I have four musical wishes for 2008.1) Radiohead plays Philly at a reasonable venue (and there are presale tix). 2) I finally see the Roots (I've been slacking, yes I know). 3) The Postal Service releases another album (and plays Philly).4) Led Zeppelin plays Philly.Yeah, there is a theme here.
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My four musical wishes for 2008
Two for Sunday
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Two developments I'm oh so excited about... 1)I am liking the new Radiohead, and whiners about the bitrate be damned...yes, it was a marketing stunt to get people (1.3 million on the first day...) excited. Yes, we get it.The release itself is still very good, ok? I'm loving the percussion for some reason. Very upbeat. 2)They Might Be Giants in Philly Saturday, November 24th....wooo hooo! The alt
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Mid 30s Upwardly Mobile Music
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Have you ever listened to some music and felt like "Man, am I ever getting old."Recently someone shared with me some Yo La Tengo, which is a husband / wife / drummer group from Hoboken, NJ. A true hipster band which formed in the mid 80's way before there were hipsters. Growing up in Jersey, I knew about them peripherally, but hadn't really paid any attention to them until hearing "I Feel Like ...
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Jet and the Virgins
Saw Jet with the Virgins opening. It was a concert decision based primarily on the fact that a)I was going to be in Atlantic City and b) Taking Back Sunday was sold out.First off, the concert was not sold out, and not only because it was the night before Easter. Also, Diana Ross was playing at the other theatre in the Borgata, but I highly doubt there was any crossover. :-P Anyway, the Virgins ope
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catchy and upbeat
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I think that the new Peter Bjorn + John song "Young Folks" is quite the catchy and upbeat tune. I'm going to go try and whistle now.
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A true confession
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This is so going to age me, but I still listen to the Singles soundtrack at least once a month straight through.
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Where am I?
Blogging (about some other stuff) and posting occassional indie music and Philly area concert reviews at cleverhack.com.
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mathgeeks defense forces
An ad hoc sort of band, mathgeeks is a provider of the thinking man's (and woman's) lyrics and tunes. Perhaps.The OFFICIAL Mathgeeks Web site and of course their unfortunately trendy My Space page.This their unofficial, unauthorized MOG capsule review.
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