Confessions of a Fanboy

Mail Call!
I got the last of my deluxe Pulp imports in the mail today, His ‘n’ Hers. It’s a wonderful album. I still prefer This is Hardcore, which likely puts me at odds with most Pulp fans. I believe Different Class is their commercial breakthrough. I don’t know enough Pulp fans [...]

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Sir Paul McCartney is the first artist to sign with the new Starbucks label. “There’s a good idea,” he said, sarcastically. Fuckin’ hell! How completely nauseating.
A few questions to ponder:

Which will have more kick: Sir Paul’s new record or the Double Mocha Machiato?
Which will cost more: A ducat [...]

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I know I sort of killed the suspense with my earlier post, but I did listen to more than Otis Rush. Otis was afternoon music. Prior to that, I was buzzing through the buzzbin that is ’90s Alternative and I finished the day with some Pulp. Remember the Buzzbin? I never [...]

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Taking over my life, taking over my iPod… what’s the difference?
Spending much of yesterday working on an Otis review has put me in the mood to listen to more.
This afternoon, I dusted off Troubles, Troubles. This album exists in multiple incarnations. It is vital, if you are going to listen to it — [...]

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Damn right, I’ve got the blues!
I spent today working on a review of Otis Rush’s All Your Love I Miss Loving, Live at Wise Fools Pub Chicago for BC Magazine. It is part of my series on albums nominated for 2007 Blues Music Awards. Naturally, I listened to Wise Fools throughout the day. [...]

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I got some listening in today while trying my hand at graphic design. That was a fucking terrible idea. I got impatient and thought I could design my own graphics and I was wrong. Very, very wrong.
While working, I listened to Barrett Martin’s The Painted Desert three times. Friends, that is [...]

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There was no LTAMi for yesterday because I spent 12 hours in a bar watching the NCAA Basketball Tournament. March Madness indeed. Fucking Creighton! My bracket is destroyed (I had them going to the Elite 8, they lost in OT in the first round).
I swear, swear I am not listening to U2 [...]

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Fewer meetings means more music.
Once again, Screaming Trees front and center along with The Police. I’m not really sure what possessed me to go Ghost in the Machine as opposed to any of their other albums- just seemed like a good idea at the time. It’s a good record, but not my favorite.
Once [...]

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Even less diverse than yesterday, isn’t it? Also shorter, but mostly because iTunes does not have a way of accounting for repeated listens of a single song and I am just not going to write this down all day. The morning started with Jerry Cantrell, a continuation of last night. That segued [...]

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Among the many great things about my day job is I can sit at my desk and listen to my iPod for long stretches of the day. I honestly don’t know how I got by without my iPod. Steve Jobs should win a Nobel Peace Prize!
There was a time, when I [...]

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