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Mock me if you will..
Taylor Swift tickets go on sale in my town in two weeks. I’ve been ridiculed about being stoked for this by multiple people, but in my fair city, this will be the shit. Trudat. I’ll have the last...
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Alanis keeps happily surprising me
On my Reader, this story’s gone viral – Prof. Jacobson sums it up nicely. If you’ve not read it, here’s my thoughts on Alanis and the importance of her watershed album: This is courage week for Canada....
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RIP Dave Brubeck
One mark of great music is knowing a song, a melody, a thing even if you don’t know who the artist was behind it. I’d guess at least half of all Americans know this tune, even if most couldn’t place...
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50 Best Bob Dylan Covers of All Time
The basic bylaws of the list. You’ll not be shocked to know that DMB’s cover of Watchtower is not on here, nor will you be shocked to know whose cover of Watchtower tops the list (literally – duh!)....
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Interesting interview with Johnny Marr, most notably of The Smiths and Modest...
Gen-X readers will enjoy this interview – I like this particular segment from Marr: Both of those reasons, yeah. I mean, there was a time in my life when being in the Smiths was great — especially with...
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Miley Cyrus: “Jolene”
This is from her “Backyard Sessions.” Vocally, the song is owned by Dolly Parton, but Miley does a good job of it. The vidya of the performance ie the backyard part is odd, because it’s Miley off-set...
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You will never be this awesome, but that’s okay
The Medal of Honor citation for one Thomas A. Baker – needlessly, I’ve bolded the part that awes me more than everything else Sgt. Baker did that awes me: *BAKER, THOMAS A. Rank and organization:...
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A cut for music dorks of a sort
A couple of readers here at z’GOC are Americana music lovers of a sort – this will treat them well: The A-side of Covingtons 1928 record was “Adam and Eve and the Garden.” The B-side had the even more...
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Stereogum goes full hipster revisionist by dissing Juicy in its 10 Best...
Stereogum’s evolved into my favorite place to read about music, so I say this with love: How is “Juicy,” considered the diamond standard of narrative rap – to say nothing of the best modern cut period...
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Jamalastic alert: DMB and Zac Brown
I like ‘em, but they’re not my favorite band. That said, this is DMB and Zac Brown Band hooking up, and I say this as a redonk fan of both: ZBB is the future, and the future is good. Zac Brown Band is...
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Remembering The Dixie Chicks and the squandering of ‘Home’
A short, but interesting piece: When Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks said on stage in London days before the Iraq War began in 2003 that she was ashamed to be from the same state as President Bush,...
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Chanel West Coast
I didn’t know Chanel West Coast was a rapper, til I did. Over on MTV, there’s a show called something to the effect of “Rob Drydek’s Ridiculouness” and spending as much time in hotel rooms as I do,...
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Your public education reminder of the day
Not much context here – just a kid at Duncanville (TX) HS reminding his teacher that there’s more to it than “packets.” Good on him. Also – clearly, metal ain’t dead. Again, good on him. Filed under:...
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Uhhhh …. Smack My Bitch Up meets … Beatlemania?!?!
Instapundit just posted this (yes, I blame a middle-aged law prof for providing this vidya to you, said reader): Beatles fans and Prodigy fans unite – this is where the sauce is made. FWIW – I was in...
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Great piece RE the passing of Ray Manzarek
I’m not the least bit ashamed to admit that I was introduced to the music and mystique of The Doors by none other than Oliver Stone’s film about the band. It came out my junior year of high school and...
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Yes, this book exists
If you were wondering if there was a long-form piece of journalism observing the tribes that compose fans of Phish and Insane Clown Posse (Phishheads and Juggalos, respectively), well friend, do I have...
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