Confessions of a Fanboy

I didn’t take a break from my iPod, although while I was recovering I didn’t listen to as much music each day. It was a combination of not feeling well enough to listen to a lot of music and certainly not feeling well enough to write about it. I am happy to report [...]

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The content of this site is dedicated to reveling in the wonders of music and its power over me as well as an occasional hint of mockery directed at the music that doesn’t. In other words, COAF is a place where music fans can come together to have a good time talking about our [...]

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You’ve heard me rattling on about Watermelon Slim & The Workers’ The Wheel Man ever since I received my advance copy. If you didn’t heed my advice and pre-order it, you can buy your copy tomorrow.
If you don’t already want it, you will after you read my review. I’m planning on [...]

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to listen to Norah Jones and marimbas.
“Not My Friend” is the loveliest kind of hypnotic known to man.

Glorious.

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One of these days I am going to put together one of those “Ultimate Highway Companion Road Trip” playlists, and when I do you can pretty well guarantee this song will be on it. The name alone makes it fun, but there is more to this song than a quality nonsense title.
The [...]

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One of the real highlights of the self-titled release from Chappaquiddick Skyline is the cover of New Order’s “Leave Me Alone.”
It is an amazing thing to take a song, change very little from the original version, and still have it somehow sound perfectly at home among a collection of original tunes. I [...]

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Last night, as I continued my recovery from sinus hell (I’ve complained about that once or twice now, haven’t I?) we had my nieces over for a visit. Allow me to open this entry with a quick digression: in addition to being joys of my life, these two girls are living artifacts in [...]

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Wow, that’s uncharacteristically optimistic for me. I usually top out with “It’s Great Not To Be Dead.” I guess a week in sinus hell can change your perspective. It happened to me.
I started on a Tom Petty kick on Friday and that has followed me into today. I was listening to [...]

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The Satellite EP::

This is a completely different kind of good Friday.
Surely this is the elixir my sinuses have needed. I already feel at least 37 percent better- maybe more. Probably more.
I’ve nearly listened to the entire EP. If time permits, I’ll write a proper review and get it [...]

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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ “Too Good to Be True”:

Good friend of this site Mark Saleski writes a weekly “Friday Morning Listen” column for BC Magazine/The Mondo Project. He’s been working on it for more than three years now and its beauty is in its simplicity. It is exactly what it [...]

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