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Putting a price on health
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[Brisbane Times] - Photo: Graham Crouch More Australians are travelling overseas to countries such as India and Thailand for surgery as globalisation makes private medical care more affordable and waiting times lengthen back home, writes Jim O'Rourke.
Leonard Cohen announces North American croondates
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[Tiny Mix Tapes] - Following two albums featuring the Haino / Ambarchi / O'Rourke lineup (Tima Formosa; TMT Review, and Imikuzishi; TMT Review), The Wire is reporting that Haino and Ambarchi have swapped out Japanese homebody Jim O'Rourke with another O'musician: drone
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[RollingStone.com] - Past/present Youth-ers (Steve Shelley, Jim O'Rourke, Bob Bert) assist, as does Wilco's Nels Cline, another avant-gardist with a semi-pop day job. "Fire Island (phases)" echoes Neil Young, "Off The Wall" echoes REM, and remarkably pretty electric guitar
RIP: Adam Yauch of The Beastie Boys
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[Tiny Mix Tapes] - And listen to this shit from the label's website: “As with Jim O'Rourke on the previous album this is not a mere guest appearance. Ambarchi is fully intergrated as a member making this a glorious monster of a record. With their heavy, hypnotic
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