Confessions of a Fanboy

With apologies to the very nice reissue of Odelay, the first great re-issue of 2008 is unquestionably Johnny B. Goode: His Complete ’50s Chess Recordings.

Once again, TheWifeToWhomI’mMarried comes through in a big way. She bought this set for me as a little gift and I am already crazy about it through one disc of […]

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Minutes tick away and I have planned and re-planned this day at last count at least six counts. I’m now writing about an album I had no plan to write about, listening to an album I had no plan on buying yet somehow it wound up underneath the doormat of my Huntsville apartment. […]

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Don’t Believe The Truth is a great album and a great album title. It also sums up my feelings after doing a bit of research into the supposed deluxe versions of those four Unplugged albums I mentioned last week.
I knew something was up when I started doing some digging on the AiC release. […]

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For those of you who couldn’t get all the way to the bottom of my earlier indulgent-yet-charming piece, Sony/Legacy is preparing to re-release four classic Unplugged albums Sept. 18.
Alice in Chains, Bob Dylan, Tony Bennett, and Mariah Carey’s Unplugged albums will all be re-released accompanied by a DVD with bonus features.
Here is […]

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Among the many cool ideas that emerged from the ’90s was the whole Unplugged phenomenon. The list of atrocities perpetrated by MTV is staggering, but I tip my cap to them for one of the few good things that came from their reign.

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“Yes, I’m aware that MTV did not invent acoustic music […]

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