Confessions of a Fanboy

I just had a Fanboy moment, and no one is going to be surprised to find out Guster is involved.
You don’t run a site like this if you aren’t dedicated to the cause of foisting your ideas and your favorite bands on anyone who will listen, and then getting really serious about it. [...]

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Lots of listening done today, none of it when I needed most. I have to be careful because the internet is a big place and people snoop around, so forgive the vagueness. I purposely left my iPod home today — a big bowl of rare — because I knew I would be sitting [...]

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Have you ever had one of those shitty days? It’s happened to me. Take today, for instance.
You see, I’m no more special than any of the rest of you assholes. That’s why, when I bitch about a bad day, it doesn’t come in the “why me” format. Everybody gets [...]

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This morning’s Billboard Beatdown comes to us in the form of a sermon. The Rev. Ryan Miller, and I’m betting he’s never been called that before, preaches the gospel through the relationship sketch. Open your hymnals, and sing along with Rev. Ryan:
So we pass the time
and occupy our minds
and close our [...]

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Being a fanboy is expensive, but this looks to be a tremendous value. I’m all about value. I’m all about Guster.

You have got to get you one of these!

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Editing the BC Magazine Best Album of 2006 was a big help to me in compiling my own. There was never a question in my mind as to which album I would select for top honors. Seeing the albums my co-conspirators selected reminded me of just how many great records were released this [...]

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Stop what you are doing. Get in your car. If you’re already in your, car you don’t have to stop what you are doing. You may remain in your car.
Drive to your nearest music retailer. Buy Guster’s Keep it Together and Ganging Up on the Sun. If they do not [...]

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This week’s Confessions column is a special edition. Special in that it has taken far too long to get a new installment written, and special in that there is a guest writer helping me with this week’s album. Boys and girls, say hello to Mark Saleski.
It is appropriate that Saleski join me in [...]

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