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brendanhalpin

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Member Since

about 3 years ago

Total Posts

78

Total Comments

347

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      My First Album Was

      Albums That Made Me the Man I Am Today

      • Prince--Dirty Mind
      • Billy Bragg--Workers Playtime
      • The Clash--The Clash
      • Ramones--Too Tough To Die
      • Prince--Sign O The Times
      • Minutemen--Double Nickels on the Dime
      • The Clash--London Calling
      • X--Under the Big Black Sun
      • Ramones--Road To Ruin

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        Vital Signs

        • Mogger Since

          January 08, 2007

        • Age

          40

        • Occupation

          Writer

        • Spouse

          One

        • Children

          Three

        • website

          www.brendanhalpin.com

        • myspace

          www.myspace.com/brendanhalpin

        • Fabulous Pop Culture Blog

          brendanhalpin.typepad.com

        • Memoirs

          It Takes a Worried Man, Losing My Faculties

        • Novels

          Donorboy, Long Way Back, Dear Catastrophe Waitress

        • YA Novel

          How Ya Like Me Now

        • Favorite Simpsons Episode

          22 Short Films About Springfield

        Posts

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        I'm Kind of Disappointed In Stay Positive
        over 1 year ago

        So I recently downloaded the Hold Steady's latest album Stay Positive. And, while there are several songs I like a lot, I found the whole thing a bit disappointing.But I realized I'm being a bit unfair. I mean, it's a pretty good album, and "Slapped Actress" is about as good a song as you're likely to hear all year. The only problem, really, is that The Hold Steady set the bar too high with Boys

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        To The 60's, With Love
        over 1 year ago

        Back in the pre-internet era, I used to ride my pet dinosaur to a job at a high school where I was the youngest person on the staff by a good ten years.One of the older staff members revealed one day, somewhat sheepishly, that he'd been a member of a one-hit psychedelic band back in the 60's. Needless to say, i thought this was unspeakably cool. I looked at the album cover in the store trying ...

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        The Older I Get, The More I Like The Kinks.
        over 1 year ago

        I really have missed it here.So, after being a dick about Monterey Pop, I've decided to spend some time writing about the genius of the Kinks. Growing up, I knew the Kinks mostly as the band of "Lola," "You Really Got Me" and "Destroyer." (They were also the concert I was attending when a colossal biker evicted me from a bathroom stall mid-urination, thus engendering a case of publc bathroom stag

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