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The Raw Intensity of Sonic Youth Live
2008-03-16 07:01:21
I thought it was about time to revisit a band that continues to worm it’s way back into my mind every few months from first really becoming part of my collection not that long ago. Sonic Youth may not be a band for everyone with their complex, screeching noise rock fueled compositions. [...] ...
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James Taylor: One Man Band
2008-03-13 07:01:15
A few nights ago I was watching PBS again (no surprise by now I expect) and I caught another interesting concert event: James Taylor: One Man Band. The show was songs taken from the CD/DVD set of the same name that was released just last year. Now, I’m not a huge James [...] ...
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Interest in Music as Medicine
2008-03-11 07:01:08
I think that any music enthusiast would agree that there are definite therapeutic to listening to a favorite song, album or band. I know I would say that and would probably take it one step further and state that music is beyond just therapeutic ,but can be a tremendous force during out lives [...] ...
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Thoughts on the New Album from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
2008-03-09 07:01:30
New albums don’t always register on my musical radar. I think it’s heavily dependent on what I’m listening to at the time it’s released. I mean, if I’m listening to a band right around the time their new music comes out, then I’m all into it immediately, but that rarely seems to [...] ...
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How Unethical is the RIAA?
2008-03-05 07:01:57
There are more nasty rumors floating around about the RIAA claiming that their greed goes far deeper than just suing the elderly, twelve year olds and the general music loving community. I know that before catching a a story on another site, I thought that the RIAA had pretty much bottomed out in [...] ...
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Rock & Roll Feature: Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac Plays the Blues
2008-03-02 07:01:28
This is the sixteenth in a series of Rock & Roll features I’m writing for this site. I’m a rock and roller, so this column is a way for me to feature a different album that I like, from different genres every month.
It seems a little strange that in the 21st century many of [...] ...
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Carnival of Rock and Roll March 1st 2008
2008-03-01 07:01:58
Time for another Carnival of Rock ‘n’ Roll. There were more contributions this month than ever before, something I’m taking as a sign that the carnival is reaching more and more people every month. Unfortunately not everything was accepted this time, but the posts that were are still as interesting as ever.
Michael [...] ...
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Controlled Chaos: The Experimentalism of the Mars Volta
2008-02-18 07:01:26
I’m continually intrigued by how my musical tastes shift as I get older. There was a time when I wasn’t into Led Zeppelin. There was a time when I wasn’t into the White Stripes… the Smashing Pumpkins… the Velvet Underground… Sonic Youth… . That trend continues with another adventurous band: the [...] ...
Mars
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In the Wake of Another School Shooting
2008-02-16 07:01:55
After the Virginia Tech tragedy, I felt inspired to take a moment to explore the possibilities of artistic outlets saving lives. You can read that article here if you missed it before as I think it might be equally applicable to the recent Nothern Illinois University shootings: Reflecting on a Tragedy: Can Artistic [...] ...
School
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Happy Valentines Day from the Soul of Rock and Roll
2008-02-14 07:01:41
There are plenty of songs dedicated to love and significant others out there, so you shouldn’t have any problem fining the perfect soundtrack form this Valentine’s Day. Personally I like “Maybe I”m Amazed” by Paul McCartney as one of my favorite romantic rock and roll songs, but there are thousands more.
Whether you have [...] ...
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UK to Ban Illegal Music Downloaders from the Internet?
2008-02-13 07:01:11
Apparently the UK has come up with a way to prevent all the illegal downloading that’s going on… cut the downloaders off from the Internet. That’s right, in case you missed this bit of music industry news, a new Green Paper from the UK government is “supposedly” in the works that says ISP’s [...] ...
Internet
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Thoughts on the Relevance of the Grammy Awards to Modern Music
2008-02-11 07:01:03
Well yesterday another Grammy award show came and went. I didn’t even watch this year. Normally I watch just for the live performances, or at least the few that actually interest me… the awards themselves just don’t draw my attention. This year it seems more than a few artists who probably [...] ...
