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Throw Beck Thursday: Stop Exercising and Start Exercising
Enough already with the gym you never visit. Go take a walk. Americans don’t get enough exercise because Americans insist on “exercising,” according to a recent finding that I just made up. Bear with me for a couple of sentences and I think I’ll be able to make some sense, and then I’m going to…
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Ray LaMontagne, Davis California, 10/12/2014
Great show, and a true Why It Matters style write up over on Diffuser.FM. It has everything: batshit craziness, record stores, deep cuts, and even a concert review. That’s worth your intergooglewebtubes dollar, isn’t it? Go check it out!
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April’s Picks: October 2014
One of these days I’m going to be too damned tired, bored, busy, or infirm to continue Why It Matters. I’m going to run out of gas, hit the bricks, go out for milk and never come back. Or maybe I’ll just go batshit crazy and roam around the house in my nightshirt, accusing door…
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On Diffuser.FM: Does the Hall of Fame Need Two Stings?
I love the Police. They are one of the very few bands on my “never made a bad album” list. Not even my beloved Bowie, Beatles, or Zappa can make that claim.
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192. No Talk and Then All Action
Pat stood at the Ticketmaster terminal, clattering the keys and watching the upcoming shows scroll past on the black and green screen. “No way,” he said.
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From The Stacks: Richard Hayman-Genuine Electric Latin Love Machine
I’m not sure whether this album is brilliant or horrible, nor am I certain whether its cover is Bad Album Cover Hall of Fame worthy, robo-racist or genius. Check out the following cut, a pretty tasty bit of electronica for 1969: What makes the whole thing weirder is that Richard Hayman served for 30 years…
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This Week on Paste: So You Want To Be A Moonshiner
Home distilling is increasing in popularity. Makes sense, right? Home brewing is big, hipsters love artisinal anything, etc. Should you try your hand at a batch of Hawkeye and Trapper John gin? Read my write up on Paste and decide for yourself.
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From The Stacks: Johnny Guitar Watson — A Real Mother For Ya
Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson was one of the true masters of the funk. He had both the style and the chops. You may never have heard of him (but I hope that you have), but he was a favorite guitarist to everyone from Stevie Ray Vaughan to Frank Zappa; in fact, Watson played on several Zappa…
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Throw Beck Thursday: Farts Embarrass Me (and Other Non-Manly Confessions)
Not so horrible confessions about being a regular guy. —- I recently read a humorous (I think) piece about how much space men take up on the subway. The gist was that we sprawl like sleeping toddlers, our legs stretched and spread because we are the privileged elite and to hell with everybody else. Or…
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