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Now showing — The American West · 5 works

  • Deadwood Television · 2000s

    A frontier mining camp becomes a town. Shakespeare in the mud of the American West.

    PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
  • The Americans Television · 2010s

    Soviet spies pose as an American suburban couple. Marriage and espionage as dual identity.

    PowerUrban isolationIdentity
  • The Chronic Music · 1990s

    G-funk's foundation. West Coast hip-hop redefined by production genius.

    PowerAfter-hoursLonging
  • The College Dropout Music · 2000s

    Chipmunk soul and skit-heavy ambition. The album that launched Kanye.

    PowerAfter-hoursLonging
  • I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One Music · 1990s

    I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One is the eighth studio album by the American indie rock band Yo La Tengo, released on April 22, 1997, by Matador Records. It was produced by Roger Moutenot and recorded at House of David in Nashville, Tennessee. The album expands the guitar-based pop of its predecessor Electr-O-Pura...

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  • Nightwood Books
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  • I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One Music
  • Nebraska Music
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