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From The Stacks: Mannequin Men – Lose Your Illusion, Too
This is a pretty cool punk-type album from a Chicago area band. Mannequin Men’s 2009 Lose Your Illusion, Too is a tasty spin for your turntable, and check out that album cover. If this was a major label album, we’d have a new entry for the Controversial Album Cover gallery. I might put it over there, anyway.…
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April’s Picks: July 2014
The great April is back from her monthly global hunt for the finest, vine-ripened music she can find. This month found her kidnapped by a group of keytar-obsessed Pygmies, and as a guest at Dick Cheney’s Montana ranch, where he showed off his collection of percussion instruments made from the bones of his enemies. So…
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181. It Doesn’t Matter To Me, Chasing the Clouds Away
When the truck rolled up on shipment days I was always sure to help Dennis, Music Plus’s assistant manager, hump the heavy cases of records from the parking lot to the stockroom. The other guys thought I was an idiot, but I knew something they didn’t: The best way to score good promos was to…
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Paul Stanley’s ‘Face The Music’ A Must Read Memoir
I did a nice little write up of Paul Stanley’s new memoir for The Good Men Project. Give it a shot, and while you’re at it here’s a little background music for your reading pleasure.
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From The Stacks: Bobby Bland–Ain’t Nothing You Can Do
First things first: Let’s all just take a moment and bask in the awesomeness of that album cover. I have no idea who Rene is, but he or she nailed it. This is what visiting your local record store is all about: Walking in with nothing in particular in mind and finding a clean copy…
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This Week on Paste: Foghat Cellars (and a Chat With Drummer Roger Earl)
When I was a kid my sister’s boyfriend used to keep me out of their business by bringing over a case of 8-tracks. They’d wrestle around on the couch while I stared at the family stereo, headphones blaring. One of my favorites was Foghat Live, so when the opportunity came up to interview Foghat drummer…
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Deep Cuts: Longshot Songs For Broke Players
If we’re lucky, we all go through some rough times when we first get out on our own. Wait, lucky? What the hell does he mean “lucky,” and why is he speaking in the third person? Listen: When your belly rumbles, you can’t afford to turn the gas on, and rent comes down to the…
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180. Everyone’s Creeping Up to the Money God
I know romanticizing poverty is kind of a hip literary thing to do, even after eight years in the White House, but being poor sucks. I didn’t feel romantic at all. Mostly I just felt sorry for myself. The thing about living on beans and ramen noodles is that all forbidden fruits look delicious. Los…
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From The Stacks: Jimi Hendrix – Experience
Oh, how I do love my bootlegs and my Jimi. Bootlegged Jimi? Yes, please.
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Deep Cuts: Making Movies
I now had three movie credits, even if I wasn’t credited in two of them: 1969, where I offered Robert Downey, Jr.’s character LSD; The Judas Project, which filmed while I was in Savannah but still hadn’t been released, where I was just another extra; and now Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders, where I’d…
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