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Deep Cuts: The Best of Non-Jane’s Addiction
Jane’s Addiction is like your slutty girlfriend who no matter how much she fools around she’s just too great to cut loose. The band is coming up on 30 years together in various incarnations (they swap bass players like Spinal Tap swaps drummers), and during that time the members have enjoyed numerous solo and side…
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171. She Was Holding It Back It Hurts So Bad
Jody left to visit a childhood friend in Los Angeles. I worked, went to class, and kicked around our too-expensive apartment. I missed her, and I didn’t like being alone. No, I hated it. I was terrified by it, like I was all those years ago when I turned around and I found my daddy…
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From the Stacks: Mark-Almond–Rising
Let’s get this out of the way: This has nothing to do with Marc “Tainted Love” Almond from Soft Cell. Mark-Almond was a kind of mellow jazz band that was most prolific in the early seventies. Their sound was a bit like the theme to a couple falling in love on The Love Boat’s Lido…
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Acme California Pale Ale Review on Paste
The beer reviews continue this week with North Coast Brewing’s Acme California Pale Ale. Did I like it? Love it? Want to marry it and have little Acme babies? If you read my review will I stop asking you rhetorical questions?
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From the Stacks: Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14
If you find yourself wondering what the hell I’m doing with a Berlioz album, then you really haven’t been paying attention: I love batshit crazy album covers.
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Your Kid is Not My Safety Problem
This is a fun one. I wrote a glib little piece about teaching kids personal responsibility, and viewers of The Good Men Project’s Facebook page are ripping me a new one. Was I off the mark? You be the judge: http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/kid-safety-problem-js/
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Deep Cuts: Truth Songs
I wish I could say that I immediately internalized the lesson laid down for me by the two Charlies—my landlord and the mighty Bukowski—but I didn’t. Writing honestly is a simple enough idea to grasp but a tough one to implement. It means not only being willing to write about the time you pissed your…
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170. Here’s To Every Time That You Rocked the Boat
My new Starship Records salary meant that I grossed my monthly rent in a single week. Jody and I had money in our pockets for the first time, a little breathing room. But if there’s on immutable law of finance it’s this: money abhors a vacuum.
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From The Stacks: The Tarney/Spencer Band – Run For Your Life
This is a fun one to collect. Trevor Spencer and Alan Tarney were a couple of Aussies most notable for backing up Cliff Richard. They released three albums of their own, of which Run For Your Life was the last.
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My Big Irish Adventure: The Big Finale
Should you visit Ireland next St. Paddy’s Day? If my big Irish adventure is any indication, yes. Here’s my last piece on my Ireland trip, courtesy of The Good Men Project and Jameson Whiskey. Enjoy. —photo Maggie Chestney St. Patrick’s Day in Dublin? Plan On It St. Patrick’s Day in Dublin? Plan On It St.…
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