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Dubious concept works well for Liars

By STANTON KIDD | March 30

MUSICREVIEW Liars Drum's Not Dead 5 stars Liars are the best band making music today. To be honest, that isn't a statement that would hold up in a court of law or even one that stands up to any incredulity. No, that isn't a factual statement. In other words, it is a lie, but it is the only way to describe the feeling one gets after listening to the band's new album, Drum's Not Dead. Very few bands are willing to go where Liars show they are able to go. And even those that are willing don't do it nearly as well.

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Fiery Furnaces give incendiary live show

By STANTON KIDD | February 23

CONCERTREVIEW The Fiery Furnaces Cat's Cradle Monday, Feb. 13 4 Stars Thank God the Friedbergers didn't bring the grandmother. After the Fiery Furnaces made a fiasco of an album with Rehearsing My Choir that spurned listeners with spoken-word sections courtesy of the band's grandmother and annoyingly masturbatory backing music, it seemed like the band had lost its way.

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Tribute LP offers new take on legendary folk artist.

By STANTON KIDD | February 16

MUSICREVIEW Various Artists I Am the Resurrection: A Tribute to John Fahey 3 & 1/2 stars Tribute albums present an interesting paradox. On the one hand, the job of those involved is to honor the artist whose work is being covered. On the other, over-veneration leads not to artistry but merely to mimicry. That is especially true when confronted with an artist like John Fahey. Fahey is an unfortunately obscure folk guitarist whose work reached the height of its influence and merit in the '60s and '70s. The challenge of work like Fahey's is its idiosyncrasy.

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'Prep' author visits UNC

By STANTON KIDD | January 26

Best-selling author Curtis Sittenfeld came to the University Wednesday as part of a nationwide book tour promoting her latest work. Sittenfeld, whose novel "Prep" was in the New York Times list of top 10 books of the year, read from her novel and answered questions at an event sponsored by the Bull's Head Bookshop. The novel details the high-school career of Lee Fiora at an elite Massachusetts boarding school. "I don't think that high school is better than adulthood," Sittenfeld said.

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PlayMakers director to retire

By STANTON KIDD | January 20

After 14 years, David Hammond is stepping down from the position of artistic director for PlayMakers Repertory Company. The search for a replacement already has begun. A Web site where r

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Beat scroll tour comes to Wilson

By STANTON KIDD | September 16

When author Truman Capote said Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road" is "not writing, but typing," he perhaps did not realize just what a massive feat of typing it is. Now, visitors to Wilson Library will be able to see the achievement for themselves. The original manuscript, valued at more than $2 million, is on display there through Dec. 17. Kerouac wrote the entire text in a three-week marathon session in 1951. He cut and pasted paper to make one 120-foot scroll that he could put in his typewriter and write without interruption.

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Dubious concept works well for Liars

Fiery Furnaces give incendiary live show

Tribute LP offers new take on legendary folk artist.

'Prep' author visits UNC

PlayMakers director to retire

Beat scroll tour comes to Wilson

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