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Two especially choice quotes from the new (August) issue of Uncut: “‘Laika,’ with Pixies-ish call and response, has Tom Verlaine guitar harmonics over ? & the Mysterians staccato rhythms.” “…‘Chelsea Burns’ is a frazzled, Mazzy Cohen hymn to beautiful losers.” Wonder if even Leonard Cohen gets the “Mazzy” part. July 15, 2005 More Rock Snobbery »
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Dry-farmed. Adjective applied to fruit crops planted in spring, while the ground is still damp, and seldom, if ever, watered until maturation—forcing the plants’ tap roots to seek out water from the earth rather than the sky, and resulting in fruits of vividly concentrated, rather than waterlogged, flavor. You can keep your fancy heirloom tomatoes; me, I’m a dry-farmed Early Girl person. Read more from the Food Snob's Dictionary » 
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