Washington Square Park has been a place for musicians since at least the 1940s. By 1961, it was the…
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I’m not sure whether this book is brilliant, annoying or both. Theater of War, The Indypendent contributor Nicholas Powers’…
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Most of the legend of Hunter S. Thompson, who killed himself on Feb. 20, came from his “gonzo” journalism,…
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If the presidential debate of Sept. 30 were an intellectual boxing match, John Kerry won easily. George Bush was…
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