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Music
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John Fogerty Live on Soundstage
2008-02-08 07:01:05
Public television comes through again. Last night I caught John Fogerty on Soundstage… on PBS… promoting his latest album. Although it was slated to be two parts (and the songs he performed seemed to indicate otherwise), it was a great show that confirms for me, once again that John Fogerty is one [...] ...
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Thoughts on Tom Petty and the Super Bowl Half Time
2008-02-05 07:01:40
Well another Super Bowl has come and gone here in the United States. This year, (for a change maybe) the game was actually really exciting and there were even some decent commercials to keep everything engaged as well. The halftime show was Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and I thought they put [...] ...
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Rock & Roll Feature: Marc Bolan Is the Electric Warrior of T-Rex
2008-02-02 07:01:16
This is the fifteenth in a series of Rock & Roll features I’m writing for this site. I’m a rock and roller, so this column is a way for me to feature a different album that I like, from different genres every month.
When it comes to one hit wonders, sometimes that one hit really [...] ...
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Carnival of Rock and Roll February 1st 2008
2008-02-01 07:01:57
February is looking like a good month for the Carnival of Rock ‘n’ Roll as there were lots of interesting entries. It’s good to see a lot of other bloggers saying something about rock and roll or music and that the carnival is growing as the most it grows the more everyone who [...] ...
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ASHES dIVIDE: New Music from Billy Howerdel
2008-01-30 07:01:54
Where as some musicians are satisfied with their own bands, or projects, others feel the need to branch out into multiple projects, each with it’s own unique style and vibe. I can appreciate that… sometimes as an artist you are most creative when pursuing different ventures at different times. With bands it’s [...] ...
Divide
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Symphonic Shred: Unique Live Performance from Steve Vai
2008-01-27 07:01:37
As a guitarist, I may love blues and the more subtle (not that blues has to be subtle) part of the electric guitar, but I’m not going to lie to you and say that I don’t dig those insanely good shredding moments as well. And not all insanely fast guitar pickers are created [...] ...
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Do I Have to Get it to Like it: Thoughts on Progressive Rock
2008-01-25 07:01:05
Certain genres continue to be my favorites years after years, one of which is progressive rock. Sure, there are plenty of others too and my tastes are forever evolving, but for some reason I’m very drawn to progressive, experimental and more “adventurous” (a horrible term to use) forms of rock and roll… probably [...] ...
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Happy Martin Luther King Jr Day from the Soul of Rock and Roll
2008-01-21 07:01:21
I consider Martin Luther King Jr Day to be one of our most important holidays here in America. Racism is still a major cultural problem that needs to be addressed as much as possible to prevent prejudice and promote equality. Music can take a very active role in this (and actually has [...] ...
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B.B. King Plays the Blues for Memphis
2008-01-19 07:01:17
Today I got a moment or two to browse through the internet videos. I’ve been listening to a lot of progressive rock and thought I would check out a few videos from some of the bands in my play list as of recently. In one of those happy accidents though, I stumbled [...] ...
Blues
Memphis
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Welcome to Black Mountain: New and Unique Progressive Rock
2008-01-18 07:01:26
Unfortunately I haven’t been able to listen to a whole lot of new bands recently. I have lots in my queue all lined up including a couple that I think are really interesting that I just haven’t formalized exactly what I want to say about them yet (and for some it’s been months [...] ...
Mountain
Rock
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The Song Remains the Same Part 2: A DVD Set Review
2008-01-11 07:01:27
For the past few days I’ve had the pleasure of screening part two of the new The Song Remains the Same release. I was pretty excited about finally seeing the film to go with the soundtrack and the bonuses certainly sweeten the deal a little.
Originally, I had thought that the additional [...] ...
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The Song Remains the Same Part 1: An Album Review
2008-01-10 07:01:39
I don’t know about the rest of you, but for me, one of the most exciting album releases in 2007 was definitely the expanded version of Led Zeppelin’s The Song Remains the Same. This re-master and re-release was for both the original film on DVD and the soundtrack and was timed perfectly to coincide [...] ...
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