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/ dec 2009
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12.23.2009 | 4:23 AM EDT
Ancestor of Oughts:
Best (old) Music of the Decade Everybody’s got ‘em, present company obviously included. Lists and lists of the best of this and that to help mark the passing of another 10 crazy years. But the Ought’s ancestors ca... -
12.21.2009 | 4:23 AM EDT
Best of the Decade: Music This is not Pitchfork. (Ok, obviously not, but stay with me). It’s a grand organization, to be sure. Those talented young boys from Chicago have given me much to love, laugh and barf about. The...
/ nov 2009
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11.30.2009 | 4:23 EDT
Jethro Tull Turned Me Juvie I know i’m probably stating the obvious here, but let me just remind us all: Jethro Tull sucks ass. Standing in line at Five Guys Burgers last week, Ian Anderson’s pretentious little flute...
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11.29.2009 | 4:23 AM EDT
Son of Boxer I don’t have to remind you of my deep and abiding love for The National. Don’t argue, they’re the band of the decade. Finding their purchase with Alligator, Boxer was a mature, mesmerizing monst...
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11.26.2009 | 4:23 AM EDT
Harry Nilsson Turns a Chump Into a Champ Couple of days ago, after weeks of listening to nothing but Post Punk records by Gang of Four and Adam Ant, I found myself in a singer/songwriter state of mind. But not for any of that precious Bon Iv...
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11.25.2009 | 4:23 AM EDT
R.E.M. Live at Red Rocks 2009 I had the priviledge of traveling with The National on their summer 2009 tour supporting R.E.M. Shooting with the “pro-sumer” Nikon D80, I braved the press trench, touched with a bit of p...
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11.24.2009 | 4:23 AM EDT
I’m Your Taco Man, Yes I Am. My Mexican abluelito onced asked my Welsh grandmother if she wouldn’t like a Jack & Coke, to whom she wryly replied: “Why ruin two good things by putting them together?” Indeed....
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11.22.2009 | 4:23 AM EDT
Stop Being Mean to Roger Waters So many Pink Floyd fans just won’t give old Roger his due. Oh, he’s such a self-indulgent wanker, Gilmour is so humble and plays that guitar real good. Undoubtedly, Gentleman Gilmour plays a g...
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11.18.2009 | 4:23 AM EDT
Dylan Tix: You Can’t Give ‘Em Away Having only seen Dylan once, in 2003 at Hammerstein Ballroom, I was pumped when me and Scott got 6 tix for his 3-night stand at United Palace this week. But alas: Thwarted by the injuries that begin t...
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11.08.2009 | 6:40 PM EDT
The Clientele Finally Mans Up (sort of) After two decades of grungy bombast (Screaming Trees, Bob Mould, The Pixies), fey Brit-pop (The Smiths, Felt, The Beautiful South) and math-y indie rock (Built to Spill, Pavement, Sunny Day Real Estat...