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The Future of the Black Keys: two musicians, five questions, one concerned fan
Are the Black Keys selling out? This question has been stuck in my head since it was announced that their March tour date in Philly was at the big joint- the Wachovia Center. Why couldn’t they play the Tower Theater… Read More ›
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Loyalty Preserved: a review of The Roots’ undun
There are some albums out there that take a little while to get into. The Roots’ new album undun is one such album. The first time I listened to it I almost didn’t make it the whole way through and… Read More ›
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Constants in Consistency: My Relationship with Rustic Overtones.
My right foot is numb. I just spent a half hour watching clips of Rustic Overtones on YouTube. I should have picked a better way to sit before I started watching a couple of old Bill Withers’ clips before seeing… Read More ›
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Thunderclaps of the Truth: a review of My Morning Jacket at the Mann Center in Philadelphia (8/23/11)
Jim James rocks a duster! There is a gorilla on drums! After last night’s show at the Mann Center in Philadelphia, I’m sold- My Morning Jacket are the truth. They are the next great American rock band. For a hot… Read More ›
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Where was I when the quake hit? I was here.
Where was I when the great mid-Atlantic earthquake of 2011 hit? Well sir, I was sitting at my desk, like I had been for the majority of this previously uneventful Tuesday when it felt like a rather portly person was… Read More ›
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The Wire Project: rewatching the greatest TV show of all time. Again.
After about five months, Future Wife & I finished our Wire Project- taking the Wire, the incredibly great HBO series, on from start to finish. It was Kim’s first time through and what I think was my fifth. The Wire… Read More ›
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San Diego Sunshine.
Sometimes you have a morning where coffee won’t cut it, where morning radio is boring, where the clouds are rolling in, followed by rain and wind, afternoon thunderstorms and you’re hours away from kicking back and getting a lit bit… Read More ›
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It’s Not About Now, it’s About What’s Next: a brief retrospective of my work history.
I am a man who has had quite a few jobs. My first job was delivering newspapers on Sunday morning. After that, I worked briefly at a bagel place. Then I bagged groceries at a grocery store, but that job… Read More ›
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The Final Word on Chicken & Waffles: a quick weekend in Louisiana.
As for the exploratory committee on the mythical meal of Chicken & Waffles I had heard about countless times, results came up negative. It’s not so much that it sounded good, as that it sounded interesting and potentially good. I… Read More ›
Giddy Up America 