Category Archives: Music

Bonaroo? Anyone?

Just saw the lineup for the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, TN June 11-14. Springsteen, Wilco, Elvis Costello, Brett Dennen, The Beastie Boys, Phish, Ben Harper and the Relentless7, Gov’t Mule, Merle Haggard, David Byrne, The Decemberists, Bela Fleck, Lucinda … Continue reading →

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New Playlist

You’ll notice I’ve added a playlist to the blog from Playlist.com. If you’re looking to add some music to your blog, it’s pretty simple to sign up and create a playlist of your favorite songs. These are a few of … Continue reading →

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Acquired Tastes

As the year comes to a close, the blogosphere will be humming with plenty of reflective posts, posts that take a look back at the past 12 months, chronicling the significant events that gave shape to 2008. These posts will … Continue reading →

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No Line on the Horizon

Hat tip to Greg for this juicy bit of U2-themed info. The return of LOST. The World Baseball Classic. Coming to the Cool Papa Bell League draft table as defending league champion. And a new U2 record. It’s shaping up … Continue reading →

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Avetts To Tour with Dave Matthews

I know I promised a Top Ten Songs post last week, but I realized that after doing my Top Albums post, a Songs post would just be redundant. The only songs I would include that weren’t highlighted in the Albums … Continue reading →

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Top Twenty-Five Songs of 2008

As promised, here are my top songs of the year. Same rules apply here as with the albums; all songs had to be released in the last 12 months to qualify. Most of these were also highlighted in the albums … Continue reading →

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Top Twelve Albums of 2008

As promised, here is my year-end list of the best music from the past year. I listened to more new music this year than in previous years, thanks to a couple of great offers from eMusic and the essential NoiseTrade.com. … Continue reading →

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Best Christmas Albums of All Time

As I’ve posted here many times, I’ve become something of a Christmas music aficionado over the years. As such, I’ve accumulated quite the holiday music library. For the past several weeks, I’ve been listening through my Christmas playlists over and … Continue reading →

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1964

I just made it home from a great concert. Corey called this afternoon with tickets to 1964: The Tribute, the “number one Beatles Tribute show on Earth” according to Rolling Stone. I’ve been a Beatles fan since college, so I … Continue reading →

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Punitive Manilow

This story absolutely cracks me up. Barry Manilow? Barney? The Platters? I’d have to add Reba McEntire and Michael Bolton to the list, too. They’re like fingers on a chalkboard to me.

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