Confessions of a Fanboy

I had to check this twice to confirm that they did, in fact, open with “Pretty Persuasion.” That they played it is wonderful and a smidge surprising because one never knows what these guys are going to pull out. That they fucking opened with it is astounding. 11 might have left right [...]

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The Hell’s Angels have this saying that three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead. So, why am I about to share a secret on the internet? Because I’m a Fanboy and I have to write about something, and TheWifeToWhomI’mMarried has largely accepted the depths of my stupidity and musical [...]

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He really won’t stop playing “Mary’s Place.” He just really won’t stop. That quibble out of the way, let’s take a look at the rest of the show. 26 songs, which is good. Well, 25 and “Mary’s Place.” I need to stop that.
I’m thrilled to see “I’ll Work For Your [...]

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Tip o’ the cap to Dennis Miller. I was thinking about how quickly the Soundtrack of the Day can change and I was going to title this post “As The Day Changes.” It cracked me up because that sounded like a fuckin’ soap opera title. I then started trying to stream together [...]

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Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!
After a week of obsessive Counting Crows listening, I moved on to R.E.M., Radiohead, and The Byrds. I even mixed in some Semisonic yesterday and introduced TheWifeToWhomI’mMarried to the cool that is The Raconteurs’ “Consolers of the Lonely.” I thought I was [...]

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It’s a Mudcrutch Monday here at Confessions of a Fanboy.
What’s that? It’s not Monday? Oh, right then. My mistake. Holiday weekends always do that to me. It’s amazing how quickly a Tuesday can become a Monday. So much for fuckin’ alliteration. I liked Mudcrutch Monday. It had [...]

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My mind’s playing tricks on me. I can’t trace this one back to anything, but I woke up this morning singing “Secret Smile” by Semisonic (Feeling Strangely Fine). What’s funniest about that is I didn’t really know any of the words to the song other than the words “secret smile.” I only [...]

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I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. Among the reasons to have a web site is to help your friends and crush your enemies. I’m once again about to do the former.
I’ve come to preach the Gospel of Magic Junk to you uncultured bastards. You people need a little more [...]

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I can’t get Bruce to play once in Nashville, but Dublin gets three? Third time was the charm, too. This is clearly the best set list of the three Dublin shows that open the 2008 European leg of the Magic tour. “The Ties That Bind,” “Atlantic City,” “Sandy,” and “Racing in the [...]

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“It’s not my fault!”
I was ready to put the set from Saturday’s show up on Sunday morning. Someone else wasn’t. This is as soon as I got ‘em, and I give them unto you. I’m starting to feel a little bit of a magic touch. No sooner did I sing the [...]

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