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Category Archives: Music
The Trouble with Rock Album “Growers”
You will probably hate this, but Patrick Wensink swears it’s a Grower. So read it. And maybe skip the Nick Cave, this time around. Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Seeds, Growers, Lincoln, Nick Cave, Push the Sky Away, Spielberg
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Dear Future Child
In which Chantal Claret asks the age-old question: to be a mom, or not to be a mom? Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Music
Tagged babies, Chantal Claret, little boys and girls, motherhood, rock mommies, rock n roll
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Delmark Records 1965
Bob Devine delivers a taste of the mid-sixties Chicago blues scene, from epic nights at Theresa’s to packing records in a basement with some of the greatest blues musicians who ever lived. Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Music
Tagged Blues, Bob Koester, Buddy Guy, Chess records, Chester Burnett, Chicago, Delmark Records, Donald Byrd, Florence's, Howlin Wolf, Junior Wells, Little Walter, Magic Sam, Theresa Needam, Walter Horton
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Gonzo Tubthumping, Getting Knocked Down And Getting Up Again
Danbert Nobacon on Chumbawamba and “Tubthumper,” war and peace, the axis of dissent, and how we can’t control responses to our art. Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Cox, Ben Affleck, Bruce Willis, Chumbawamba, Colin Powell, Frank Zappa, George W. Bush, James Hansen, John Lennon, Lenny Bruce, Mel Gibson, President Nixon, President Obama, tubthumping
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Valentine’s Eve, Punk Romanticism, Regina and Me
Wherein Danbert Nobacon and Regina Spektor demonstrate in a jail cell that love is older than religion. Continue reading
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Tagged Begin to Hope, Chumbawamba, coupons, cranial nerve zero, evolution, Green Day, Jeanette Winterson, Love, Regina Spektor, Saint Valentine, The Beatles, Valentine's Day
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The Enemy of Mediocrity is Hilarity
Sometimes satire is the greatest homage as Amanda Nazario discovers listening to My Dick, which takes her from Ween to Billy Joel. And, back. Continue reading
A Second-Hand Indignation
Amanda Nazario wonders what love’s got to do with it – and how to judge Ike Turner and his work. Can you like his music? If so what does it mean? Continue reading
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Tagged Axl Rose, Bing Crosby, Ike Turner, Jackson Browne, spousal abuse, Tina Turner
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Positive Sweat, The Origins of Darwinpunk and The Mystery Motel
Danbert Nobacon turns fifty-one today, but still manages to prove, both scientifically and empirically, that he remains as Punk as F**K. Continue reading
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Tagged chumbawumba, Danbert Nobacon, happy birthday, Iggy pop, Igward Pop, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Johnny Guitar, Johnny Woebegone, PJ Harvey, Punk as F**K, the stooges
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The Time We Recorded “Game of Pricks”
James Greer played bass — somehow — on the classic track from the Guided By Voices album “Alien Lanes.” Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Music
Tagged Alien Lanes, beer, Game of Pricks, garage bands, Guided By Voices, James Greer, Ohio, Robert Pollard, Tobin Sprout
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The Time I (Almost) Defined a Generation
In which James Greer, then a music writer at SPIN, moves in mysterious ways. Continue reading
Posted in Music, Popular Culture
Tagged Bob Gucchione Jr., Generation X, Jane's Addiction, Lollapalooza, Nevermind, Nirvana, Perry Ferrell, Slacker, spin, u2
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Taylor Swift and Guys Writing About Music: We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
Is Taylor Swift being taken too seriously, or are certain music writers just sexist? James Greer investigates. Continue reading
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Tagged Jessica SImpson, Justin Bieber, Lizzy Goodman, Mark Guarino, Mumford And Sons, Salon, sexism, Taylor Swift
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