independent releases. …
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  "Why I Can't Listen to Elliott Smith's Music"

  October 21, 2009 – Today marks the sixth anniversary of Elliott Smith's death. For me, it marks the fifth anniversary of not listening to his music. This isn't because I don't like it. I actually share the view that Smith was one of the best two or three singer-songwriters of his generation. When I was in college I'd have XO and Figure 8 on repeat-play, sometimes hearing them three or four times a night. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week, October 20-26

  October 25, 2008 – John McCain isn't doing so well these days, but a few other old-timers had a triumphant week on SPIN.com: Metallica kicked off their world tour, Eminem rapped about hip-hop, and a little band named Guns N' Roses (ever heard of 'em?) released their first single since Ally McBeal was on TV. And while old-school was hot again, so was new-school: The annual CMJ Marathon hit New York City, and our staff enjoyed -- and endured -- new acts of …
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  Elliott Smith Remembered, 5 Years Later

  October 21, 2008 – Five years ago, in a kitchen on a hill in Los Angeles, Elliott Smith died from knife wounds to the chest (the case is still open, but many presume that he committed suicide). He was 34. Today, Smith's music -- heartfelt, hushed, and tuneful -- continues to influence musicians and lure listeners into his stark world, one that was rife with mental torment and its physical consequences. …
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  Elliott Smith on His Favorite John Lennon Songs

  January 8, 2001 – In the January 2001 issue of SPIN, Elliott Smith paid tribute to the legacy of John Lennon, recalling how his revolutionary music shaped Smith's own approach to songwriting in his formative years. Today, Dec. 8, 2010, on the 30th anniversary of the Beatle's death, revisit Smith's piece on his favorite Lennon songs. …
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