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Deep Cuts: 1987
In story time we’re at 20 years after 20 years after Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. 1987 was a remarkably good year for music, a kind of intersection for the new and old guards. Sixties stalwarts Neil Young, Robbie Robertson, and George Harrison all released meaningful work, and seventies holdovers Peter Gabriel, Bryan…
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John Anderson, Old City Music Fest St. Augustine, Florida, 11/10
East Coast Why It Matters concert photographer-in-chief Robbo files this report:
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If Somebody Loves You and Leaves You for Dead (or, Happy Birthday Wimbot)
Three years ago on a night pretty much like every other, I thrashed around in my bed, unable to sleep. My breaths came quickly, my heart beating too fast. A combination of circumstances and compulsions chattered away inside my insomnia-addled head.
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From the Stacks: The Scramblers – Cycle Psychos
I don’t really know much about The Scramblers, but Cycle Psychos fit this week’s motorcycle theme so I pulled it out of my stacks.
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Deep Cuts: Motorcycle Songs
The motorcycle has been the perfect rock and roll accessory since Elvis dressed up in Brando gear. We had the Mod scooter era, the Easy Rider wave, and the hair metal Harley revival in the eighties. So it’s no surprise that there have been some great (and not so great) motorcycle songs over the years.…
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Rock Briscoe: The Final Episode!
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151. To Some Other Garden of Sweet Delight
My new bike wasn’t sexy: no extended fork, teardrop tank or ape hangers. It wasn’t a cafe racer that left me lying on the tank like I was humping it, nor was it an English motorcycle with style to burn. My new bike was an extremely practical Japanese ride with a highway-sized gas tank and…
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From the Stacks: Pamela Jean – A New Star in the Western Sky
Few things make me sadder than an autographed album discarded at a yard sale or charity shop. I imagine the moment that the ambitious artist proudly whipped out his or her Sharpie, forcing the too-polite-to-say-no recipients to hide their overwhelming senses of dread. Of course, immediately the whole thing becomes all about me. How many…
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GMP Open Slots / Call for Contributions, Week of 11/11/13
I took a little bump up the editor ladder at Good Men Project, which is good in that it broadens the net that I can cast for articles/essays/stories. Additionally, I have a couple of section editor slots, so if you’re interested in learning the nuts and bolts of online publishing this is a great opportunity…
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April’s Picks: November 2013
What’s this? A new feature on Why It Matters? Let’s hope so. April Moseley is a long time reader who approached me with the anti-“Deep Cuts”–a playlist of new music that you should be listening to. Here’s how she describes herself: I am a child of the late ’70s and ’80s. I cut my musical teeth…
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