Confessions of a Fanboy

The 2007 leg of the Springsteen Magic tour has come to a close in London. I haven’t approached having enough time to analyze all the setlists and tell you the wherefor and whatnots (hell, I’m having to combine Paris and London, that’s how far behind I am). Maybe over my Christmas break I’ll [...]

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I considered writing a series of commentaries about how this album is starting to take over my life and destroy me and then it hit me — fuck that, this is 11’s fault. He’s going to help me with this shit. Besides, this album needs a Big Tent Revival and I’m bringing the [...]

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Ten years ago, the music world lost a giant when Jimmy Rogers passed away at age 73 as a result of his bout with colon cancer.
Jimmy Rogers is perhaps best known for his long partnership with the great Muddy Waters, serving as the rhythm guitarist in Waters’ band for many years both on record for [...]

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It’s totally 11’s fucking fault. He’s gone on for y-e-a-r-s about how Tunnel is a masterpiece. I’ve always liked a few songs from it, but never fully embraced it as a record. As I’ve aged, additional songs have come to make more sense to me. As I’ve aged, I’ve not been [...]

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Keith Richards turned 64 today. Let me go ahead and get this out of the way upfront: are we sure they didn’t forget to add a zero or 12?
I feel better getting that out of the way; now we can move on and celebrate the lives and times of Keith Richards. Damn [...]

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This one’s for all of you wondering if I’d forgotten about Bruce Springsteen what with my jabbering about The Beatles and the blues and all.
My dad gave me a hand-me-down coat at Christmas — note, he didn’t give me a hand-me-down for Christmas. It was in addition to, as it were. Anyroad, 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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“The River” returned to the set list for Belfast’s E-Street show after being premiered a few nights earlier. Nothing that hadn’t been played before was played during this show, but there’s nothing wrong with this set list at all. Speaking of “The River,” come to Atlanta if you want to hear that one [...]

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