One of the most painful sensations for me is to buy a new CD and fall in love with it while listening to it at work. Containing the excitement and joy can be excruciating. It’s sad to me that I’ll look around the room, dying to share my discovery with someone, and realizing […]
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It begins here. This is my petition. This is my plea. I am officially lobbying for Tom Petty to follow in the footsteps of Bruce Springsteen by releasing the Gainesville homecoming show on CD.
Springsteen released a DVD of an amazing show from the Hammersmith-Odeon in London as part of the 30th Anniversary […]
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The mayor of Jena, La. is unhappy with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee John Mellencamp for his song about the so-called Jena 6.
That’s right; John Mellencamp has already written a song about the Jena 6. I suppose this is better than Daily Kos The Musical or An Evening of Showtunes: […]
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Happy Birthday to TheWifeToWhomI’mMarried!
I refer to her often here on the site but little is known about the mysterious saint that shares her life with me. That’s not an accident. She understands blogs, not their purpose. She doesn’t choose to share much of herself with the wired world so I’ve chosen to […]
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I spent the better part of two decades despising U2. I thought the music was crap and the personality of band was pretentious. I don’t know if I can possibly convey just how much I didn’t like them. Small cracks began to develop in my hatred for them over those two decades. […]
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The tangible, physical representation of one of the great obsessions of my life turns 25. That’s right, the Compact Disc has been with us for a quarter of a century.
Most of the stories about the CD’s 25th birthday are all spelling doom and gloom for the once popular media, but I’m not going to […]
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I tried learning guitar in college, never got very far with it. I’m sure if I’d tried longer than 20 minutes I could have learned to do something with it. I probably could have learned how to play a Muddy Waters tune if I’d dedicated and applied myself. I could have learned […]
Filed under: Bloggin' the Blues, Charlie Musselwhite, Fanboy Manifesto, Muddy Waters, Nirvana, Oasis, The Byrds | No Comments »
Live Earth will do for the environment what Live 8 and Live Aid did for Africa, maybe less. I would say the African continent is continuing its disintegration two years after Live 8 but that might mislead you into believing things improved after Live Aid in the ’80s, only to lose ground in the […]
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I’m used to writers’ block in its many forms. It usually occurs when my crippling lack of self-confidence blindsides me. I wish I could say this is a rare occurrence for me, but history suggests otherwise.
I went through a different form of writers’ block during the writing of Tuatara review. […]
Filed under: Barrett Martin, Fanboy Manifesto, Tuatara | 4 Comments »
13 songs, 48 minutes. Jack and Meg — OK, let’s be honest, Jack — made a lovely little record called Icky Thump and it clocks in at 13 songs, 48 minutes. I’ve been trying for three hours to listen to this record and I keep getting interrupted. I can’t complain too loudly […]
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