Confessions of a Fanboy

There’s some music that makes you feel dumber after you’ve listened to it. I’m not sure if that’s better than music that doesn’t make you feel anything, but neither kind is a good thing. There’s also music that makes you feel smarter for listening to it. Peter Karp’s Shadows & Cracks is […]

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It didn’t take long for my #1 Album of 2007 to get dusted off in 2008!
I bought a lot of music at the end of ‘07 and wondered if that combined with a serious Beatles obsession would cause Shadows and Cracks to get sent to the bench. I have my answer.
After spending the morning […]

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Making lists and checking them twice… you only thought that time of year was over now, didn’t you? Now that 2007 is officially over – actually, it’s over in every sense, but for some reason I felt the need to use the word “officially” – I can start to look at the records that […]

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The 2008 BMA nominations are out so you know what the news is, here’s my reaction to it.
First, I’ve got a lot of music I need to get my hands on and hear before I submit my final ballot. I’m very interested in James Blood Ullmer’s album. Ullmer was nominated three or four times. […]

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I feel… good!
I feel alive. Man, last night’s interview with Peter Karp on the B-Sides Concept Album program I host could not have possibly gone any better. I had trouble going to sleep after the high of a really enjoyable conversation with an artist whose work I respect and enjoy so much. […]

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My day just got a whole lot better. I can officially announce it! Peter Karp is joining me on my radio program tonight and you can listen to it live at 10PM EST/9PM CST. I hope you’ll tune in tonight. It’s going to be great!

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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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With all that “mandatory” listening, I couldn’t turn away when Peter Karp’s “Strange Groove” popped into my head. The rolling piano and clever word play demanded a listen. Even my iPod got into the act! The new 160GB iPod classic has some eye candy (iCandy for those of you in the Mac […]

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I had a very 11 day, revisiting several albums that dominated his late mid-to-late ’90s listening. Garbage, The Ghost of Tom Joad, Passengers, a little bit of New Adventures in Hi-Fi, and a couple tunes from PopMart-era U2. I also sandwiched in some Nu-Blues songs — a meaningless term that somehow makes sense […]

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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? Peter Karp, Guster, Pearl Jam, Glen Phillips, Elliott Smith, and The Pernice Brothers seemed to be the order of the day…
Goodbye Baby | Karp, Peter | Shadows And Cracks
Air, […]

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