Pedro the Lion – Achilles Heel

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Music Reviews – "Luke Brindley" and "Brindley Brothers"

Luke Brindley – Luke Brindley (Released January 2007)Luke Brindley is a busy man. In addition to being a touring and recording artist with a new album release, Brindley owns Jammin’ Java, a 200-seat club with his brother Daniel, with whom he also performs as “Brindley Brothers”. And the brothers just released an album last year.
This [...]

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Bob Dylan sounds like: "A cat in heat… on speed!"

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“A cat in heat… on speed!”

Those words, the words of my blessed wife, describe what she hears when we listen to Bob Dylan. Today it was when she heard “Honey, Just [...]

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Counting Crows – A History of Emotion – Part 5

A History of Emotion: Personal reflections on the words and music of Counting Crows
PART 5 – Memories Are Films About Ghosts
One For The Desert
“This Desert Life” (1999) is the artistic low point for me. It comes off as unfocused and the product of some disinterest on the band’s part (and maybe a lot of weed?). [...]

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Counting Crows – A History of Emotion – Part 4

A History of Emotion: Personal reflections on the words and music of Counting Crows
PART 4 – A Long October Through February
Satellites and Live On A Wire
“Recovering the Satellites” is another gem, equal in emotional impact but showing a band that can rock as well as quietly emote. I don’t think I know another album that [...]

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"Peace, Love, Empathy, Kurt Cobain."

It was just a stupid Sum 41 song on the raio – and not even the whole thing – but it reminded me of a few years back when I was working in the studio with young punk bands. Good, fun stuff.
My sense of fun is pretty congested these days. Everything has to [...]

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Counting Crows – A History of Emotion – Part 3

A History of Emotion: Personal reflections on the words and music of Counting Crows

Part 3: Capital “A” Confessions
It was fitting at the time of this writing that I was listening to “August…” on random and the album on that particular run through began with the song “Omaha” and the line “Start tearing the old man [...]

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Counting Crows – A History of Emotion – Part 2

A History of Emotion: Personal reflections on the words and music of Counting Crows
Part 2: Mr. Jones and Me
It’s been over a decade* now that I have been a fan of the Crows. “Mr. Jones” was their breakthrough single in 1994 and I did like it then but there were other bands making similar roots [...]

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Counting Crows – A History of Emotion – Part 1

A History of Emotion: Personal reflections on the words and music of Counting Crows

Background and Disclaimer
This is not a background check, a blow-by-blow report of the Crows history, or a biography of Adam Duritz. This is an account of how the words and music of the Counting Crows has affected me. [...]

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Falling in love again

I told Anne Marie this weekend that I think I’m falling in love with music again. With eyebrows raised she said “What’s that going to look like?”
I’m not sure.
This is mostly because of the guys at Paste. I’m a subsciber to the magazine but ironically its not the magazine that is [...]

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