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Archive for December, 2008

Off to India

Posted in Myusings, tagged on December 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Folks, Heading out to India today until well after the new year. I don’t expect to post during that time, but you never know. Have a wonderful New Year’s Eve celebration, in the meantime. May it be filled with love, booze and lots of great myusic! Jon

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My Year in Music

Posted in Album Review, Show Review, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on December 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I didn’t hear every album this year. That’s a 30-year streak I have intact. Same for seeing every concert, even the ones in my town/city/region. It’s a shame. There were so many albums and shows that I missed. Good ones, even. For instance, I’ve still never heard Deerhunter. I also didn’t see the Fleet Foxes [...]

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Blitzen Trapper – Furr

Posted in Album Review, tagged , , , , , on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m rarely short on opinions. Those who know me well know that I usually form my opinions with speed, if not haste. That’s why it was all the more alarming for me that I took me nearly a week to piece together my feelings on Blitzen Trapper’s newest album, [...]

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Bruce Springsteen – “The Wrestler”

Posted in Song Review, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on December 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Disclaimer: I love Bruce Springsteen. His songs and albums have determined several paths in my life. Therefore, if you are looking for objective criticism of his work, this may not be the place. So, it’s a crappy weather night and I’m spending the night at home, watching the Knicks suck and nursing the beginnings of [...]

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My Free Bird Tradition

Posted in Myusings, tagged , , , , , , , , , on December 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I have a tradition dating back to when I was 13 and I got my first real stereo after my bar mitzvah. When I got that stereo, I also bought my first CDs. Among them were Jimmy Buffet’s boxed set, the Allman Brothers’ Decade of Hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s (pronounced ‘lĕh-’nérd ‘skin-’nérd) and their live masterpiece, [...]

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Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes

Posted in Album Review, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on December 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »

If I want to oversimplify this band, I can tell you that they sound like Jim James singing The Shins. But then I’d have to start throwing in references to Crosby, Stills and Nash, the Band and maybe the Decemberists. It kind of falls apart, you know? The truth of the matter, is that it [...]

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Marnie Stern – This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That

Posted in Album Review, tagged , , , , , on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Where do you start with this album? I guess you have to start with the title. I don’t know why, but I really like it. It just makes me smile and I kind want to get people on video trying to say it over and over as fast as they can. Don’t you? So ok, [...]

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Neil Young – Sugar Mountain – Live At Canterbury House 1968

Posted in Album Review, tagged , , , on December 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »

It’s hard to give an opinion on this album, because there are two ways to look at it. As an historical document, this collection is precious. A nervous, youthful Young relates the tales of the drugs and diners brought his career to life. He even discusses the tuning of his guitar, calling his demodal tuning [...]

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