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Music Monday: The Motorcycle Industry – Electric Education

Listened to this record a number of times over the past week. Plus, I like the blue jacket in this picture. Free download of Electric Education via TheMotorcycleIndustry.com. Enjoy.

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Explosions in the Sky and a gentleman traveler.

…and with that, it appears I will be in Nashville, TN for the next few days pending any unforeseen setbacks. But as is custom with any travel I take, Explosions in the Sky will be the music of choice flying … Continue reading

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Yes, this is how it is supposed to sound. Beatles Mono recordings haunt the office.

Well who would have thunk we’d see a rebirth of Beatlemania, huh? I mean, I was jealous of my folks and what it must have been like to be a youngun when they first exploded onto the scene…Can you imagine? … Continue reading

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Mr. Morrison's Wild Ride.

I never believed it when someone said they didn’t like The Doors. Even Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs in Almost Famous. Even then, I was all, “Psh. Whatever. The Doors rule. It’s cliche to say you don’t like them.” … Continue reading

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Sunday night is usually family night. Momentum of Failure sees the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Last night, the folks and I packed up the coolers with good cheeses and crackers and trekked over to Hudson Gardens to see the likes of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band captivate a suburban audience of aging fans. We found … Continue reading

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Summer, Man. Music Festivals. Monolith. Red Rocks. You Going?

Quandary, man. What would you do? I’m gonna need some advice here. See, the thing is Blink 182 is coming through this Summer w/ Weezer and Taking Back Sunday. Green Day is also playing, but it’s at the Pepsi Center … Continue reading

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Mashup and Mixup and Getup and Getdown with The Soundmen: Grizzly Bear / Lil Wanye VeckaFlyest Remix

My friend, Amy, sent me a link the other day for some tunes. She insisted I download what the URL linked me too, assuring me I would dig the jams. Well, I did, and I did. The Soundmen mashing Lil … Continue reading

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Spinal Tap: Back From the Dead

It seems that I will have to wait even longer for the Jack the Ripper musical the members of Spinal Tap talked about composing post-Tap. I should have thrown the notion of that coming out away when the group hit … Continue reading

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What We're Listening to Today: Taking Back Sunday "New Again"

I just got Taking Back Sunday’s newest offering “New Again” ($10). I got into this band when I was recruited to rehearse to play guitar on the My Chemical Romance tour. I never heard back. But that didn’t sour my … Continue reading

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Travis Barker x DJ AM : Fix Your Face Vol. 2 Coachella

I went to Coachella a few years back (the one w/ The Cure / Radiohead / The Pixies / etc.). Man, it was sweltering. Indio, CA can get hot. Who knew? Even at night, it seemed there was no relief … Continue reading

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Mitchel Musso Self-titled Debut Album

I admit, unashamed, that one of my favorite Tweeters is Miley Cyrus. Yeah, I do RT’s for her quite frequently. What? Can’t a man enjoy an episode or two of Hannah Montana and bask in the feverish hype of the … Continue reading

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Exsonvaldes: Near the Edge of Something Beautiful

I spent the afternoon going through the 160gig giant I call my iPod and doing a little Spring Cleaning. There’s gotta be 145gigs of crap on there I haven’t listened to once. As I was deleting some Swedish pop band, … Continue reading

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Kate Perry for H&M

I regularly take trips to NYC/CHI for the sole purpose of going to H&M…Of course the company I go to visit, too, is always a welcome addition to the journey. I realized that i can no go to LA for … Continue reading

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Oh No Ono – Eggs

Drugs are bad you should not do drugs. Okay, PSA, out of the way. When I was listening to Oh No Ono’s Eggs last night, I felt like Jim Morrison raindancing on stage. Trippy, man. My tight leather pants open … Continue reading

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Party Tunes – The Stylists

What’s the old addage? “Get on the floor and let’s dance some more…” Something like that? It’s from like every Kid and Play movie. Oh wait, that’s from Clueless. After the Bosstones play and Christian is on the dance floor … Continue reading

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