Confessions of a Fanboy

I’m going to compile a playlist, probably more than one, called “When It All Goes Wrong.” When I do, you can bet Mark Lanegan and Elliott Smith will make the list. So, yeah, I suppose you could translate their presence on the list to mean today was not the greatest day in the [...]

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I tipped my hand on today’s listening with the other posts. I started out in need of an anthem, so I listened to some Springsteen. By the way, that version of “Ramrod” from the NYC album is the definitive version. In addition to the Springsteen, I also spent a fair amount [...]

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Switchfoot had their breakthrough success in 2004 with The Beautiful Letdown. TBL was their major label debut, but fourth album overall. “Company Car” is a great song from their 1999 record New Way to Be Human and is one of the best songs to come from that pre-TBL era. It is a [...]

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