A new house and a new office means I’ve finally got my tape deck wired into my sound card again — which means The Cassingle Vault will be making its…
Jeff Giles
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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…
Jeff Giles
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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…
John C. Hughes
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A quickie today: The Go-Betweens were one of those college-rock-y bands you used to see here and there on MTV’s “120 Minutes” ten minutes before 2 a.m. The Australian band…
Jeff Giles
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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,…
Jeff Giles
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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…
John C. Hughes
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It was tough growing up in the late 70s/early 80s as an ABBA fan in America. Y’see, while the Swede popsters were next to the Beatles and Elvis in pop…
Jeff Giles
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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…
Jeff Giles
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Tom Petty – Highway Companion (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) The waiting is the hardest part. Tom Petty knows it — he said so in 1981 — and his fans know…
John C. Hughes
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NOTE: Well, where the hell have I been? Check out my other blog later this week for details if you care, but hey, I’m back. Sorta. Fresh, new posts this…
Jeff Giles
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The Rising (2005-08-07)Further On (Up The Road) (2005-08-03)IntroJesus Was An Only Son (2005-11-17)IntroLeah (2005-05-15)IntroThe Hitter (2005-08-03)IntroMatamoros Banks (2005-11-08)Open All Night (2005-08-07)Thundercrack (2005-11-13)IntroBorn To Run (2005-11-17)Thanks (2005-11-22)The Promised Land (2005-06-20)Dream, Baby,…
Jeff Giles
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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…
Jeff Giles
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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…
Jeff Giles
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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…
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…
Jeff Giles
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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….
Jeff Giles
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If it’s Thursday, it must be Montana! We’ve actually been here in Big Sky Country since yesterday — we headed east from Spokane, through Coeur d’Alene (which is gorgeous, by…
Jeff Giles
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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…
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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Okay, folks, this is it — 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….
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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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…