I recently saw Fountains of Wayne for the second and last time. The first time was at a Penn's Landing (Philly) extravaganza a couple of years ago. They were fully electrified, but the music was nearly incomprehensible and much too loud. I knew what they were playing, as I own all of their releases and love this band. My poor wife was not so lucky and was not impressed. The only time I really e...
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In honor of your tales of the King of Prussia Mall Santa, this one from the Fountains of Wayne!
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Fountains of Wayne again, wishing for the unattainable (unless you are a newbie Mogger with no picture for an avatar)
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For those looking for employment there is always a bright future in sales :-)
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My boy has pneumonia, just diagnosed on Wednesday evening, so I'm home.He has had a persistent cough, heck, we both have. His just seemed to change Tuesday night. I got him in for a check and we were promptly sent to the hospital for chest x-rays, blood tests for mono, and a skin test for TB...It seems that when the fever spikes in children, at night, it is a warning sign for TB. And since I...
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The $8 an hour shuttle driver behind a Nobel PrizeAren't you momentarily stunned when your cab driver or your shuttle driver at Hertz or your local car dealership says something that really makes you think? Don't you wonder how someone so smart ended up driving you around?Please, therefore, consider what it must be like to be Douglas Prasherhttp://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10069835-71.html?tag...
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When the first Fountains Of Wayne album came out in 96 I loved it! It was a nice digression from most of the dark, heavy music I mostly listened to around that time. The follow up 'Utopia Parkway' was pretty good too, no as good as the debut, but good. So i remember buying 'Welcome Interstate Managers' the day it came out and listening to it...and the second 'Stacys Mom' came on I knew it was o...
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One of my favorite tracks from one of my favorite albums - talking about the frequently meaningless world of work. If you don't know Fountains Of Wayne, this is a good introduction:And for those who are already fans, or prefer videos, here's a video of them performing the song LIVE on TV:Enjoy! And Happy Freakin' Monday!
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The longest day of the year. Summertime is my favorite. Endless days, warm nights losing their identities after a while, one lazy one right after another after another. Festivals and vacations. Swimming and sunning, the afternoon sun hanging in the air motionless forever. Good times, peoples, good times.
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Fountains Of Wayne have revealed a few details about their new album.Bassist Adam Schlesinger recently told Billboard that the band hoped to release the new album sometime in 2009.“We still have a ways to go, but we have eight songs that are relatively close to complete now. We’re looking to regroup after the New Year and do the second batch,” Schlesinger told Billboard.“I think we’re tr
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Last Sunday, my trusty side-kick "Jaye-bird":http://mog.com/jaye visited "Neumos":http://neumos.com/ for one of our favorite local artists, Sean Nelson of Harvey Danger infamy.Now, Sean was the opening act. And he was terrific, as we expected. The headlining band, however, was Fountains of Wayne. I didn't know who they were, so a month or so ago, I asked one of our MOGGERs if he had any FOW....
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While I'm rarely in favor of a band using lyrics to try to trick you in to believing that they live in a different universe where emotions are more powerful and love is deeper and there are no brands names or proper nouns, I'm even less in favor of a band using lyrics to remind me that they live in the same time and civilization as I do by name dropping pop culture references and winking asides...
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Progressive Pop Pundits spin their wheels or, _Welcome Interstate Managers_ the outtakesIf you lived in North Jersey in the late 90's and liked new rock, you probably liked Fountains of Wayne. Alot. They were like your own low fi personal possesion, passed around between you and your friends like a secret that made you blush and smile when you heard it.. You drove into the city for shows, kn...
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.I've been figuring the "Strike" would go through the day today, Friday the 23rd, but have seen some comments suggesting others are thinking it's over as of today. .I don't know what the original intent was but; HEY, LET'S CALL IT OVER! Even if it's 24 hours early. The message has been sent, probably too late to effect the new deeper MOG version 2.75 (or was it 3.75?) the Mogfather has hin...
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Fountains Of Wayne are one of those bands that it's damn near impossible to hate. They make catchy, accessible pop tunes that feature clever lyrics (Adam Schlesinger wrote songs for Stephen Colbert of God's sake). It's a winning combination.No Better Place- Live In Chicago is the band's first live DVD (out March 3rd). Recorded at a 2005 show in the Windy City, the DVD is pretty much a strai
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