James Perry – Spend from Stuck (2006)David Kilgour – Sun of God from The Far Now (2007)Loudon Wainwright III – I Am the Way from Attempted Mustache (1973)Steve Howe –…
Jeff Giles
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Jeff Giles is the founder and editor-in-chief of Popdose and Dadnabbit, as well as an entertainment writer whose work can be seen at Rotten Tomatoes and a number of other sites. Hey, why not follow him at Twitter while you're at it?
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If sales are any indication, you haven’t listened to David Baerwald’s work. Here’s why you should.
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Del Amitri – Tell Her This (1995) I like to think of myself as being a fairly pragmatic music fan, at least insofar as I am generally able to resist…
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As another work week draws to a close Á¢€” and some snow, finally, begins falling on the de facto hockey rink in my driveway Á¢€” it’s time once again to…
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There will be no Adventures in Smooth Jazz with Lance Mueller, Office Drone this week Á¢€” maybe next Wednesday Á¢€” but those of you who were goofing off in the…
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Welcome back to Bootleg City, motherfuckers! Are you ready to get your unofficially-released rock on?!? Not “rock” this week, actually; we’re jammin’ to some Bob Marley today Á¢€” specifically Marley…
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Alexis Gideon – Welcome Song (2007)purchase this album (Amazon) Alexis Gideon is one-half of Chicago’s preeminent transvestite rap duo, Princess, which is why you’ve probably never heard of him, and…
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[JefitoÁ¢€â„¢s Note: At four and counting, our pal Eric Grubbs of Theme Park Experience has written more IdiotÁ¢€â„¢s Guides than anyone other than yours truly, and if current plans are…
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Oh my God! It’s here! It’s finally here! Sis, get up! Come downstairs Á¢€” I think he even ate the cookies we left out last night! It’s the Twelfth Day…
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Call it end-of-the-year goodie cleansing or Mellowmas guilt Á¢€” whatever’s to blame, I’ve got another Jefitoblog Sweepstakes for you today, and if it’s a little tougher than last week’s, the…
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Mellowmas continues unabated Á¢€” yes, it’s now the eighth day of this hellishly soft holiday Á¢€” and you can taste the magic over at Jason’s place. Go on! Taste it!
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It’s the all-important fifth day of Mellowmas, friends. We’ve already gotten through Christopher Cross, Air Supply, Peter Cetera, and Stephen Bishop Á¢€” all veritable kings of Mellow Gold. We can’t…
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It’s the third day of Mellowmas, friends Á¢€” how are you holding up? Me, I’m cranking Sabbath all day long to cleanse my palate. And the mellow isn’t letting up…
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As promised, Jason’s got more mellow golden yuletide greetings for you Á¢€” it’s day two of Mellowmas, and you’re (not) going to love what we’re serving up for you today….
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As those of you who are also faithful readers of our friend Jason’s site already know, he’s got an excellent weekly feature going on over there called Adventures through the…
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Things that are making me happy right now: 1. My bitchin’ new 17″ laptop. Oh. My. God. 2. I’m about to get my first byline at Rotten Tomatoes. 3. Our…
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As those of us who devour pop culture rags and websites — or write for ‘em — know, ’tis the season to be list-y, as in “Best of 2006″ lists….
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Greetings, and welcome back from the Land of Tryptophan! I hope you all enjoyed your long weekend as much as I did. As you can see below, I’ve posted the…
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I meant to do this yesterday, but watching the 49ers beat my beloved Seahawks sapped my will to live, and I spent the rest of the evening gnashing my teeth…
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I’m a bad man. If you want to know why, just head over to Py Korry’s place and see/hear what I did to him this weekend.
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What I’m reviewing at Bullz-Eye this week… Vince Gill’s These Days : (”Whether you like country music or hate it, if you love music, you’d do well to grab a…
Jeff Giles
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Tim Finn – Horizon from Imaginary Kingdom (2006)Chris Whitley – All Beauty Taken From You In This Life Remains Forever from Reiter In (2006)Lou Reed – I’m So Free from…
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Lordy, lordy. Two days and no posts? What’s gotten into me? Well, work, mostly. If you’re interested in knowing what it is I do on a typical Monday, here it…
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Here’s what I’m reviewing at Bullz-Eye this week: Enigma’s A Posteriori : (“It isn’t bad, necessarily, but why in the world does anybody need more than one Enigma album? There…
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Stop what you’re doing and head over to Lost in the ’80s. This is good advice on a regular day, but today, oh wow, our friend John has some great…
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Aha! Bet you didn’t think there was going to be a Bootleg City today, didja? This actually would have been up much sooner, but uploads were a monstrous pain in…
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Schnitzel – Southbound Freight (2005)purchase this album (CD Baby) Okay, so first of all, let’s state the obvious: Schnitzel needs to change its name. Outside of maybe making them a…
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Pardon my French, but holy fucking shit: I finally think YouTube is cool essential. Bravo to you, D. Sticker. Bravo, sir! (If you’ve never heard, or heard of, The Shaggs…well,…
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Brett Dennen – So Much More (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) Does Dualtone ever release a bad album? Seriously. If you aren’t sampling the label’s wares on at least a semi-regular…
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It’s been awhile since I wrote anything in-depth on politics, for the same reason Captain Video! has taken his sweet-ass time coming back from the 1980th Dimension Á¢€” those posts…