Confessions of a Fanboy

31 albums made their Billboard 200 chart debut, and George Strait came out on top. There are at least 166,000 people not depressed by that fact. I am not one of them. Troubador, or True Bore, as I like to call it, is his fourth #1 album
R.E.M. came in second place […]

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There aren’t many feelings worse than having to admit Mark Saleski may have been right about something, but here it goes.
I mentioned purchasing Natalie Goldberg’s Old Friend from far Away a few weeks ago at his urging. One of her suggestions is to eschew computer-aided writing in favor of pen and notebook, a practice […]

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Keith Richards turned 64 today. Let me go ahead and get this out of the way upfront: are we sure they didn’t forget to add a zero or 12?
I feel better getting that out of the way; now we can move on and celebrate the lives and times of Keith Richards. Damn […]

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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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Chief Antagonist Mark Saleski’s Friday Morning Listen has helped chart the course for my day. This week’s installment is about RAWK ANTHEMS and he sites the Ya-Ya’s live version of “Midnight Rambler” as one of his. I’ve never thought of “Midnight Rambler” as an anthem but I love that song and love that […]

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Make mine a double.
It’s kind of funny that it’s taken The Eagles 28 years to record a new album and when they return, it’s with a 2-CD set being sold exclusively through Wal-Mart. Oh, the times, they are a-changing.
28 years for a double makes you wonder why they couldn’t have aimed for a single […]

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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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It was classic rock day on my iPod yesterday, at least while I was at work. Aerosmith, Bowie, Flying Burrito Brothers, Pink Floyd, The Eagles… it was just like any typical day on any typical classic rock station. Well, the bands fit that bill but not every song would be an obvious choice. […]

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If you wait long enough, it happens. You can’t run around with this store of music in your head – a true virtual jukebox – and not have a song pop into your head. I’ve been allowing my iPod to randomly serve up songs while I waited for something to appeal to me […]

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It was a random day all around. Many weird songs, songs I wouldn’t have otherwise sought out to listen to but iPod served them up for me. If only I could get my iPod to bring me a cold Vanilla Coke…

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