Confessions of a Fanboy

The great and mighty Otis Rush turns 73-years old today. I don’t understand why this is not a national holiday. I’m thinking of going home early and running 20 red lights in his honor. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Lord. Sorry- I’m totally mixing my metaphors. I guess the […]

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I’ve now had a chance to glance over the Grammy nominations a couple times. *Sigh* Why do I do this to myself? I guess because no one else will let me do it to them.
I know, I know… The Grammys haven’t been relative in – what’s this, the 50th annual? – fifty […]

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After listening to So Many Roads, I realized my day would not be complete until I’d listened to my #1 favorite electric blues album: Right Place, Wrong Time.
If you don’t own a copy of this album in one format or another, we’re not friends.
I’m not saying it’s the greatest electric blues album ever. […]

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All last night did was whet my whistle.
I woke up this morning and let my iPod play some of my favorite Otis Rush songs on random before deciding to tear into one of his albums. After kicking around the possibilities awhile, I decided to go with my favorite of his live albums So Many […]

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Wow, I’d forgotten what a fucking great song this is and what a fabulous job Otis Rush does on it!
I’m letting my iPod shuffle and up came this song — the studio version from his Mourning in the Morning record which was recorded in Muscle Shoals, AL — and it knocked me on my ass […]

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It’s been a banner week for the blues here at Fanboy World Headquarters. My iPod is bursting with new blues music (more about my iPod later), and I’m just loving it.
You already know about my new Joe Bonomassa CD, courtesy of Joan. What I didn’t tell you is that she also hooked me […]

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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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Fanboy Post #300, a major milestone. Pretty cool, huh?
As I was driving in to work this morning, I realized I had forgotten to reset my Let’s Talk About My iPod playlist on my iPod. I realized this right about the time I put Guster’s Lost and Gone Forever in my CD player to […]

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I didn’t get that piece finished — got a call from a friend. BTW… I’ve seen pictures from the wedding and to quote Otis Rush… Cold Day in Hell before those see light of day, at least on my watch.
Anyroad, I didn’t get that finished but as I was talking to my friend […]

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A quick post to tell you I’ve nearly finished writing something you’ll soon be reading here. I write a lot of those. I get distracted too easily. Sometimes my posts are better in theory than in principle and I’m never more excited about them than I am 15 minutes before […]

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