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The Disorienting Post Modernity of Rutlemania and Other Assorted Goodies
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Here's a selection of the best of last week's music blogging from around the Village Voice chain: So, the Rutles, a Beatles parody/tribute from years ago, are revived to hop on the bandwagon pioneered by Spamalot. It's produced by Eric Idle and Lorne Michaels, stars a real-life Beatles tribute band pretending to be a fictional band that parodies the band they pay tribute to, and for some reason Jewel is involved. Welcome to the future, where even our schlocky nostalgia is disorientingly post-modern. Find out what electronic-music legends Kraftwerk were up to in their pre-Autobahn days.
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