Jars of Clay recently released a retrospective called “The Essential Jars of Clay,” and unlike some retrospectives, this one is, well, essential. If you’re not a Jars of Clay fan, this is a great opportunity to get in on a dozen years of this band’s groundbreaking work. If you’re already a Jars of Clay fan,…

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More than 30 years after the song told us “If there’s a rock ‘n roll heaven, you know they have a hell of a band,” British scientists have ploughed through a half-century’s worth of statistics–and, no doubt, several thousand pounds in grant money–to prove it. Rockers are two to three times as likely to die…

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