Confessions of a Fanboy

Welcome my friends to the show that never ends!
I took a couple weeks off due to some personal matters and a short vacation, but I’m pleased to be bringing the weekly music roundtable that is The B-Sides Concept Album back to the airwaves.

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Snow Patrol is set to release their fifth album in October, joining the typically crowded 4th quarter new release schedule.  A Hundred Million Suns will be released October 28, preceded by first single “Take Back The City” on October 13.

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U2 continues its “Season of Churn” by confirming rumors that Live at Red Rocks will make its DVD debut and that the “accompanying” live album Under a Blood Red Sky has been remastered for re-release.  Both the CD and the DVD will be available Sept. 29.
Let’s start with the Live at Red Rocks film, originally [...]

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How to say nothing in an hour or less… that’s the subtitle for last night’s B-Sides Concept Album.  Well, that and $29.99.  I blathered on for an hour managing to reference several topics without actually saying anything.  11 joined the program from his death bed and managed to steal the show.  It’s not the first [...]

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I don’t know why I haven’t thought of this before, mostly because that’s an impossible question to answer.  I’m not a master logician, but I’m pretty sure it’s impossible to know why you didn’t think of something before you thought of it.  I love starting my posts way out here and then somehow finding a [...]

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We spend a lot of time discussing mastering, remastering, vinyl, CD, and digital.  We do it because I think it’s interesting and so do a few of my regulars around here.  We’ve talked about The Loudness War and how it seems to get worse with each new record and especially on remasters.
There are exceptions, [...]

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I’ve been waiting all summer for a week like this.  There are five essential titles being released this week, making up for what has been an otherwise dry summer release schedule.
Even with an active week like this, it says something that four of my five targeted purchases are re-issues and the lone album [...]

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The feeling.
I watched the last few minutes of the Celtics/Lakers game last night, pulling for the Celtics to win. I wasn’t cheering the Celtics on because I’m a Celtics fan. I was cheering on the Celtics because I want the NBA season over. I also have to admit to having [...]

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To everything churn, churn, churn,
there is a season churn, churn, churn
U2 is ready to make like Tony Kornheiser: back for more cash!
I’m actually pretty happy about this. The band is set to re-release their first three records in remastered form, complete with rarities and bonus tracks. Let’s take a look at what they [...]

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I chose to listen to “The Wanderer” this morning mostly because of the title. I wanted to get the week off on the right foot as far as actually doing something on the site. Unfortunately, every week starts with a Monday and this week is no exception. The next good thing that [...]

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