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Kim Ruehl

Album cover artist and designer Tom Wilkes dead at 69

Album cover artist and designer Tom Wilkes dead at 69

Artist/designer Tom Wilkes died unexpectedly last Sunday, June 28, at the age of 69 in his home in Pioneertown, California. He won a Grammy Award in 1974 for Best Recording Package for the Who's "Tommy," as performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and Choir. He
Kim Ruehl 05 Jul 2009

My favorite Greg Brown songs through all space and time

I came to Greg Brown through unconventional means. I was in my "What is this folk music stuff people are telling me I play?" phase, to which I've alluded here before. I was maybe 19 and the phrase "folk music" made me nervous, lest
Kim Ruehl 27 Apr 2009

About that Beyonce video where her voice sounded terrible and everyone started talking about autotune...

I have to say first off that, while it cracked me up, I didn't really believe Beyonce could possibly sing that bad, unless her monitors were out of wack or the sound in the Today Show plaza was so absurdly unbalanced that she couldn't hear her
Kim Ruehl 24 Apr 2009

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