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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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A new house and a new office means I’ve finally got my tape deck wired into my sound card again Á¢€” which means The Cassingle Vault will be making its…
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The Tender Box – The Score (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) Before getting too far into The Score, let me just say, in the interest of full disclosure, that if this…
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I don’t think she’s made a decent album in quite some time, but I was intrigued enough to check out “Have You Had Enough,” the new collaboration between Rickie Lee…
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So hey, maybe you noticed the new masthead. Those fucking Twinkies have been bugging me for MONTHS. I’m so glad I finally have some scenery to replace them with. Anyway,…
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Living Proof (Pump Organ) (2005-10-06)Adam Raised A Cain (Guitar) (2005-11-09)My Father’s House (2005-08-07)Long Time Comin’ (2005-06-25)Sherry Darling (2005-08-03)Independence Day (2005-11-09)The Iceman (2005-05-17)Incident On 57th Street (2005-06-16)Johnny 99 (Complete) (2005-05-03)IntroAll I’m…
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Another week, another stack of bootleggy tunes from Joe of our friends at 125 Records! This week, we’ve got some Jason Falkner on tap, and though I’m sure some of…
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Tom Petty – Highway Companion (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) The waiting is the hardest part. Tom Petty knows it Á¢€” he said so in 1981 Á¢€” and his fans know…
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It’s time for another exciting episode of WHO WANTS TO WIN A BRUCE HORNSBY BOXED SET? Hornsby’s career-spanning Intersections box hits stores on Tuesday, and I’ve got a spare copy….
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Remember how I mentioned awhile back that our good buddy Joe (of 125 Records, natch) had gifted you, me, and everybody with some stellar bits of bootleggy goodness? Well, here…
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Greetings from northern Illinois! There was no time to write any updates on the trip yesterday. Only time for driving. And driving. And more driving. We covered nearly 1,000 miles…
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Two things, real quick: 1. I’m posting this from a moving car. Technology is pretty cool, when it does what I want. 2. My buddy Gene rescued about 99% of…
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Greetings from Sundance, Wyoming! Yesterday we spent pretty much our entire day on I-90, driving through Montana (the uglier 2/3 of it, as correctly noted by A Giac) and Wyoming….
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If it’s Thursday, it must be Montana! We’ve actually been here in Big Sky Country since yesterday Á¢€” we headed east from Spokane, through Coeur d’Alene (which is gorgeous, by…
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Greetings from scenic Spokane, Washington! We drove from Santa Clara, CA all the way up here yesterday, a haul of over 1,000 miles. The AAA TripTik said it would take…
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Okay, folks, this is it Á¢€” as of tonight, my desktop will be packed up in boxes. As of tomorrow, it’ll be on the moving truck, bound for New Hampshire….
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Here’s a question for you, music lovers: Which band or artist, in your opinion, is the most overrated of the rock era? For me, it’s easy: Jim Morrison and/or The…
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Okay, remember last week, when I told you about our good friend Joe and how he’d made it possible for you to hear that sweet Joe Jackson bootleg? Well, this…
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Don Dixon – The Entire Combustible World in One Small Room (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) As concept albums go, Don Dixon’s latest — ten songs about rooms — sounds like…
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Ron Sexsmith – Time Being (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) This may surprise you, given the periodic glimpses of my personal politics I’ve let seep into what is supposedly music criticism,…
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Billy Joel – 12 Gardens Live (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) For as long as people have been able to buy music, old music-loving farts have sat around griping about how…
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Thanks to our pal Billy K. for the tip! In much the same fashion as Tobey Maguire personified innocent charm on the big screen with his breakout role in Pleasantville,…
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Grace Potter and the Nocturnals have been tearing it up inthe jam band circuit the past couple of years opening up for Trey Anastasio, Soulive, Dave Matthews, and North Mississippi…
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Grace Potter and the Nocturnals have been tearing it up inthe jam band circuit the past couple of years opening up for Trey Anastasio, Soulive, Dave Matthews, and North Mississippi…
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[Note: Given some of the stuff I’ve admitted here in the past, I have no problem letting you all know that I’m one of the folks that our pal Eric…
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The desktop’s back. Hallelujah! $300 later, I can confidently tell you that only a fool tries to make the Knievel-esque jump from Intel to AMD hardware without the assistance of…
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First of all, a word of heartfelt thanks to everyone who has volunteered assistance of any kind in this mess…hopefully I won’t need it, but it’s nice to be reminded…
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Um, you guys, I think I just lost about 300 gigs of music. So…I’ll be looking for a data recovery wizard over the next few days and wincing as I…
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Dr. John – Mercernary (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) Being a lifelong, unrepentant music geek, I sometimes forget how my perspective on this or that performer is very different from that…