I love artists past their prime. As I’ve repeatedly mentioned here, I derive endless fascination from the things musicians do after they’ve been forgotten by the public at large. They…
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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So. We meet again, my fat, toque-headed nemesis: I won’t lie to you — yesterday’s Boyarxperiment hurt me, and hurt me bad. Judging from the way my hands were trembling…
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King Sunny Adé and His African Beats – Juju Music (1982) I’m not quite sure what to say about this album. If you know about King Sunny Adé, you’re probably…
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Yes. Fucking Pepperoni Pizzazaroli: You would think “Pepperoni Pizza Ravioli” would be good enough, or even “Pepperoni Pizzaroli,” but no. They had to add another Z in there, to make…
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I’ve been working up to a Ry Cooder Idiot’s Guide for awhile now. He’s one of my longtime, all-time favorites, but he’s released so many albums in so many different…
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Behold! Isn’t modern technology wonderful? They’ve taken cheesy nacho, combined it with pasta, and put it in a can. Convenience at its best! They’ve even given us an easy-off, no-can-opener-necessary…
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Meet The Boy: As of a few weeks ago, he and his mom are living with us, and since my eating habits tend to mirror those of a six-year-old boy’s…
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So, I heard the news this morning — David Foster is splitting from his wife of over a decade, Linda Thompson-Jenner. I read it about it first over at ohnotheydidnt,…
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I realize I’m like five years behind the cool kids on Chuck Klosterman, but I’m loving this book: Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto All the same,…
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Someone came to the site today through a Google search for “Maura Tierney butthole.”
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Been a heady week here at jefitoblog — last week’s Stone of Sisyphus review was discovered by the folks at chicagofans.org, not to mention former Chicago guitarist Dawayne Bailey, not…
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The Refreshments Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy (1996) Here’s a little gem I stumbled across the other day while dusting my CD collection. You remember CDs, right? They were all…
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Talk about a guy who should have been huge. An accomplished guitarist and songwriter who paid his dues playing for established artists, worked his way up through the ranks, and…
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I haven’t been writing every day lately, on account of a few things: 1. Summer = disruption of my carefully constructed schedule 2. Full-time self-employment = less time for aimless…
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I just got back from a last-minute business trip to Los Angeles (otherwise known as “my least favorite city in the world”), so I’m dealing with all the fun of…
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Indigo Girls – Rarities (2005) They don’t get as much attention as they used to, but I think that’s more a function of short attention spans than a drop in…
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I realize it’s been a long time since I did an entry on some new piece of dumb junk food, but our nation’s beloved conglomerates seem to have put a…
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I realize it’s been a long time since I did an entry on some new piece of dumb junk food, but our nation’s beloved conglomerates seem to have put a…
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Now here’s a band that would be huge if the world made any sense. A trio of non-threateningly scruffy alterna-pop minstrels, singing songs about love and loss, hope and heartbreak,…
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I love Billmon. Have a happy 4th, kids — jefitoblog is back to normal operating hours tomorrow.
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AMERICA 1989 Rock has been driven underground. The authorities stalk pirate broadcasters and their followers. Those who are apprehended suffer severe consequences. Hey, kid! What are you doing? Haven’t you…
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“Randy Newman Finds Something New Under the Sun,” proclaimed the back cover of his 1968 debut, and even if that wasn’t entirely true — his music, after all, has always…
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Ha! Check out the grossest piece of fruit you’ve ever seen: I wonder what Saxton Freymann would think of this. What a gorgeous Sunday. We got up this morning, hit…
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jefitoblog reader (and John Hiatt fan) Adam Schoonover is also one fine photographer. I like his stuff–go check it out.
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Laura CantrellHumming by the Flowered Vine (2005) Since making her debut in 2000, Cantrell has released a string of critically lauded albums. Her fascinating background story (late musical bloomer with…
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The slacktivist tells it like it is, and more powerfully than I could, so I’ll just stand back and let him rage for me: Style matters. Substance does not. Reality…
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John HiattMaster of Disaster (2005) When you’ve made as many records as Hiatt has (this is his seventeenth studio album), you’ve likely broken all the new ground you’re going to…
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It’s official: my good friend Fred Wilhelm and his song, “Dearly Beloved,” have made the final track listing for the new Faith Hill album, due in August. I’m no country…
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You don’t hear their songs much on the radio anymore — not even on classic rock stations — and they’ll probably never be elected to the Rock & Roll Hall…