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Kill Your Music Collection – The Reformation of A Music Pirate.
Posted in: MusicIf you follow the music industry/world at all, you may have heard about the NPR/David Lowery back and forth, if not, here’s a quick lowdown. An NPR DJ, Emily White posted a blog entry about her large – and relatively unpaid for – music library which sparked a lot of discussion. Dave Lowery (someone I have…
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Henry Rollins in Fredericton
Posted in: NarrativeWhen I lived in metropolis of Washington DC in my younger days, I passed on lots of shows and events for all kinds of reasons. Perhaps I was too cool – highly doubtful. Maybe I had better things to do. Also highly doubtful. Lack of funds? Safer bet. Be that as it may, one person…
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The Travel Playlist
Posted in: MusicI recently took a family vacation to California and in addition to packing and making sure everyone’s assorted stuffed animals were in tow, I did the most important thing; stock the iPod with music. This will be boring to some (most?) but to music geeks like me it’s a big deal, especially when you consider…
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Ring ring.
Posted in: Lost & FoundThe ringing. It’s always there, the ringing. Drown out the ringing. Ignore the ringing. Mute the ringing. I can hear the ringing around the corners. Under the cracks, the ringing. I can see it in the dark. Droning. Drowning. Ringing. Sometimes it’s way down the hallway. Distant. Tiny. Somedays it rattles the teeth in my…
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I just saw Led Zeppelin.
Posted in: MusicWell, the next best thing actually. Kiers Marketing where I work sponsored the Classic Albums Live show at The Fredericton Playhouse tonight so I got to go for free. For the uninitiated, this is a group of guys who travel around performing classic rock records in their entirety, note for note. Tonight’s platter du jour…