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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: Elastica in Europe, 1994-’95
Greetings, citizens of Bootleg City. It’s an honor being the first female interim mayor of this fair ‘burg. But perhaps you’re wondering how I snagged this plush gig. No no no, it’s nothing like
Read More »Bootleg City: Manfred Mann’s Earth Band in Philadelphia, October ’76
When I was a wee mountain man growing up in southern Connecticut, just outside New York City, I quickly learned that everything from Philadelphia was crap: The Flyers were a gang of thugs who
Read More »Unsolicited Career Advice for … John Oates
It’s interesting to note that, regardless of what he did in the music industry (and what he did is still lost on me) or how much power he was able to wield, Uncle Donnie
Read More »How Bad Can It Be?: “Live from Daryl’s House”
Let it be said, for starters, that Daryl Hall has a really nice house. It’s a rambling old place, somewhere in rural Pennsylvania. He needs to do something with the landscaping — the place
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