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The Friday Mixtape: 7/3/09
A-B-C! It’s easy as do-re-mi! Art Brut – Summer Job from Art Brut vs. Satan (2009) Bat for Lashes – Moon and Moon from Two Suns (2009) Battles – Atlas from Mirrored (2007) Chris
Read More »Chartburn: 5/15/09
You voted for it, and now it's back! Chartburn returns with a look at oldies but goodies(?) from the Black Crowes, Depeche Mode Camouflage, Michael Johnson, Shalamar, and the Stones
Lost in the ’80s: The Wild Swans
This has been a week of happy endings for me, and I’m not referring to a trip to the massage parlor (this time). Y’see, twenty-odd years ago, I bought one of those awesome Sire
Read More »Mix Six: “W’s iMix”
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Howdy to all the ‘Merican people! George W. Bush here. Well, I’m almost outta here, and I’m not one for mushy speechifying, so I’ve had Laur’ whip up one
Read More »Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 24
A few weeks ago I laughed at someone’s musical taste. I feel kind of bad about it. See, a buddy of mine asked me if I had heard the new Staind CD yet, with
Read More »Motion Picture Soundtrack: “Useless”
I tend to make a lot of allowances for films that translate classic literature into high school settings. If nothing else, I respect the ambition of such an endeavor. And there are plenty of
Read More »Chartburn: 8/3/07
Mainstream Rock: Quarterflash, “Harden My Heart” (1981) Jason: As a kid, I always had to pass through Quarterflash before I could get to the Queen records in the store. Pissed me off. I like
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