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Monthly Archives: October 2007
A podcast to podcast: Coverville
(“podcast” is a noun and a verb now, right?) Although everybody else seems to know about it, I’ve just discovered a great podcast called Coverville. Hosted by Brian Ibbott, Coverville is your place on the internet for smart and interesting theme shows featuring covers of your favorite artists by your favorite artists. I just listened [...]
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Farewell, Porter
R.I.P. Porter Wagoner. It’s a lesson too late for the learnin’ Made of sand, made of sand In the wink of an eye my soul is turnin’ In your hand, in your hand Are you going away with no word of farewell Will there be not a trace left behind I could’ve loved you better, [...]
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Morrissey at Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak, MI, October 19, 2007
(credit) I was about 20-25 feet away from him when I got caught in his eyes. The group of fans around me–fidgeting and shouldering for position in the hopes of making advances toward the front–were also caught for a brief moment when Morrissey turned on his right heel in our direction. They were the bluest [...]
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Rock concerts from the future – today!
Of Montreal, Wilco, and other musical acts in Milwaukee (credit) As a six-year-old, picturing myself at a rock concert, I would have imagined a concert hall, with a heavy red curtain and a crystal chandelier. With my six-year-old musical horizons limited to classical works, Motown, and Josie and the Pussycats, the band I imagined would [...]
Dear Khaela, (A review of The Blow in Washington, DC, October 4, 2007)
Dear Khaela, I’ve never actually written a fan letter before, let alone a letter destined not for the artist but for the small yet ardent readership of a music blog. However, after flying from Detroit to Washington, DC, to see you, The Blow, play at the Black Cat on October 4, I felt that I [...]
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Iron and Wine-The Shepherd’s Dog
Iron and Wine-Carousel (from The Shepherd’s Dog) In the first ten seconds of the first track from The Shepherd’s Dog, you hear an up-tempo, far-off guitar and I can’t help but think of lyrics from my favorite Joni Mitchell song “All I want.” She sings, “Alive, alive, I wanna get up and jive. I wanna [...]
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Trick or Treat, Move Your Feet