Larry Neumeister
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/ 16 August 2007

Do you like American lawsuits?

Fresh off their latest tour that included shows at the Oppikoppi music festival and elsewhere in South Africa, 1980s folk-punk favourites the Violent Femmes are headed for a surprise gig in a United States court after bassist Brian Ritchie sued lead vocalist Gordon Gano on Wednesday.

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/ 11 February 2006

How cool is that?

Groovy is over, hip is square, far out is long gone. Don’t worry, though — it’s cool. ”Cool” remains the gold standard of slang in the 21st century, as reliable as a blue-chip stock, surviving like few expressions ever in the constantly evolving English language. It has kept its cool through the centuries — even as its meaning changed drastically.