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THOMAS CONNER
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A portrait at the Metro as the music columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times
Speaking with fellow Okie Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips) during a rare break at SXSW
Keynote speaker for the inaugural Changing World Prize at the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa
Another Sun-Times portrait, at the great Laurie's Planet of Sound record shop in Chicago
A sampling of bylines from a quarter-century career, this just scratches the surface but outlines a core:
RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS
>>
'Deportee' in 2025 America
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'Rich Men North of Richmond'
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Dwight Twilley appreciation
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Tom Morello & Woody Guthrie
IN-DEPTH FEATURES
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Beyond radio
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Poi Dog Pondering
&
PDP oral history
>>
Rock history classes
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Guitar-making school
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Smoking Popes
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Lady Gaga at Lollapalooza
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MLK & hip-hop
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Numero Group
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What's a 'standard'?
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How to scream
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John Cage
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Karen Dalton
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Michael Been
PERSONAL FAVORITES
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Band vans
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The Blue Nile
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Cain's Ballroom history
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Clarence Clemons & rock sax solos
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Dirty Three
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Dismemberment Plan
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Esquivel!
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Eddie Fisher
>>
The Flaming Lips
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The Frogs
>>
Ezra Furman ’11#1
&
’11#2
&
’13
&
'Mysterious Power'
>>
Chris Gaines
>>
Davíd Garza
>>
Amy Grant
>>
Herbie Hancock
>>
Robyn Hitchcock & Joe Boyd
>>
Earl Klugh
>>
Lemonheads cover
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David Lowery
&
Jonathan Segel
>>
Johnny Mathis
>>
Janelle Monae & Afro-futurism
>>
Morrissey Q&A
>>
'Muppets' music
&
Paul Williams doc
>>
Negativland
>>
Peaches
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Willis Alan Ramsey
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Ryuichi Sakamoto
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Sea & Cake
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Sex Pistols in Tulsa
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Shoes
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'Song Reader'
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Matthew Sweet
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Wayman Tisdale
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World Party
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X Japan
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'Weird Al' Yankovic
Okla:
Thomas Anderson
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Epperley
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Ester Drang
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'Home Groan'
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Jify Trip
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Tyson Meade
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Molly's Yes
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Carlton Pearson
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Tall Tales
Regional:
Flick
>>
Ho-Hum
GREAT CONVERSATIONS
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Afrika Bambaataa
>>
Harry Belafonte
>>
George Benson
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Big Bird
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Frank Black
>>
Jon Bon Jovi
>>
Lindsey Buckingham ’09
&
’11
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Johnny Cash
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Mark Eitzel
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Carl Finch
>>
Neil Finn ’10
&
’11
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Roberta Flack
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Liam Gallagher & Gem Archer
>>
Noel Gallagher
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Larry Graham
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Chrissie Hynde & JP Jones
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Ernie Isley
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Rick James
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B.B. King
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John Lydon
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Ian McCulloch
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Tim McIlrath
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John Mellencamp
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Mark Mothersbaugh
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Bob Mould
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Bob Newhart
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Liz Phair
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Amy Ray
>>
Sade
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Margo Timmins
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Jimmy Webb
>>
Janet Weiss
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Dan Wilson
>>
George Winston
GREAT CONCERTS
>>
The top 50
POP FESTS
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SXSW:
’96
>>
’97
>>
’98
>>
’00
>>
’11
>>
’12
>>
’13
Lollapalooza:
’93
>>
’95
>>
’10
>>
’11
>>
’12
>>
’91 retrospective
P4k:
’10
>>
’11
>>
’12
Reggaefest:
’95
>>
’96
>>
’97
>>
’98
>>
’99
WOODY GUTHRIE
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Woodyfests:
1998
>>
1999
>>
2000
>>
2001
>>
2002
Interviews etc.:
Arlo ’96
>>
Arlo ’99
>>
Arlo's train ’05
>>
'Art Works'
>>
Kevin Bowe
>>
Billy Bragg ’97
>>
Billy Bragg ’98
>>
Billy Bragg ’12
>>
Nora Guthrie ’02
(
exhibit
&
review
) >>
Klezmatics ’06
>>
Pete Seeger ’00
&
'Union Maid'
>>
Seeger obit
>>
'Woody Sez'
>>
Steve Young
Albums:
'Asch Recordings'
>>
'Folkways: The Original Vision'
>>
'Mermaid Avenue'
&
'Vol. 2'
>>
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion debuts
>>
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
>>
''Til We Outnumber 'Em'
Etc:
Red Dirt music
9/11:
Immediate responses
>>
Country music retreat
HANSON
>>
Interviews:
’97
>>
’98
>>
’00
>>
’03
>>
’05
>>
’07
>>
’10
>>
’11
Concerts:
’97
>>
’98#1
>>
’98#2
Albums:
'Middle of Nowhere'
>>
'Snowed In'
>>
'Three Car Garage'
>>
'This Time Around'
>>
'Underneath Acoustic'
>>
'Shout It Out'
Etc:
’97 in review
>>
Admiral Twin
>>
Fan fiction
>>
Fan sites
>>
Haters
>>
News ’97#1
>>
News ’97#2
>>
Tickets ’98
&
previews
>>
Zac is dead
LEON RUSSELL
>>
Tulsa history
, then
Interview ’98
>>
Cocker
&
review
>>
'Face in the Crowd'
>>
'The Union'
>>
Les Blank documentary
>>
RIP
DWIGHT TWILLEY
>>
Interviews:
’97
>>
’98
>>
’99#1
>>
’99#2
>>
’00
>>
’01
>>
’02
>>
’10
>> ’
13
Albums:
Reissues
>>
'Live: All Access'
JACOB FRED JAZZ ODYSSEY
>>
Interviews:
’95
>>
’99#1
>>
’99#2
>>
’00
>>
’01
>>
’02#1
>>
’02#2
>>
’11
Albums:
'Lincoln Continental'
>>
'Live in Tokyo'
>>
'Mummy Weenie'
>>
'Welcome Home'
>>
Trio
>>
'Live in NYC'
>>
'Telluride'
Etc:
Layton obit
>>
Tea Leaf Green
>>
What's a standard?
THE WAINWRIGHT FAMILY
>>
Interviews:
Loudon ’96
>>
Loudon ’98
>>
Rufus ’98
>>
Martha ’05
>>
Rufus ’05
>>
Rufus ’07
>>
Sloan ’07
>>
Loudon ’08
>>
Rufus ’10
&
review
>>
Loudon ’11
Albums:
'Rufus Wainwright'
>>
'Strange Weirdos'
>>
'Come Home to Mama'
OTHER MEDIA
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TV:
'Battlestar Galactica'
>>
'Legends of Jazz'
>>
'Lush Life'
>>
'Match Game'
>>
'Star Trek: Enterprise'
>>
'WKRP in Cincinnati'
>>
Sifl & Olly
Film:
'The Boys in the Band'
>>
'Chris & Don'
Books:
Bloomsday
>>
David Byrne
>>
David Sedaris
>>
'Fleetwood Mac'
>>
'Imperial Bedrooms'
>>
'Love Is a Mix Tape'
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'On Monsters'
>>
Paul Nelson
>>
Ron Padgett
>>
Studs Terkel
Travel:
Eureka Springs
>>
Gay towns
>>
Vegas
Tea:
Books
>>
Chicago
>>
Hawaii
>>
London
>>
Tulsa
Concert and CD reviews not included.
So many
.
Pick a band,
request one
.
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