Confessions of a Fanboy

This just in: Michael Stipe doesn’t like the Republican Party.
Man, this on the heals of “Living Well is the Best Revenge…”
I’m afraid subtlety is out the window on this record. Buck is playing thick, distorted chords a la Monster. This doesn’t seem as much a return to the IRS days — as […]

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Wow! An internet rumor that proves correct. Peter Buck has been reanimated. I wonder what kind of synthetic, unnatural fluid is now coursing through his veins.
It’s big. It’s loud. It doesn’t have much of a melody.
Stipe is spitting out lyrics at warp speed, but his delivery has […]

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I got my copy of R.E.M.’s Accelerate in the mail today — one day early — and I’m going to attempt to live blog the record. It shouldn’t take long. The album is 11 songs and under 35 minutes. The real challenge will be finishing my thoughts on a song before the […]

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There are dozens of great tracks from Clapton’s more than four-decade career and I’ve spent some time listening to a few of my favorites. My favorites might not be yours and I am certainly not going to tell you these are the best, but here’s a quick rundown of what I’ve listened to today […]

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The first (and I believe only) three-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Eric Clapton, turns 63-years old today.
We’ll save for another day a discussion as to whether or not the R&R HoF knows fuckall about what they’re doing (they don’t) or whether or not Clapton actually stands head and shoulders above […]

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YES THEY DID!
Wow. “Trapped,” “Rosalita,” and “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out?” That’s incredible. It’s not quite Columbus incredible but damn! Iguana Glen Boyd got one hell of a one-two punch with this and Portland and Atlanta is less than one month away!

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I haven’t finished the first sentence and I’m already afraid this is going to sound like some corny, cosmic New Age bullshit but I’ve had a musical experience and I am compelled to write about it. I hope it’s as compelling a read as it was to feel firsthand.
I started the morning with a […]

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I’m fascinated by the mystery behind why I listen to what I listen to when I listen to it.
I know I started the morning here on Fanboy writing about last night’s Springsteen show in Portland, so I’m not altogether surprised the first thing I queue up on my iPod is by Springsteen. […]

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It didn’t take long for our buddy Iguana Glen Boyd to check in with his thoughts on the first of the two Magic shows he’s attending. Hell, he didn’t even wait for me to get the setlist posted. I can’t blame him. It looks like he got a really nice set list […]

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Gray sogginess, half a cigarette, a cup of coffee, and 29 Elliott Smith songs all in a row. This is a Friday? I guess so.

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