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Articles Written by: RORY O CONNOR
"Americans wanted to believe that their version of democracy was just waiting to spring to life in Iraq -- a peaceful multiethnic, multireligious society adhering to the rule of law. That longing to find in another country a mirror of ourselves ...
From RORY O'CONNOR,
Huffington Post,
12 Nov 2009
There was absolutely nothing extraordinary about the start of the concert, except for the complete lack of anything of note. There was no climactic intro music nor was there any dazzling array of light. There were no bells and whistles and aside from a ...
From RORY O'CONNOR,
PopMatters,
5 Nov 2009
In an age where so many genres and musical ideas get mashed together, the Raveonettes are unique in how singular their vision and how unabashedly they practically wear their loved ones on their sleeves. But, as it turns out, they are none the worse ...
From RORY O'CONNOR,
PopMatters,
30 Oct 2009
In the fall of 2002 -- a little more than a year after the Al Qaeda attacks on the United States set off a chain of events that soon toppled the brutal, misogynistic Taliban regime in Kabul, and well before the fateful and misguided decision to invade ...
From RORY O'CONNOR,
Huffington Post,
21 Oct 2009
Acting as a final curtain call on summer festivals in Chicago, the Hideout Block party was back for its 13th installment, but what a difference a year can make. If it could be said that last year’s festival had come a long way from its humble ...
From RORY O'CONNOR,
PopMatters,
12 Oct 2009
"Everybody's a dreamer, everybody's a star, and everybody's in show biz, it doesn't matter who you are," as Ray Davies once so eloquently crooned.
And when it comes to television, everybody's apparently a programming expert as well -- from Wall Street ...
From RORY O'CONNOR,
Huffington Post,
8 Oct 2009
No longer playing with the Licks, Juliette Lewis was in town playing a show with her new band,the New Romantiques, in support of their recent release Terra Incognita. It was with a strong dose of curiosity that I found myself at the Bottom Lounge to ...
From RORY O'CONNOR,
PopMatters,
8 Oct 2009
It was from in front of amps draped with Mexican flags and an enormous psychedelic mural, which encompassed the entire back of the stage, that the Mars Volta unleashed their sonic fury on Friday night at Chicago’s Congress Theater. The band stood six ...
From RORY O'CONNOR,
PopMatters,
15 Sep 2009
We also remember and celebrate the journalism that Walter practiced -- a standard of honesty and integrity and responsibility to which so many of you have committed your careers. It's a standard that's a little bit harder to find today. We know that ...
From RORY O'CONNOR,
Huffington Post,
12 Sep 2009
Rory is the author of "Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio"
"The metered model, as the Financial Times uses, gives access without a charge for a certain number of page views. The so-called "membership model" includes a collection of different ...
From RORY O'CONNOR,
Huffington Post,
26 Aug 2009
