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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….
Jeff Giles
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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…
Darren Robbins
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This past Thursday, I saw an advance screening of Tenacious D’s Pick Of Destiny. As a great fan of Jack Black and Kyle Gass, having caught their acoustical jams at…
Darren Robbins
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Like an idiot, I came across this CD a few months ago at Amoeba Music in L.A. and didn’t buy it. I seriously do not know why. A brain spasm,…
John C. Hughes
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Remember my totally serious and without irony campaign to be named host of VH1 Classic’s “The Vault”? Well now, someone’s heard the news: I realize it would be totally crass…
Darren Robbins
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976) Upon release of their debut effort, and amid a brief UK tour that saw the UK press tag them as both “punk” and “new…
John C. Hughes
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My junior year in high school, a few friends and I decided to form a New Wave band. Our inspiration? R.E.M.? The Smiths? The Replacements? Not exactly”¦ Try Animotion. We…
John C. Hughes
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SITE NOTE:Thanks everyone for pitching in with the clicks to help defray server costs. I won’t give you the hard sell, promise – just remember, if you download a track,…
Darren Robbins
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Since I’m on my way into the backyard for some quality hammock time on a lazy Sunday afternoon (okay, it’s hotter than you-know-what today, maybe I’ll just hit the local…
Jeff Giles
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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…
Jeff Giles
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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…
Robert Cass
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Note: This week’s Cutouts Gone Wild! comes to you courtesy of our friend Robert in Chicago, who thoughtfully volunteered to step in and share one of the dustier pieces of…
Jeff Giles
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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…
Jeff Giles
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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,…
Jeff Giles
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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…
Jeff Giles
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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,…
Jeff Giles
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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…
Jeff Giles
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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…
Jeff Giles
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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…
John C. Hughes
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SITE NOTE: Whew, those Stars on 45 did a number on my bandwith! Help a brother out — here’s the deal — if you download a track, click on a…
John C. Hughes
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While we’re tackling the question of who “invented” New Wave, let’s ponder another query: Who pioneered Turntablism? Possible answer: One of the most bootlegged early turntablism records — a three-part…
Jeff Giles
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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…
Jeff Giles
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Live – Songs from Black Mountain (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) Am I the only person perplexed by the fact that Live has a major-label deal in 2006? I’m not really…
Jeff Giles
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Cheap Trick – Rockford (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) Cheap Trick fans are a long-suffering bunch. You Guns & Roses fanboys who’ve been waiting for Chinese Democracy all these years —…
Jeff Giles
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Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint – The River in Reverse (2006) purchase this album (Amazon) Okay, true confession time: I am not now, and have never been, much of an…
Jeff Giles
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[Jefito’s Note: Another week, another brilliantly guest-blogged Idiot’s Guide! This one’s brought to you by John Bergstrom, certified FOJ (that’s Friend of Jefitoblog to you, mister) and writer for PopMatters….
Jeff Giles
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Bee Gees – A Kick in the Head is Worth Eight in the Pants (1970) Robin Gibb – Sing Slowly Sisters (1970) Huzzah, bitches! It’s Twofer Day here in Bootleg…
John C. Hughes
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Here’s a question that may not have an answer: What should be considered the first New Wave song? First, we have to decide on a concrete definition of “New Wave”,…