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Bootleg City: DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince in Los Angeles, June ’88
Matt Wardlaw shares some Fresh Prince bootleg love and, using Bootleg City's long-distance calling plan, shares his thoughts with Gary Cherone about Van Halen IIIRead More »
Bootleg City: Tonic in Minnesota, July ’10
Let’s cut to the chase on today’s edition of Bootleg City. While I could tell you a story about the time that Mayor Cass took a bunch of taxpayer money and decided to build
Read More »Bootleg City: Eric Johnson and Alien Love Child in Austin, November ’00
Sad news came out of Austin this week with the word that drummer Bill Maddox (longtime drummer for Eric Johnson) had passed away suddenly as a result of an unfortunate and unbelievably tragic incident
Read More »Bootleg City: The Spirit of Christmas Is Alive!
It’s Christmas Eve, so we’re going to keep this one short. Let’s face it, if you’re reading this, you should be with your family right now. But maybe you’re like Mayor Cass and you
Read More »Bootleg City: Memo to Mayor Cass — Keep Your Hands to Yourself!
Hi guys, I’m happy to let you know that I have a long overdue update from the beloved (in only one small part of the zip code) Mayor Cass. Now, I realize that nobody
Read More »Bootleg City: The End of the Innocence
I need to remember this So baby, give me just one kiss And let me take a long last look Before we say goodbye Greetings, oh beloved citizens of Bootleg City! When we last
Read More »Bootleg City: While You See a Chance, Mayor Cass Will Take It
What’s it like being a career criminal? For the answer we go, as always, to our good friend Mayor Cass, keeper of the keys for this here place we call Bootleg City. Unfortunately, since
Read More »Bootleg City: Ride in Cambridge, March ’91
Last week in Bootleg City, it was discovered that Mayor Cass had gone missing after what appeared to be a New Year’s Eve celebration in his office. The only clue to his whereabouts was
Read More »Bootleg City: The House of Love in Amsterdam, April ’90
The mayor’s office in Bootleg City was completely dark as I cracked open the door. “Thank God,” I thought to myself. I had absentmindedly left my Cure reissues there before Christmas and was hoping
Read More »Bootleg City: Ben Folds Five in New York City, March ’96
Another new year quietly began this morning, and as I cleared the snow off of my porch here in Bootleg City, I was feeling quite reflective. I came back into the house, turned the
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