Confessions of a Fanboy

I made a big deal earlier this year about T-Bone Burnett’s ???? (CODE) audio format on John Mellencamp’s album earlier this year and was even more effusive in my praise on his work with icon B.B. King. This evening I spent some time working on what may have been his finest work as a producer: [...]

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I know what you’re thinking and you’re wrong.  I’m not listening to this record or writing about listening to this record just so I can post the album art.  Oh, shut up!  Don’t look at me like that!
This is the story and I’m not making it up:  I’ve had a headache for about a week [...]

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The readers have spoken, and I have responded.  My quest to tackle The Who catalog got underway last night with a trip to Satan Best Buy.  I came out with the two albums Who fans pointed me to as the best starting points:  Live at Leeds and Who’s Next.

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On a good day, I’m an annoying person. On a night like this where I’m bored out of my fucking mind, I’m a built in “temporary insanity” defense for any poor bastard that happens across my path.
It kind of makes me wonder… I’ve spent the last several months thinking about what I’d do when [...]

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I took an impromptu day off — my first day off of any kind in at least a month — today and I cannot tell you how incredibly bored I got.  I don’t remember what you do with days off.  I almost just went into the office because I didn’t know what to do with [...]

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I had a friend in high school who liked jazz music.  He had a small handful of CDs and he always listened to the jazz station in the car.  Whether it was exposure or influence, I had to admit I liked some of what I heard, too.  I didn’t know who any of the people [...]

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Overload!  Overload!  I woke up this morning with so many things I wanted to listen to and I had trouble pulling the trigger on any one of them.  I also woke up this morning with a headache, so that complicates things.
During the “after hours” portion of the B-Sides Concept Album program from last night, [...]

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There is always a song for every situation.  Always.  Sometimes, it takes an album to survive a day.  I found mine. I started with The Gutter Twins’ Saturnalia.  It’s an excellent record and I’m glad I listened to it again today, but it wasn’t what I needed.  Not exactly, anyway. What is it [...]

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I will sing a new song.  I’m not listening to “Prairie Wedding” or “Why Can’t You Be?” this morning.  I’m not planning on listening to them this afternoon, either.  I’m going in a different direction and that direction is home. Back Door Slam’s “Come Home” would be in the running for song of the [...]

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Short attention span.  Tunnel vision.  Lack of imagination.  Obsession. All of the above. I realized that, despite having bought nine CDs this week I’ve actually spent most of the week listening to two fucking songs:  “Why Can’t You Be?” by Shelby Lynne and “Prairie Wedding” by Mark Knopfler.  I’m all about value.  I [...]

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