Confessions of a Fanboy

It’s that time of year again. It’s time for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to trot out their nominees for induction, and they managed to outdo themselves. I’m used to them trotting out a mixture of shoe-ins, has-beens, and obvious misfits. I didn’t expect them to go boring, and that [...]

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1. I Took Your Name
2. So Fast, So Numb
3. Boy In The Well
4. Cuyahoga
5. Everybody Hurts
6. Electron Blue
7. Bad Day
8. The Ascent Of Man
9. The Great Beyond
10. Leaving New York
11. Orange Crush
12. I Wanted To Be Wrong
13. Final Straw
14. Imitation Of Life
15. The One I Love
16. Walk Unafraid
17. Losing My Religion
18. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
19. [...]

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…and then things began to turn around.
I got my copy of the new Tuatara CD West of The Moon today. West of the Moon is the companion to East of the Sun, released earlier this year.
My afternoon just got much better. Here’s a complete tracklisting of the album. I’m almost finished [...]

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Things are not supposed to go this wrong on Fridays. Fridays are supposed to be the antidote to Mondays. What the hell good is any of it if you can’t tell one from the other? This morning was a clusterfuck filled with all manner of hassle and aggravation, only some of which [...]

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I used to watch The Arsenio Hall Show when I was a teenager living out in Seattle. There were a few years he was funny. What happened to that guy? He seemed to lose the funny over night. Do you think he was on steroids or something? Anyway, they used [...]

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The good news? I didn’t jump to any conclusions or make any snap judgments about the new Foo Fighters album unless you count mocking the title just a little.
The bad news? I can’t really remember very much about it. It didn’t make a big initial impression with me.
What does that mean? [...]

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Another Bruce warmup show, more predictable fan bitching and moaning; predictable but not reasonable.
Listening to the batshit loony things people are saying is making me think rock stars are actually underpaid. Hell, I’d go postal 39 times a day if I had to listen to this shit. And what is this shit? [...]

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I bought the new Foo Fighters CD last night and as I was driving home with it, I was struck by something.
Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace might be the single most pretentious-sounding album title I’ve ever heard. Dave Grohl, a guy whose public persona suggests he has the IQ of Del Monte Fruit Cocktail, [...]

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Sometimes you can see it coming, other times you can’t.

I’m going to make a bold prediction about what you’ll see in the sporadic “Let’s Talk About My iPod” columns over the next few weeks: Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam. As you might have heard, Bruce has a new album coming out [...]

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Mothership Tracklisting [*Nov. 13]

Disc One
1. Good Times Bad Times
2. Communication Breakdown
3. Dazed And Confused
4. Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
5. Whole Lotta Love
6. Ramble On
7. Heartbreaker
8. Immigrant Song
9. Since I’ve Been Loving You
10. Rock And Roll
11. Black Dog
12. When The Levee Breaks
13. Stairway To Heaven
Disc Two
1. Song Remains The Same
2. Over The Hills And [...]

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