BOOK REVIEW: The Beatles

The actual cover of my well-worn copy of this classic bookYou're probably asking yourself "another Beatles biography?" as you start reading this post. You'd be entirely justified in wondering just how many biographies on the band are really necessary. Indeed, while there have...

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Concert Memories: Gorillaz at Agganis Arena, Boston, MA October 6, 2010

Before the show...***Please note that all photos on this post were taken by me and I'd appreciate it if you didn't use them without my permission. Thanks! *** As I mentioned in the first post of this series, one of the reasons I started writing about the numerous concerts I've...

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ALBUM REVIEW: Screaming Eagles: Stand Up and Be Counted

Screaming EaglesThe latest independent band I'd like to present to you is Screaming Eagles, a hard rock band from Northern Ireland. I first became aware of them a couple of months ago and was really struck by their no-frills, straight ahead driving hard rock sound. It's very...

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Far East, Man

I've traveled quite a lot in my life, both for business and for pleasure. Growing up and into my early 20s, I'd gone on several vacations with my parents and siblings to several places here within the US as well as numerous trips to Canada, England, Germany, and Greece. Since that time, I've mainly traveled within the country, mostly to California...

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BOOK REVIEW: Getcha Rocks Off

And now for something completely different...instead of a memoir by an established, well-regarded musician, a memoir by an established, well-regarded music WRITER. Mick Wall is a renowned music writer who has, over the years, written for magazines from Sounds and Kerrang! to...

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Quintessential Songs: Reducing a Band's Essence to Just One Song (PART 2)

Welcome to Part 2 of this little series of posts where I try to choose the one, and only one, song that encapsulates all there is about some of my favorite bands. I won't belabor the point by rehashing the "rules" for this little thought exercise...if you want to refresh your memory, you can read them at the beginning of Part 1. With that out of the...

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BOOK REVIEW: Mick Jagger

As one of the most famous frontmen in this history of music, Mick Jagger has been the face (lips?) and voice of the most popular and longest-lived rock and roll band in the world. His voice, his stage presence, his dance moves and mannerisms in concert, and his raucous and raunchy...

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