Confessions of a Fanboy

The Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Magic Tour kicked off the second leg of its US tour last night in Hartford, Connecticut.
The band’s first show of 2008 was filled with rarities! Several songs from the archive release Tracks, including set opener “So Young and In Love.” Other set list high […]

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That’s such a great line, isn’t it? It’s a great song title. One of these days I’ll have to drop a list of great song titles, titles that are great even if the song isn’t. In this case, the song is good and so is the title. Here are just a […]

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George Harrison would have turned 65 today, born on this day in Liverpool, England in 1943. He died on November 29, 2001 at age 58.
I’ve written and said a lot about George in the days since I started COAF and I wasn’t exactly sad to have another excuse to do that again today- of […]

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Listening to Rahim Al Haj’s Friendship album this afternoon has made me reflect on my first exposure to his music. I didn’t think I knew anything about the oud when I received a copy of Home Again album to review at the end of last year. I was almost right. It turns […]

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I’m pretty well indoctrinated and brainwashed by the Cult of Apple. I replaced my PowerBook with a 17″ Mac Book Pro (I got 17″ of a lot of things, but we’ll leave that for another day). I have owned five iPods, upgrading when storage capacity is upped. I now have an iPhone. […]

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I woke up this morning… sorry, that’s a line for later tonight.
I started out listening to some Foo Fighters this morning, which I enjoyed but quickly tired of. I was having trouble deciding what to listen to. I have some new music I’ve just gotten which I really love, but listening to it […]

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I am the easiest person to shop for and at the same time it’s impossible to surprise me.
The other day at work a co-worker asked me to stop by her desk because she had something for me. She showed me her copy of Buddy Guy’s Bring ‘Em In, asking me if I’d like to […]

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We interrupt our briefly scheduled plans…
I promised Duke I’d be working on a proper review of Richard Hawley’s Lady’s Bridge after he turned me on to the album last Thursday. That’s what I intended to do until I glanced at a stack of overdue review materials sitting on the table next to me, so […]

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I know it doesn’t take much insight to find sadness in a piece like “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” but I find myself moved by it tonight.
I haven’t listened to this song or this album in well over a year and can’t explain what drew me to it tonight, but I’m listening to it now […]

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Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of- Sorry about that! Mere moments after complaining of writers’ block I stumbled on to something that has made my spirits rise and set my ass ablaze with excitement. Bless you, Hip-O-Select. May your first child be a masculine one. May your […]

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