Confessions of a Fanboy

It’s been too long since I queued up anything from that fabulous Pearl Jam live box set!
I had a tough time deciding which of the three shows I wanted to listen to. If memory serves, I listened to #2 (6/22/06) when I did listen last. I decided to go with #3 today, just [...]

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Make mine a double.
It’s kind of funny that it’s taken The Eagles 28 years to record a new album and when they return, it’s with a 2-CD set being sold exclusively through Wal-Mart. Oh, the times, they are a-changing.
28 years for a double makes you wonder why they couldn’t have aimed for a single [...]

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Do you think I’m excited about the new Springsteen album and tour?
Radio Nowhere | Springsteen, Bruce | Radio Nowhere - Single
The Rising | Springsteen, Bruce | Rising, The
Further On (Up The Road) | Springsteen, Bruce | Rising, The
The Fuse | Springsteen, Bruce | Rising, The
Thundercrack | Springsteen, Bruce | Tracks
Rendezvous (Live) | Springsteen, Bruce | [...]

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All Hail 11 for his rumors have once again become The Truth. Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band have announced their first full-scale world tour since 2003.
The show kicks off in Hartford, CT on October 2, the same day as Magic is to be released. Connecticut fans are going to have to listen [...]

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The daily scorecard of what I listened to, provided as a public service. See anything you like? Anything you’ve forgotten? What did you listen to?
Girlfriend | Sweet, Matthew | Time Capsule|The Best Of Matthew Sweet 1990-2000
Today | The Smashing Pumpkins | Greatest Hits|Smashing Pumpkins
Creep | Radiohead | Pablo Honey
Ansaphone [Demo] | Pulp [...]

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I blame Def Leppard and it’s got to stop!
Def Leppard got some of the best reviews of their career with their covers album, Yeah!. Proving what we’ve always suspected — the music industry has no new ideas — Poison was allowed to follow suit. Now, it’s Queensryche’s turn to try their hand at [...]

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Bruce the Benevolent is giving YOU the chance to hear the first single from his new album for free because Bruce loves you!

If that’s not enough to start a stampede, maybe this will do the trick: you have one week to get it for free. After that, you’ll have to pony up the [...]

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My most reliable Springsteen source — you know him as 11 — has heard rumor that Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band’s upcoming tour dates will be announced Tuesday, August 28. He’s been right more often than he’s been wrong on this stuff and the internet has been buzzing with rumored dates since Magic [...]

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It was 17 years ago today that blues legend Stevie Ray Vaughan died in a helicopter crash in East Troy, Wisconsin. He was 35.
It’s hard to overstate the importance and impact of Vaughan. Critics and purists may not be crazy about it, but Vaughan is the face of the blues for [...]

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Time to share the love and spread the word again here at Confessions of a Fanboy. While I like to think I’m doing the best music writing on the internet – and TheWifeToWhomI’mMarried assures me this is true – I’m prepared to admit there are some other folks out there writing some good things [...]

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