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                    [Title] => The fault in our stars
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How do you solve a mystery like Big Star?

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You don’t really expect to set aside calendar space to write about the passing of Doug Feiger, lead singer/songwriter of The Knack. But when his passing comes within a month or so of Alex Chilton’s — leader of power pop pioneers Big Star who died last week of heart failure, age 59 — then you definitely pencil him in, too.

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(Bereaved fan reacting to the news on a website.)

Elliot Smith is surely not the first rock and roll suicide on record, but he may be the first of this millennium. The 34-year-old American singer/songwriter took his own life by – picture this – stabbing himself with a clear blow to the chest in his Los Angeles apartment a few weeks back.
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• Album: Parachutes
• Label: EMI/BMG Records
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How do you solve a mystery like Big Star?

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You don’t really expect to set aside calendar space to write about the passing of Doug Feiger, lead singer/songwriter of The Knack. But when his passing comes within a month or so of Alex Chilton’s — leader of power pop pioneers Big Star who died last week of heart failure, age 59 — then you definitely pencil him in, too.

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(Bereaved fan reacting to the news on a website.)

Elliot Smith is surely not the first rock and roll suicide on record, but he may be the first of this millennium. The 34-year-old American singer/songwriter took his own life by – picture this – stabbing himself with a clear blow to the chest in his Los Angeles apartment a few weeks back.
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• Album: Parachutes
• Label: EMI/BMG Records
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