If it’s Friday, it must be Bootleg City…and today, our visit takes us right down Wilbury Way. You must remember The Traveling Wilburys — George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty,…
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Jeff Giles
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T’Pau – The Promise (1991)purchase this album They’re barely remembered today, at least outside the British club circuit, but T’Pau, in its brief existence as a major-label act, actually managed…
Jeff Giles
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They once sang history never repeats. But the members of Split Enz today (Feb. 1) announced they are reuniting for an Australian arena tour in June, 22 years after they…
Jeff Giles
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Richard Ashcroft – Keys to the World (2006) purchase this album Maybe I wasn’t listening to The Verve hard enough, but after “Bittersweet Symphony” came, went, and wound its way…
Jeff Giles
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Duncan Sheik – White Limousine (2006) purchase this album You know, from “Barely Breathing” on down, I’ve never understood what people hear in Duncan Sheik’s music. It’s pleasant enough, in…
Jeff Giles
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[Jefito’s Note: He doesn’t write them anymore, but truth be known, it was my good friend Benja who inspired the Idiot’s Guide series, via his impassioned, messy, and always entertaining…
John C. Hughes
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Oh, Corey Hart. You’re trying so hard to say something meaningful and deep here, but we’ll be damned if we know what you’re on about. Is it about James Dean,…
Jeff Giles
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Another Friday, another visit to that bustling metropolis we like to call Bootleg City — and this week, as promised, here’s eighteen tracks of live Hüsker Dü. Supernova, recorded on…
Jeff Giles
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Another Friday, another visit to that bustling metropolis we like to call Bootleg City — and this week, as promised, here’s eighteen tracks of live HÁ¼sker DÁ¼. Supernova, recorded on…
Jeff Giles
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REO Speedwagon – The Earth, A Small Man, His Dog and A Chicken (1990) purchase this album Aside from a brief period in fifth grade — during which I was…
Jeff Giles
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Some of you have waxed rhapsodic here about Michael Nesmith’s solo output; I haven’t listened to any of his other albums, but his latest, Rays, is available on iTunes as…
Jeff Giles
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Morningwood – Morningwood (2006)purchase this album Morning wood — the kind that ZZ Top sang about — is good. Morningwood, the band? Not so much. First, I’ll say something nice…
Jeff Giles
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Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins – Rabbit Fur Coat (2006) purchase this album I have only a passing familiarity with Rilo Kiley and I’ve never seen The Wizard, so,…
Jeff Giles
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[Jefito’s Note: Right around the end of 2005, I got an e-mail from reader Elaine, who volunteered to guest-blog a Thomas Dolby Guide. My initial reaction was probably similar to…
John C. Hughes
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The year: 1989. The artist: Liza with a “z”. The idea: Bring Liza back into the present out of the standards ghetto she’d been reduced to by teaming her with…
Jeff Giles
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You guys, Willie Wisely has a new record coming out on Not Lame very soon. They’re giving away a whole bunch of cool swag to folks who pre-order. Click here…
Jeff Giles
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Today marks the four-year anniversary of one of the only intelligent decisions I’ve ever made, so in commemoration, here’s an unapologetically mush-filled collection of tunes that always make me think…
Jeff Giles
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Say hello to CAPTAIN VIDEO! Doesn’t he look brave? CAPTAIN VIDEO! will periodically drop by to act as our guide through the Music Videos of the 1980s. You may have…
Jeff Giles
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Today’s stop in Bootleg City takes us back to the Budokan of November 1979, and some cleanly recorded (albeit not revelatory, or even in some cases particularly wonderful) performances by…
John C. Hughes
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Taking a break from the New Wave casualties of the ’80s (and there are more to come), let’s get something truly decent and sadly Lost in the “Ëœ80s”¦former Undertones lead…
Jeff Giles
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We Are Scientists – With Love and Squalor (2006)purchase this album Recipe for a Rockin’ Good Time Morning: 1 box donuts 2 cups coffee We Are Scientists’ With Love and…
Jeff Giles
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So. When last we left Billy Joel, he was riding high on the back-to-back, world-beating successes of The Stranger and 52nd Street. You’d think that would mellow a guy out…
John C. Hughes
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How could I have possibly missed this? Captain Video breaks down your favorite and not so favorite videos from the ’80s in hilarious detail.
John C. Hughes
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Okay, this one might sting a bit. The Steve Miller Band was riding high after the huge success of 1982’s “Abracadabra” LP and single — the single was just about…
Jeff Giles
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Sam Bisbee – Oxygen (2006)purchase this album Things seem to be heating up for Sam Bisbee, which is a good thing: Music this charmingly square doesn’t often bubble up from…
Jeff Giles
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I wasn’t going to do one of these “year in review” things — they’re a lot of work and nobody ever agrees with you anyway — but when I sat…
John C. Hughes
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Things weren’t really happening for Donna Summer in 1980. The Queen of Disco and the sound she and producer Giorgio Morodor ushered in had fallen out of favor, replaced by…
Jeff Giles
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Hey, hey, it’s Big Star Day here in Bootleg City! Presented for your downloading pleasure: What’s Goin’ Ahn, twenty-three tracks of demos, outtakes, and various other detritus left over from…
Jeff Giles
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Hey, any Buffalo Tom fans out there? I’ve never been the most passionate of fans — and my favorite BT album is Big Red Letter Day, which I imagine most…
Jeff Giles
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Anthony Hamilton – Ain’t Nobody Worryin’ (2005) purchase this album After a long string of nowhere deals and disappointments, Anthony Hamilton has been on a hot streak lately — starting…