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Readers’ Rock List: Time Songs

Last week, inspired by Adam Lambert’s new single “Time for Miracles,” we asked for your favorite songs that deal with time. Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon centerpiece “Time” was predictably victorious, edging out tracks by Prince, Nine Inch Nails and the Rolling Stones. As for Lambert, he surprisingly didn’t make the cut. [...]

Fricke’s Picks: A Latin-Rock Classic

Louie and the Lovers didn’t come from out of nowhere; it just seemed that way. A band of Mexican-Americans from Salinas, California, singer-guitarist-songwriter Louie Ortega, singer-guitarist Frank Paredes, bassist Steve Vargas and drummer Albert Parra quietly issued one of 1970’s best non-hit singles — “I Know You Know,” a bolt of spangled jangle [...]