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Juno Rylee Journalism
Immaculately researched, elegantly poetic, free of editorial demands and advertiser approval. Publishes every other Thursday.
Latest Articles
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Plastic Umbilical Cords and Ghosts on Factory Floors (The Story of DuPont and Our Poisoned World)
“Better Things for Better Living … Through Chemistry”
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André 3000, Big Boi, and OutKast | Prophetic Rap Music from the Dirty South
“I’m tired of folks … them closed-minded folks. It’s like we got a demo tape and don’t nobody wanna hear it. But it’s like this: the South got somethin’ to say. That’s all I got to say.”
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Johnson & Johnson and Baby Powder | “DO NOT USE THIS REPORT”
“DO NOT USE THIS REPORT,” someone at J & J wrote by hand on the original report’s cover [before sending it to the FDA].”
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Rivers Cuomo, Weezer, and the Blue Album | “Do You Believe What I Sing Now”
“ ’Yeah, let’s not be grunge. Let’s be more like the Beach Boys. But loud.’ ”
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The White Stripes | Meg White and Jack White | “Hey Little Apple Blossom, Come and Tell Me What You’re Thinking”
“With the White Stripes, we were trying to trick people into not realizing we were playing the blues.”
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“They Would Make Fine Servants” (Part One)
“They would make fine servants. With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.”
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My Bloody Valentine | Loveless | “Soft Like There’s Silk Everywhere”
“It definitely established this idea that a guitar didn’t have to sound like a guitar.”
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Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides — The Elm Trees and Girls Left to Die in Our World
“We just want to live. If anyone would let us.”
