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listening booth: les paul & friends, “american made world played”
Les Paul & Friends – American Made World Played (2005)purchase this album The AMG compares this album to Sinatra’s Duets, and that’s fair. All the ingredients are basically the same: Old legend + big
Read More »listening booth: madonna, “confessions on a dance floor”
Madonna – Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)purchase this album As with the Kate Bush record from last week, I feel the need to start things off with an open, cheerful admission that I
Read More »listening booth: bettye lavette, “i’ve got my own hell to raise”
Bettye LaVette – I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise (2005)purchase this album You know, I could have sworn my man Carl over at Cahl’s Jukebox had written a review of this record already,
Read More »bootleg city: night ranger, “rock in america”
I once used this space to make some rather unkind remarks about the collected works of Damn Yankees, as well as the overall existence of Tommy Shaw. Judging from the amount of mail I
Read More »listening booth: josh rouse, “bedroom classics vol. 2″
Josh Rouse – Bedroom Classics, Vol. 2 (2005)purchase this album I’ll be honest — I hated Rouse’s critically lauded debut, 1998′s Dressed Up Like Nebraska. But every time he releases something new, I like
Read More »listening booth: josh rouse, “bedroom classics vol. 2″
Josh Rouse – Bedroom Classics, Vol. 2 (2005)purchase this album I’ll be honest — I hated Rouse’s critically lauded debut, 1998’s Dressed Up Like Nebraska. But every time he releases something new, I like
Read More »"we both know we’re never gonna make it / but when we touch, we never have to fake it, Leah!"
Straight outta Beaver Falls, PA, came Dominic Ierace, playing in local combos until he and his band The Jaggerz hit number two in the ‘70s with “The Rapper”. After The Jaggerz dissolved, Ierace played
Read More »The Popdose Guide to Genesis, Part Two
When last we left our heroes, they were down one member (Slipperman reference intended). Would they pack it in or soldier on? Turns out they had no intention of breaking up. In October of
Read More »listening booth: brad mehldau trio, “day is done”
Brad Mehldau Trio – Day is Done (2005)purchase this album You wouldn’t know it from listening to Day is Done — or a lot of Mehldau’s other stuff — but it really is possible
Read More »listening booth: the fabulous thunderbirds, “painted on”
The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Painted On (2005)purchase this album Yep, those Fabulous Thunderbirds. Whether you’re a patron of the blues, or you just listened to enough FM rock in the ’80s that you instinctively
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