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Classic Paste: The Best of Issues 16-18 (June - November 2005)

By Steve LaBate on 7:39 AM on May 29, 2009

(JUST A FEW MORE REASONS TO HELP SAVE PASTE)Next week, I'll celebrate my 6th anniversary at this magazine. When I started as Paste's second-ever intern on June 1, 2003, we were still a tiny operation. Only five of us were in the office full-time: publisher Nick Purdy, editor Josh Jackson, assistant editor Jason Killingsworth, myself (who would go on to become associate editor) and my intern cohort, Steven Bevilaqua. Other important folks—like senior/film editor and future Paste president Tim Porter, design director José Reyes, and future associate publisher Joe Kirk—were working part-time, since Paste couldn't yet support a full staff. Back then, we were in our... read more

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Ry Cooder: I, Flathead

By Steven Rosen on 3:30 PM on June 27, 2008

I, Flathead, being billed as the final album in Ry Cooder’s California trilogy... read more

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Ry Cooder to release final album in California Trilogy

By Christina Hansen on 2:43 PM on April 22, 2008

Master songwriter and storyteller Ry Cooder will release a new record, I, Flathead, and an accompanying novella June 24 on Nonesuch/Perro Verde Records. Flathead is the final chapter in Cooder’s California Trilogy, which began with 2005’s Chavez Ravine and continued with 2007’s My Name is Buddy. The new album contains the purported recordings of fictitious musician Kash Buk and his band the Klowns. The 95-page companion novella follows Buk and his alien friend Shakey as they trek across rural California, meeting a host of colorful characters along the way. Cooder produced the album and wrote or co-wrote all of... read more

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Ry Cooder uses iTunes to master new album

By Paste Staff on 12:00 AM on January 29, 2007

Just because Ry Cooder has released albums in each of the last four decades doesn't mean he's not open to new technology. According to an article in The New York Times, Cooder was unhappy with the sound on his upcoming record, My Name Is Buddy: Another Record by Ry Cooder, claiming it sounded too processed. Leaving the studio, he burned the album using iTunes and noticed an improvement in the record's sound on the new copy. He learned that the better sound quality was attributed to iTunes default "sound enhancer." In fact, he was so happy with the sound that... read more

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Ry Cooder to release new album

By Paste on 12:00 AM on December 18, 2006

After his 2005 Grammy-nominated LP Chávez Ravine, a tribute to a vanished Latino community in L.A., slide guitarist Ry Cooder dramatically shifted his focus. My Name Is Buddy, slated for a February 27 release on Nonesuch Records, tells the story of Buddy Red Cat and his journey from the comforts of home to the troubles of the outside world. A handful of familiar faces round out Cooder's all-star cast of accompanying musicians on My Name Is Buddy, including Roland White, Van Dyke Parks, Joachim Cooder and banjo legend Mike Seeger. Each of the record's 17 songs, many written by Cooder... read more

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