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The 'I' of the Beholder

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About fifteen years ago, looking for something to play on my college radio station, I cued up a reel-to-reel tape I'd found in a pile by the wall--and fell in love.

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Douglas Wolk
Douglas Wolk writes on pop for the Village Voice, Rolling Stone and other publications. His book James Brown Live at...

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