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Disease of the 2000’s – “Blogger Crossover”
I wanted to touch on something that I am sure is discussed many times in the new era of Blogging. The unfortunate, or not so unfortunate flare up of “Blogger Crossover”. What I mean is when you see the same artist, song or whatever blogged by a million bloggers at the same time. For us…
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Can’t Resist John Darnielle and I find Peter Hughes Very Convincing
Live Mountain Goats. That’s all. Tallahassee from the Bottom of the Hill on May 26th, 2004 Have to Explode from the Republic on November 3rd, 2008 Blueberry Frost from the Old American Can Factory on July 2nd, 2005 I absolutely think the “Tallahassee” is the underdog of The Mountain Goats discography so I included two…
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New on the ‘Nets this Week
So glad it is the weekend this time. Long week (in my mind at least) and I just want to relax, maybe listen to some music, surf the net and possibly (re: most likely) enjoy a couple of pints of Canadian lager. Just sounds like a great weekend to me. Let’s see what went on…
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What I Should Be Doing on a Friday Night…Listening to More Will Johnson
My previous post on Will Johnson brought back the whole Dual Hawks release from last year and the fact that I really like Will’s work with South San Gabriel. I liked the South San Gabriel disc better than the Centro-Matic disc from Dual Hawks – but one might assume this for the down tempo folk…
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The 44th President Emerges…and it is Will Johnson
Update to the post below and the Songs for Presidents and the “Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 U.S. Presidencies” project. NPR debuted the 44th track, that isn’t included on the original 3 disc set as it was released prior to the US Presidential election last November. Well here it is –…
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Calling Every Concert Goer!! The Presidents Need You!
So have nothing to do this Saturday? Live at least close to Eastern Seaboard of the United States? Well I have an event for you! Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a fan of Christian Kiefer and thanks to the internet, we ended up being friends. Well we have never met, but our…
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If you haven’t heard – Magnolia Summer
Hey, if you haven’t heard….”Magnolia Summer”! Welcome again kiddies to another installment of “If You Haven’t Heard” and the band in question – Magnolia Summer. This St. Louis based “rock” band (as they describe themselves) is a bit of a collection of friends that have been interchanged over the past few years under the moniker…
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An Absolutely Kosher Playlist
Well I have done this before and I am sure I will do it again. Let’s see what a pretty damn good label has for us today – a little bit of a sampler of another provider of music…if you will. While I don’t pretend to know all the artists on the AKR label (and…
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Essentials Sneak Peak – J. Tillman
Just received my DVD of “Isle Land”, the 4 track DVD EP from J. Tillman. Dark, acoustic and perfect. So then, I just had to put a sneak peak on the Essentials Series next “victim”. J. Tillman is most likely my “favourite” artist. This is what I may say if found strapped to a chair,…
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New on the ‘Nets This Week
toothpastefordinner.com What is new on the Interwebs this week or so,? Well, let’s find out what took place over the at the HQ and what we have noticed around the web in the last bit, shall we? New Blogrollers hit Slowcoustic in the form of “Cable & Tweed” which is the graphic novel version of…
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Black Cab Sessions – Revisited
We all know that I love (and I mean love, honour and respect till death we do part) the Black Cab Sessions. It always brings a smile to my face and a great tune to my ears. They get some serious talent, do great recordings and you get a glimpse of some the artists in…
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Friday Quickies – Jive White Boy’s “Knives That Stab Your Face”
Other than the title of this post sounding wrong or completely wrong and even possibly disturbingly wrong – here we are with a quick Friday post with that great title! I have to apologize to the JWB himself that this is not a full treatment of Slowcoustic love, but I will make it up and…