Confessions of a Fanboy

I can now put myself to bed secure in the knowledge that I succeeded in my efforts to make tonight a working night. Translation: I got a lot of work done.
I wrote a preview of the upcoming Stones’ DVD set. I also finished the rough draft of my review of Muddy Waters’ […]

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What on earth took them so long?
The Rolling Stones have been around long enough that it could be the much-discussed 11th Commandment that any Stones tour will be chronicled with a live CD or DVD. The band broke their own attendance and financial records on the tour for 2005’s A Bigger Bang. While […]

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I’m listening to “Crestfallen” by The Pernice Brothers from their Overcome By Happiness album; an album title drenched-in-irony. What a gorgeous string arrangement!
It’s a perfect song because I’ve dedicated tonight a “working” night and I need to get some done. It’s great getting all these advances and the like, but then it comes […]

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I had one of the stranger nights of sleep in recent memory. I shall not share the particulars with you as I can only imagine they’d cause massive scarring to all of you, my dear readers.
I’m not sure what impact that bizarre night had on my decision to start the day with Charlie Musselwhite’s […]

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Boston Red Sox OF and resident alien Manny Ramirez turns 35 today.
It is a good time to be a Red Sox fan these days. The Sox played incredible baseball for the first two months of the season and the New York Yankees have been awful!
Hey, religious types… you want to know what the mark […]

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My iPod is bursting with new music and I’ve done none of it justice. I’ve listened now to everything I recently bought/received at least once, but have not had the chance to properly immerse myself in the joy of this bounty. I’m anticipating having some time around the desk tomorrow and I’ll certainly […]

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One of my favorite songwriters – and you know what? Fuck it! I’m going to say it! — one of the best songwriters of this generation turns 40 today.
His name? Noel Gallagher.
Let’s get this part over quickly, then. Yes, I’ve heard it all before. He’s a knockoff artist. He’s […]

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I went home for lunch today and ‘dined’ on some lovely high-fiber cuisine. Some folks calls it cardboard, I calls it high-fiber cuisine. If getting older didn’t beat the alternative, I wouldn’t do it. I am thrilled to say, however, there was a spoonful of sugar to help get the high-fiber medicine […]

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The joy of the new Wilco album and the anticipation of so many great albums still to be released this year conspired to motivate me to listen to the first fabulous album of 2007, Norah Jones’ Not Too Late.
The album was released in February and I purposely didn’t call it “Album of the Year” because […]

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Planning on emptying out your kids’ college fund to see The Police? You might as well. When you started the fund, you had dreams of sending your kid to Harvard. Now you’ve met your child and watched them eat paste and crayons- community college it is. Now that you realize your […]

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