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Some of the British visitors to this site have inquired about the U.K. publication date of The Rock Snob*s Dictionary. We are happy to report that the book will be published in the U.K. on July 4 (of all dates) by Sanctuary Publishing, the publishing arm of the Sanctuary Group, the music conglomerate whose record-label arm is responsible for the recent comeback of Morrissey and the fine albums of the self-immolating young band The Libertines. American readers, remember that The Rock Snob*s Dictionary will be available as of Tuesday, April 12. April 06, 2005 More Rock Snobbery »
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Master Musicians of Jajouka, the. More respected than enjoyed Moroccan collective whose members play the ancient devotional music of the peoples of the Er Rif Mountains, near Tangier. Though their wailing horns and pipes and polyrhythmic drumming often make for mesmerizing listening, the Master Musicians, who were first given Western exposure by such druggie adventurers as William S. Burroughs and the Rolling Stones’ Brian Jones, are most readily revered by killjoy World Music Snobs (chief among them was the late New York Times critic Robert Palmer) who view their work as the musical equivalent of oat bran, to be dutifully taken in as nourishment rather than as a sensual experience. I can’t be bothered with rock music anymore; all I listen to is Miles Davis’s Nefertiti and the Master Musicians of Jajouka. Read more from the Rock Snob's Dictionary » 
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