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  • If you're looking for a certain type of quality introspection on '80s grunge, you won't find it in Neil Strauss' ghostwritten glimpse into Motley Crue. But author Charles Bock wasn't looking for something poignant — he was looking for something real. He found it.
  • About 10 years ago, Eric Royer gave up punk music for folk and set up shop on the streets of Boston. He started out playing just a banjo -- but the sound wasn't quite right. So he put a slide guitar on his lap, a harmonica around his neck. and at his feet -- a guitar operated by pedals. NPR's Chris Arnold says Royer has accomplished what few can pull off: a one-man band. Hear excerpts of his music.
  • Sam Beam and Calexico's first album-length collaboration since 2005 feels most of all like the work of a complete, cohesive band — a group of old friends who've gathered to sing in a single voice.
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  • This week on Voices of Disability Pride, advocate Courtney Deuro discusses with WBFO’s freelance disability reporter Mason Ald the importance of self-advocacy in medical settings and the current gaps in support services. Deuro shares how maintaining contact with disability services and medical professionals can help prevent those with fluctuating support needs from falling through the cracks.
  • The archetypal '70s band had a charismatic frontman and wonderful songs, but they also had drug problems and kept breaking up. Their Warner Bros. recordings are in a new box set called Rad Gumbo.
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