Tag: music journalism
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Oh Say, Can’t We Hear
The Worst National Anthem’s Performed This year’s Home Run Derby at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas for the 2024 All-Star festivities was a most memorable one. Not because Los Angeles Dodger underdog Teoscar Hernandez won in dramatic fashion, edging out one of the favorites KC’s Bobby Witt Jr, but because of what we witnessed…
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Put Some Respect On… The B-52’s
I am not entirely sure why I gravitated toward this particular video. Maybe it was the glittery suits and beaded miniskirts, the commanding fits and spurts of happiness from the singer, or that boat of a Chrysler on that Atlanta highway, but I was hooked. My 10-year-old self had no idea what “Tin Roof Rustin”…
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BEAR SOUNDS
A rundown of the Music that Drives The Bear This piece is about the television show “The Bear” on Hulu, but right up front I want to say there are no spoiler alerts in here. I am only going to explore the musical score of this brilliant series without giving away any pivotal moments within…
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MTV is Back! Sort of
A look into what happened to the MTV archives online A few weeks ago, MTV was nearly wiped out online. The good stuff anyway. Journalists who spent decades writing about all thing’s music were shocked when they found out, in late June, that years of research and historical documentation was just gone. The short of…
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Package Pt.2 Delivers
A review of the new record from Gustaf I’m so glad that a friend at a little watering hole and pizza joint in Seattle, called Big Mario’s, once uttered the question, “Have you heard of Gustaf? I think you’d like them”. I believe I responded with, “I don’t listen to a lot of Russian bands,…
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Five Fantastically Fake Formations
“Fake Bands” from Film and TV Listen, making a list is hard. I even have a tough time putting together an itemized gathering of grocery needs, let alone ranking bands, songs, venues, movies or the like. So, this is going to be challenging because I am keeping it to five and I refuse to put…
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The DOJ vs. The Ticketmonster
I’ve officially hit my “Old Man Phase”, as I find myself muttering “I remember when…” a lot more than I used to. I’ll be turning fifty in less than two months and a few things have changed about my concert going experiences. For instance, I like sitting down more than a mosh pit. That’s not…
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Friendship Commanders with The Jesus Lizard
At The Blue Room It’s Thursday and another school night for this dude, but the music calls me out into the darkness once again. It sounds a lot like a vampire novel is about to be penned here. It some sense my life sometimes feels like that. It’s like my day job is just me…
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