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Kristi Wooten
May 6, 2008
Aimee Mann’s New Album: Less Serious But Still Smart
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR NEWSWEEK If you’re annoyed by those relentlessly happy people who put smiley faces in e-mails, Aimee Mann’s new...
Kristi Wooten
Apr 18, 2008
Long Live RFR
Everyone knows I constantly lament the passing of my youth by becoming increasingly more obsessed with teen shows and movies. The usual...
Kristi Wooten
Apr 18, 2008
An Aimee Mann Summer
The first summer I spent with Aimee Mann was the summer of 1985. Her songs and I were together every day. Candi fell in love with Aimee’s...
Kristi Wooten
Dec 4, 2007
Bob Dylan’s 49th Beard
Despite the popularity of the WIlco song, I must say that I am completely dismayed at the return of the beard. I weathered the...
Kristi Wooten
Dec 1, 2007
Best Songs of 2007
It would be great to list the best albums of 2007, but since album-making is virtually a dead art (sad, but true), I’d rather honor some...
Kristi Wooten
Aug 8, 2007
R.I.P. Tony Wilson
I was never a big Joy Division fan, but I have always loved New Order, and I interviewed Peter Hook in 1994. All New Order fans know that...
Kristi Wooten
Aug 8, 2007
ONCE!
The Once soundtrack is dominating my playlists this month, along with some old but not forgotten gems and little-known Canadian...
Kristi Wooten
Aug 3, 2007
I (heart) Ben Kweller!
This original blog was accidentally deleted when I updated my site, but essentially, it told of my chance meeting with Ben Kweller, his...
Kristi Wooten
Jul 8, 2007
Live Earth
Although I taped 22 hours of coverage on the Sundance Channel, 12 hours on Bravo, and followed live coverage on MSN, I wasn’t really...
Kristi Wooten
Jul 2, 2007
Patience
As further evidenced by the 2007 Brit Awards Concert for Diana, this song is completely of the non-sucking variety … I’m losing...
Kristi Wooten
Jun 29, 2007
Sunshine and Butterflies
Seeing the “Dance Tonight” iTunes commercial stirred up a well of girlish “Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaul” squeals from the depths of my gut, and for...
Kristi Wooten
Jun 24, 2007
Eastern Standard Time
Yes, I am a complete sucker for Harry Connick, Jr., and I do not apologize. My loving husband is aware of this fact, and knows that my...
Kristi Wooten
Jun 15, 2007
“I Have Had Singing”
Have you seen the Kleenex commercial where they interview people on the street and have them sit in the “let it out” chair and reveal...
Kristi Wooten
May 3, 2007
Oh No! Do I like Maroon 5?
The very thought of Adam Levine’s sexual conquests among various Hollywood starlets and socialites is enough to make me gag (whatever...
Kristi Wooten
Feb 10, 2002
Keith Jarrett Defends Free Jazz
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR CREATIVE LOAFING More than a year after Ken Burns’ Jazz aired on PBS, the debate over the series’ fairness...
Kristi Wooten
Mar 22, 1995
1995: Radiohead Quit Apologizing
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