Confessions of a Fanboy

I woke up this morning wanting to call everyone a Gucci little piggy. What a great song!
It’s such a smart song. There are distinct movements and these movements change the tone and dynamics of the song. The lyrics are a fabulous portrayal of paranoia. They also have some great one-liners:
“When I [...]

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I’m what you’d call a casual fan of Simon, and I’m enjoying this 2-CD set immensely. The extent of my Simon discography prior to today was Negotiations and Love Songs (a single-disc compilation) and a Simon & Garfunkel compilation. This Essential set has a lot of what was on Negotiations — maybe everything, [...]

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I watched the Ricky Hatton - Jose Castillo fight at my brother’s place this weekend. I was undecided on who I would cheer for during the fight until I found out Ricky Hatton is from Manchester, England. I love fighters from Manchester! I’m an Oasis fan, for crying out loud!
As [...]

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This is a funny little cover from the Working Class Hero tribute album of a few years ago, not to be confused by the atrocity committed by Green Day. For starters, it’s about as poorly produced a track as you’re likely to hear. I hope they didn’t actually pay Rubin for whatever it [...]

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“Imagine” is John Lennon’s dream of peace, and universal love. It is one of the most famous songs in all the world and the audacity of the hope for a better world is inspiring, regardless of one’s personal, political, or spiritual perspective.
When A Perfect Circle are done with it, this song of peace and [...]

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Layne Staley. Mark Lanegan. Barrett Martin.
What’s not to like? Throw in Mike McCready (and the less well-known John Baker Saunders) and- hey, are you telling me it’s possible to have a supergroup without a bad reality TV show?
I heard “I Don’t Know Anything” on KISW when I was living out in the [...]

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It’s no Live in San Francisco, but it’s still pretty good. Too bad he ignored Strange Beautiful Music and Is There Love in Space? on the set list.
I stayed up last night and finished my indulgent, navel-gazing piece last night. It’s a bit long, but a fair read. Check it out if [...]

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I’m used to writers’ block in its many forms. It usually occurs when my crippling lack of self-confidence blindsides me. I wish I could say this is a rare occurrence for me, but history suggests otherwise.
I went through a different form of writers’ block during the writing of Tuatara review. [...]

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I didn’t get that piece finished — got a call from a friend. BTW… I’ve seen pictures from the wedding and to quote Otis Rush… Cold Day in Hell before those see light of day, at least on my watch.
Anyroad, I didn’t get that finished but as I was talking to my friend [...]

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A quick post to tell you I’ve nearly finished writing something you’ll soon be reading here. I write a lot of those. I get distracted too easily. Sometimes my posts are better in theory than in principle and I’m never more excited about them than I am 15 minutes before [...]

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