Confessions of a Fanboy

Welcome to my World of Randomness. I thought I’d be eager to continue digesting and processing all the great new music I’ve recently added, but my mind just doesn’t seem up to the task today. Today is one of those days I can’t possibly make a decision and nothing seems very right, good, […]

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My plans for a quiet day at home, writing, once again took a dump. It’s not all bad, though. I did continue my CD acquisition binge with three new additions:

Various Artists - Concert for George
The Beatles - Live at the BBC
Paul McCartney - Band On The Run (25th Anniversary Edition)
Notice a theme there? […]

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One of the traditions of our S. Carolina trips is that TWTWIM and our hosts like to rent and watch “scary” movies. I’ve never been a fan of the so-called horror genre, so I sit in the living room with them and retreat to the safe confines of my iPod. Once again, that […]

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I don’t think of myself as a sappy or sentimental person, but I occasionally fall victim to nostagia.
There’s a picture of me as a kid – I’m probably four-years old – sitting on the floor in front of our old turntable in my PJs wearing a big-ass pair of ’70s stereo headphones. In the […]

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Welcome to the latest installment of “Josh Hathaway Has No Life.”
TheWifeToWhomI’mMarried was recovering from our insanely busy weekend, leaving me to my own devices tonight. What did I do with all that free time? I’m glad you asked. I’ve been tagging Beatles songs in my iTunes music library, making it possible to […]

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I started with Help!, rolled through With The Beatles, and now I’m listening to A Hard Day’s Night.
One of the nice things about these vinyl-first albums is their run time. The limitations of the ol’ 33 1/3 means these albums had to be concise. There are a lot of artists who could take […]

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It’s one of those savage Mondays and I’m sure there’s some line somewhere about music and savage but I just don’t care enough to try to get the cliche right. My brain is bruised and the rest of me doesn’t feel so fuckin’ fabulous either.
So after a quick blues relapse tied to the BMA […]

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12 years ago today, “Free As a Bird” was unveiled as the first “new” Beatles’ song since the band broke up in the early ’70s.
I remember watching the first night of The Beatles Anthology on ABC with my mom, dying to hear this new song that wasn’t really a new song at all. […]

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I’m having a Beatles morning, I guess. 11 e-mailed me a question about the song “Rain.” I admit, I had to cheat and look up the answer on the internet. I don’t know everything but what I do know is the only stuff worth knowing. Or something.
Anyroad, after listening to “Rain” […]

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America is preparing to celebrate/survive Thanksgiving and Confessions of a Fanboy is ready to throw down. Bring me the finest turkeys and pumpkin pies in all the land!
I tried to think of Thanksgiving-themed songs for a Thanksgiving Day playlist, but the only song on my iPod that has the word “turkey” in it is […]

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