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AJ MastavAn Anthem for Part-Time CreativesWhat does a Swedish alt-pop singer-songwriter know about life on the Greek artists’ colony of Hydra? Based on her song of the same name…Mar 25Mar 25
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AJ MastavAI is not the Anti-ChristFor the better part of 2,000 years, Christians have been engaging in one of the faith’s most entertaining pasttimes: Antichrist spotting.Nov 25, 2023Nov 25, 2023
AJ MastavAlbum Review: History Books by The Gaslight AnthemHistory Books, the new album from Gaslight Anthem has a few things going for it: it’s their first album as a band in six years, it’s more…Nov 17, 2023Nov 17, 2023
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AJ MastavBreakfasting at the Capital One CaféIf there’s a polar opposite to the kind of underground, lefty, beat-poet-ridden coffee shop that American cities reliably produced from the…May 19, 20231May 19, 20231