Confessions of a Fanboy

Given to Fly

Among my many amazing talents is the ability to find a song for every occasion or situation. TheWifeToWhomI’mMarried had just taken her literature final and was telling me about some of the stories she liked best from the semester. One of those was “A Very Old Man With Enormous [...]

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After a 7-year hiatus, the original members of Rage Against the Machine re-formed at the Coachella festival in California this weekend.
In what has to be seen as a stunning development, Zach de la Rocha and Tom Morrello still don’t like U.S. President George W. Bush. There’s a fucking surprise, now isn’t it?
You won’t find [...]

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The Good That Won’t Come Out

I subscribe to a mailing list that sends out inspirational messages. My morning routine involves checking my e-mail upon arrival at work and reading said message in an attempt to get the day off on the right foot (original, innit?). This morning’s message had to do [...]

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I struggled writing the Janiva Magness review more than any review I’ve written in quite some time. Writing about the new Watermelon Slim CD was easy- I love that record and I couldn’t wait to tell people about it. The new Arctic Monkeys’ CD is so damn much fun, that review felt like [...]

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So, last night I was a bit down in the dumps and I had trouble rolling my big ass out of bed and getting started this morning. The truth is, I’m not a morning person. Ever. Today was a little tougher to get started than most.
Once I got up and [...]

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The shadow of a sad has hovered above my head all day. My brother would tell me I’ve eaten my EmoFlakes. I don’t like emo music, but that makes me laugh.
So I’m sitting here… in my living room… listening to the same movement from the American Beauty soundtrack. I’m actually [...]

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Guster -
“Hang On”

“No one seems to know just who to follow anymore.”
It’s interesting line, that. It’s not always popular to espouse the idea that any of us should be following anyone or anything.
Let’s back up for a second. Here’s the opening couplet:
“Here we are inside a novel waiting for [...]

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Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

Let’s start this off without any words…
Mark Saleski and I both reviewed the new Arctic Monkeys’ CD, Favourite Worst Nightmare. We came to similar conclusions (we like it), but from different approaches. Mark’s Review|My Review.
I don’t like American Idol, but I like Tom Johnson. He [...]

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Can’t Be Satisfied: The Life & Times of Muddy Waters by Robert Gordon

I finally finished my Muddy Waters bio. I’ve had the thing well over a year, meant to read it, and never would sit down and do it. Even this time, when I read it straight through, I took more than a [...]

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“Breed”

Nothing says “Breed” like Major League Baseball.
Some co-conspirators and I spent some time recently kicking around the whole “selling out” debate. When discussing it, I took the position that an artist was entitled to do whatever they wanted to do with their song and it shouldn’t change my feelings towards it. [...]

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