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Listening Booth: Miranda Lee Richards, “Light of X”
Jeff Giles November 17, 2008 6Miranda Lee Richards – Light of X (Nettwerk, 2009) purchase this album (Amazon) She took guitar lessons from Kirk Hammett and R. Crumb was her godfather, but don’t expect shredding or off-color humor from
Read More »Listening Booth: “Warren Zevon” (Collector’s Edition)
Ken Shane November 12, 2008 5October 30, 2002 – It was close to the end when Warren Zevon made what everyone knew would be his final appearance on Late Night with David Letterman. The cancer had already taken a
Read More »Listening Booth: The Cure “4:13 Dream”
Ted Asregadoo November 12, 2008 0The Cure – 4:13 Dream (2008) purchase this album (Amazon) For bands like the Cure, that have been able to stick it out for 30 years of recording and touring, one must ask: “Is
Read More »Listening Booth: Cheap Trick, “BUDOKAN!”
Jeff Giles November 12, 2008 7Cheap Trick – BUDOKAN! (Sony/Legacy, 2008) purchase this album (Amazon) On the surface, I grant you, this looks like a terrible idea, especially if you’re a Cheap Trick fan. Sony went back to the
Read More »Listening Booth: Eric Hutchinson, “Sounds Like This”
Jeff Giles November 5, 2008 1Eric Hutchinson – Sounds Like This (2008) purchase this album (Amazon) Nine times out of 10, I’ve got to believe that a singer/songwriter who got a crucial career break from Perez Hilton would rank
Read More »Listening Booth: Red Wanting Blue, “These Magnificent Miles”
Ken Shane October 29, 2008 5When I was in my early 20s, I worked for a major concert promoter here in New Jersey. I recall that each time I walked into his office, I would see cartons on the
Read More »Listening Booth: Ry Cooder, “The UFO Has Landed”
Jeff Giles October 29, 2008 6Ry Cooder – The UFO Has Landed (2008) purchase this album (Amazon) It’s a hundred degrees in the shade, easy, and you’ve been hiding from the worst of the heat in this tiny bordertown
Read More »Listening Booth: Passion Pit, “Chunk of Change EP”
Taylor Long October 15, 2008 5Steadily making its way around the Internet, the Chunk of Change EP by Massachusetts’ Passion Pit started out as a Valentine’s Day gift to founder Michael Angelakos’ girlfriend. Angelakos wrote and recorded the entire
Read More »Listening Booth: Lucinda Williams, “Little Honey”
Ken Shane October 8, 2008 0Like many other people, I welcomed Lucinda Williams into my life with the release of the Grammy-winning Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, in 1998. Over the course of the last 10 years, I’ve
Read More »Listening Booth: Taj Mahal, “Maestro”
Jeff Giles October 6, 2008 11Taj Mahal – Maestro (Heads Up, 2008) purchase this album (Amazon) Maestro celebrates Taj Mahal’s 40th anniversary as a recording artist, and true to contrarian form, Mr. Mahal has elected not to follow the
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