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From The Stacks: The Rolling Stones, Now!
By the time the Stones’ Steel Wheels rolled into town I was pretty much done with them. Honestly, in the Rolling Stones vs. the Beatles match up I always sided with the Fab Four anyway, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t like Keef and the boys.
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Throw Beck Thursday: Stepping Away From Tragedy
We’re all recovering from something, but that’s okay. Just keep stepping. —- Mine was the definition of a freak accident, the kind where a moment of playfulness takes an unexpected wrong turn and things change forever, or so it seems. It was the first at bat of the first inning of the first softball game…
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On Diffuser.FM: The Roots of Indie – REM’s ‘Murmur’
What’s more exciting than writing for the best indie music site on the intergooglewebtubes? Howzabout writing my own weekly column on the roots of indie music for said website? That’s Slathering-Bo-Derek-With-Cocoa-Butter-Circa-1980 exciting. What better way to kick off that series than with the most important indie album of the last 30 years? Give it a…
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Deep Cuts: Songs for Standing in Line
I never thought I’d feel nostalgic for lines, but there was something romantic about standing in line for tickets. Maybe it was the gathering of the tribe, all of those people drawn together for the same purpose. And unlike a DMV line or some such that purpose was so joyful. On the other hand, sleeping…
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This Week On Paste: The Best Damn Beer Road Trip Takes on the Blue Ridge Parkway
The Blue Ridge Parkway is home territory for me, at least childhood home. I miss places like Boone and Asheville, so the opportunity to write a little bit about them brought me a little joy. If the comments on this article are any indication, the residents of those towns aren’t as taken with me…
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On Diffuser.FM: Who Killed the Platinum Album?
The music industry’s 20 year doldrum hit a new low this year, sales landmark-wise, at least: Not one platinum album so far in 2014. So whose fault is that? Yours? Theirs? Ours? Read all about it.
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193. Jimmy Tickets
A new manager arrived at Music Plus. His name was Jeff, and his nose and cheeks were a road atlas of broken capillaries. Regardless of whether he was yelling, which he usually was, his face enjoyed a rosy glow.
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On Diffuser: My Interview With Mark Lanegan
If you’re down with what’s happening currently, you know Mark Lanegan. He’s the guy from The Gutter Twins and Isobel Campbell records.
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The Two Rules of Writing for Online Publications
You like to write. Perhaps you keep a journal where you write your thoughts down, take a stab at a poem now and then, or even tinker with a short story or a novel. When you’re done you stick the finished product in a drawer, or if you’re feeling really brave you show a friend.
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From The Stacks: Jane’s Addiction-A Cabinet of Curiosities
Oh, box sets, you’ll be the death of me.
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