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Articles By: Sam Carter

Sam Carter is an editor emeritus at Post- Magazine.
Wale

Wale

To avoid embarrassment, know that the name is not pronounced like a certain Pixar feature or aquatic mammal. It’s Wah-LAY. Nigerian roots are responsible for the adopted name of the D.C. rapper born... 

Things Just Couldn’t Be The Same

Things Just Couldn’t Be The Same

I have a friend who calls for it regardless of the venue or group at a musical performance. Joe Wilson shouted for it during an Obama speech—or was it something else?—and everyone aspires to play... 

Conforming to What?

Conforming to What?

The soundtrack to one of the most popular movies of the ’80s hardly seems like fodder for a cover album from a keyboardist collaborating with some of the biggest names in independent music.  But... 

Painting Their Pictures on Silence

Painting Their Pictures on Silence

Automania The great conductor Leopold Stokowski once said that “a painter paints pictures on canvas, but musicians paint their pictures on silence.” With that in mind, here’s a smattering of... 

Two Track Mind

Two Track Mind

Junk Culture: “West Coast” The name of this one-man mash-up machine is certainly appropriate.  Like a Collyer brother, Deepak Mantena hoards samples from a vast array of sources. Unlike a Collyer...