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Monthly Archives: June 2008

The Large Hadron Collider of the Heart

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Shins – “Gone for Good” (from Chutes Too Narrow) As with all these sorts of things, I saw it coming, but it still came out of nowhere. It was like a basketball to the face; of course you see it coming, but you can’t move out of [...]
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Flying Burrito Bros. – “Older Guys”

This video is absolutely fantastic on so many levels. But first, before you click ‘Play,’ let me give you a preview of the awesomeness you’re about to experience: the 1970 incarnation of the Flying Burrito Brothers (consisting of three ex-Byrds, one future Eagle, and “Sneaky” Pete Kleinow on pedal steel) prancing around on a boat, [...]
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Rock City Festival 2008 – Saturday, Day 3

Mason Proper’s Jonathan Visger We’ve been bad bloggers this week. The Rock City Festival night about which we have just posted took place over seven days ago. It was awesome, an entire day of music beginning at 1:00pm at the Contemporary Arts Institute of Detroit (the now somewhat infamous CAID, as of late) and ending [...]
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Rock City Festival 2008 – Friday, Day 2

Pas/Cal So finally, nearly a week after the fact, we give you day 2 of Rock City Fest, as experienced by Whalebomb and myself. Here’s what happened: On Monday I saw Al Gore endorse Barack Obama at Joe Louis Arena. Pretty cool. Tuesday, I was lazy. Sorry. So this post was all ready to go [...]
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Rock City Fest, Days 2 and 3

…to come. Sorry folks, I write, download, upload, code and publish slowly. However, if you want to know what went down, check Webvomit and Five-Three Dialtone. I’ll be up in the next day or two. Today’s Dad’s day (gotta put in some time) and tomorrow I’m going to see Barack Obama at Joe Louis Arena, [...]
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Rock City Festival 2008 – Thursday, Night One

Javelins What a great night! The first eve of three eves of the Rock City Fest in Detroit City, and I, Scotter, and the Whalebomb, who joined me to cover Blowout, will be reporting on stuff that people report on when they go to a music fest. Whalebomb is getting married soon, so the Rock [...]
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The Post-Rockist’s Rock City 2008 Picks

From our infancy, The Post-Rockist has loved music festivals (see post numero uno) and the Rock City Festival in Detroit, June 12-14, shall also be loved by us, particularly in proportion to the amount with which it rocks (or pops, or sizzles, or jives). If you’re from Detroit, you already know the information that follows–you [...]
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