Confessions of a Fanboy

Happy Birthday, Daniel Lanois. In your honor, I have once again queued up the magnificent Belladonna record. I don’t have much more to say about its magical powers than I did when I last wrote about it. I’m pretty sure it sounds better on my new iPod even though I haven’t gone [...]

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It’s a special edition of Let’s Talk About My iPod because we’re talking about a brand new iPod. I’ve moved out of the overcrowded slum that was the 80GB model and have moved the palatial digs of a 160GB mansion on the hill. Life is good.
What would possess a person to get a [...]

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I’m not sure “raw” is the right word for this album. Maybe I’m taking things too literally but when I think of “raw” and the blues, something much more tortured and visceral springs to mind.

Raw? Try vintage or primitive or sparse or traditional. You might be thinking with [...]

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I’d like to welcome myself back to my site after a week of scant activity. The day job – yes, dear readers, I’m afraid Fanboy has not yet become a sustaining source of revenue – has been incredibly busy and I just haven’t had the time and mental focus to bring you the kind [...]

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I was listening to some Nick Moss a few weeks back when word first surfaced about the October 9 release of his new double album Play It ‘Til Tomorrow. I can’t remember if I was listening to Sadie Mae or Live at Chan’s, but as I was listening I thought to myself, “I wonder [...]

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Some call it having a case of the Mondays, some lament rainy days and Mondays, T-Bone Walker called it “Stormy Monday.” The concept of Mondays being suckass isn’t exactly a new one. Every once in awhile, the storm clouds are late and don’t quite make it over my head on a Monday. [...]

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This is not one of the better-known sides Waters cut during his run at Chess, but it has become one of my favorites.
This single was cut in 1956 in the midst of his golden age. Some prefer the early sides that emphasized his slide playing and captured some of the earliest marriages of [...]

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There’s nothing funnier than hearing the Morning Edition anchors talk about hip hop. Hilarity ensued. They’re even “whiter” (if by whiter you mean has less hip hop street cred) than me! Beautiful.
I’m sorry I’ve been AWOL this week but I’m in the middle of a 60-hour workweek stretch. I assure you [...]

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I worked some overtime this weekend at the day job. It’s strange to be at the day job with no one else around. My boss asked me today if I’m more productive on the weekends than I am at work. I don’t think he was taking the piss out of [...]

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Happy Birthday to TheWifeToWhomI’mMarried!
I refer to her often here on the site but little is known about the mysterious saint that shares her life with me. That’s not an accident. She understands blogs, not their purpose. She doesn’t choose to share much of herself with the wired world so I’ve chosen to [...]

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