The first time I heard A Love Supreme, I was on a train coming back from MacArthur Airport in Islip, Long Island. I was in my senior year of college…
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Taylor Long
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I “fell in love” so many times in high school that it’s hard to know who to classify as the first, but Damon was the first time I fell hard….
Taylor Long
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Being an obsessive music hoarder has its drawbacks. The questions of, “How often do I really listen to ______ ?” and all those albums that you really mean to get…
Taylor Long
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John Fahey has been recommended to me enough times that I’ve lost count, and has been cited as an influence by a decent chunk of the bands in my listening…
Taylor Long
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It’s horribly cliche, but over the past couple summers, the moment the temperatures move towards 80 degrees, I reach for my Doors collection. I always start out more or less…
Taylor Long
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A couple weeks ago, a friend and I went to see Jarvis Cocker play at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. The opener was Kuroma, a name that neither my friend…
Taylor Long
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During the spring of my junior year of college, I listened to Huey Lewis nonstop. One day, while working on the campus newspaper, I was sorting through the shared music…
Taylor Long
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In 2004, I managed to land an internship at the Grammys. More specifically, the Seattle branch of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), the professional organization responsible…
Taylor Long
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Nearly two years ago now, I posted a short list of songs that reminded me of my post-college trip to Europe & Asia. One of those songs, DJ Bobo’s “Chihuahua”…
Taylor Long
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Fourth of July is, without a doubt, my favorite holiday. Firstly, because it’s not religiously affiliated. Secondly, because it generally involves some combination of the following three items: fire, grilling…
Vincent Rendoni
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[Taylor’s note: The incredibly talented Vincent Á¢€Å“Hey Is It Okay If I Get Called V-SidesÁ¢€ Rendoni did such a wonderful job with his write-up on Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks that…
Taylor Long
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Have you ever felt like a song has the answer you’re looking for? That if you could just figure out what the person is really, truly singing about and saying,…
Taylor Long
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As we approach summer, I find myself somewhat unimpressed by 2008 as a new release year. Granted, the second half of the year is almost always stronger than the first,…
Taylor Long
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When I was in middle school, I had a lot of ideas for music videos. Generally, these ideas were boring and tame — mostly because at the time, I was…
Taylor Long
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When you’re young, the desire to fit in can be a very, very dangerous thing. Sure, this applies to drugs, sex, alcohol, violence and all those things parents worry about…
Taylor Long
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This song is Spring. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “Helplessly Hoping” (download) It’s easy enough to point to nearly any Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and say that — “Judy:…
Taylor Long
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The first music, in general, that I remember loving and growing up with was from The Music Man — as in the movie with Robert Preston, which I would watch…
Taylor Long
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Getting a car was a bit of a long process for me. In actuality, it probably wasn’t that long, but when you’re 17 and most of your friends have cars,…
Taylor Long
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The best thing about St. Patrick’s Day – aside from that whole drinking thing – is that it’s a day to be especially proud about redheadedness. A long time ago,…
Clay Franks
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[Taylor’s note: My friend Clay makes the best mixes of anyone I know. HeÁ¢€â„¢s also one of the best writers I know. His words are fluid and natural, with a…
Taylor Long
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One of the most astounding things about art, and especially music, is the way a self-centered thought or experience contained in a medium can ignite a chain reaction of independent…
Taylor Long
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The Anniversary’s “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter” is exactly the kind of song that I began “Lost MP3 of the Week” for. However, itÁ¢€â„¢s a music journalistÁ¢€â„¢s nightmare. The…
Taylor Long
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Among the many reasons why I love Two Gallants, one of the most prominent is the way their songs feel alive, as if they posses minds of their own. Guitarist/vocalist…
Taylor Long
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If there’s one major aspect of the rise of hipster irony (the only rule of which seems to be, basically, “so bad/ridiculous/awkward it’s good”) that I appreciate, it’s what it’s…
Taylor Long
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There’s something so beautifully painful about “Gonna Take a Miracle.” In a way, she sounds almost happy about the hurt that her lover’s leaving has caused her. It’s a jubilant,…
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