The O’Jays – The Essential O’Jays (2008) purchase this album (Amazon) What, you thought you already bought The Essential O’Jays back in 2005, when Sony released another compilation called The…
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Astrograss – Let Me Stay Up All Night (2008) purchase this album (Amazon) For years — in fact, until fairly recently — children’s music was where songwriting talent went to…
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Val Emmich – Little Daggers (2008) purchase this album (Amazon) I wasn’t expecting much from this album, to put it mildly. Fashionably grungy album artwork depicting a baby-faced serial killer…
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Rachael Sage – Chandelier (2008) purchase this album (BUYSWAG) Think you can’t make a successful run at an independent career in music unless your name is Ani DiFranco? Think again…
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Much has been made in recent years of the abrupt decline of our friendly neighborhood record stores — the mom-and-pop shops (and, in the case of the dearly departed Tower…
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Glen Phillips – Secrets of the New Explorers (2008) purchase this album (CD Baby) A concept album about space travel? From former Toad the Wet Sprocket member Glen Phillips? Quelle…
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Billy Preston – The Octopus from The Most Exciting Organ Ever (1965) The Dirty Dozen Brass Band – What a Friend We Have in Jesus from Funeral for a Friend…
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Hey everybody, remember back in March when Jeff and I made a guest appearance over at Dave Lifton’s rockin’ Wings For Wheels? And remember how you listened and thought, “these…
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Greetings, Videots! Time gets a little funny out here in the 1980th Dimension, but it feels like it’s been awhile since we turned on the projector and marveled at what…
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A selection of “Findings” from the back page of Harper’s Magazine, June 2008. Scottish scientists found that women are instinctively attracted to the faces of men who want long-term relationships,…
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Happy Monday, folks! What says “starting off the work week” like counting down the Top 10 of Billboard’s Hot 100? Nothing, that’s what, so let’s get to counting! [kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/wxjsUxDp_z8″…
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Marshall Crenshaw – Wild Abandon from Mary Jean and 9 Others (1987) Mike & the Mechanics – Someone Always Hates Someone from Beggar on a Beach of Gold (1995) Nas…
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And so, like Boyz II Men, we have reached the end of the Cutouts Gone Wild! road. This series started out innocently, with a few ridiculous paragraphs about St. Paul’s…
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Bruce Springsteen – “Tunnel of Love” Jon: I recognize that this is a minority opinion, considering the iconic stature of so much of Bruce Springsteen’s work, but “Tunnel…
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Jimmy Harnen – Can’t Fight the Midnight (1989) purchase this album (Amazon) That’s right, cutout lovers! It’s Jimmy Harnen! Why do you all have that look on your faces? What,…
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Welcome back to the Great Gross-Off! Those of you who weren’t loyal Jefitoblog readers may not remember this series — Lord knows I’ve let it lie dormant long enough —…
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Howdy, pardners! It’s been a couple of weeks since we moseyed down Billboard way, so what do you say we hop along down to the Hot Country Top 10 and…
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Rick Astley – Hold Me in Your Arms (1988) purchase this album (Amazon) Well, do you remember Rick Astley? He had a big, fat hit — it was ghastly He…
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The Waterboys – World Party from Fisherman’s Blues (1988) Ivan Neville – Ghetto Street from Saturday Morning Music (2002) Ray LaMontagne – Country Girl from Rarities (year) Splitsville – Your…
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The Grays – Ro Sham Bo (1994) purchase this album (Amazon) You’ve known this was coming since last week, when I promised an album from the great lost power-pop group…
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Two weeks ago in this spot, we took a look at the top 10 of Billboard’s Hot 100. How about we all mosey on over to the Modern Rock chart…
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Stephen Bishop – Rebecca’s Theme from Blue Guitars (1994) W.G. “Snuffy” Walden – Angela Smiled from Music By … (2000) Glen Hansard & MarkÁƒ©ta IrglovÁƒ¡ – Falling Slowly (live) from…
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Nu Shooz – Told U So (1988) purchase this album (Amazon) Yes, yes, I know. Some of you were hoping for Boy Meets Girl — but as far as I…
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Happy Monday, faithful readers! Are you ready for a new series? We hope so, because we’ve got one for you. Welcome to the inaugural edition of Lists You Didn’t Ask…
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Nick Lowe – The Rose Of England from The Rose of England (1985) King Curtis – Firefly from Night Train (1995) David Byrne – Dirty Old Town (MapeyÁƒ©) from Rei…
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Ladies and gentlemen, meet Robbie Nevil’s undescended testicle. Never heard of Judson Spence? Congratulations — you’ve been spared (until now) the horror of listening to the album I’m convinced was…
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… In which we take a twice-monthly look at the top ten of one of Billboard magazine’s many singles charts. This week: the Hot 100! [kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/m_csWGrebQs” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent”…
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Lupe Fiasco – The Coolest from The Cool (2007) Patty Griffin – People Get Ready from Love from My Lips (live bootleg) (2005) Lee Williams and the Cymbals – I…
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A selection of “Findings” from the back page of Harper’s Magazine, May 2008. Biologists found that those English soccer teams with red uniforms tend to win more often and score…