Was throwing out a bunch of old CDs. For the most part, I've dumped the WAV files into a hard drive (like a good little 21st century audiophile).Found a record I hadn't even thought of in years: The intelligentsia are all familiar with the word "Wilco"... if not as a band then at least as an ersatz for all that is refined, misunderstood, or martyred in our beautiful universe. Yea, we know of th
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I spend a lot of time these days observing my listening habits. And for the most part, I'm realizing that as much as I like to think of myself as a purist, I'm also being swept along with the current of on-demand-on-the-go listening.I can't remember the last time I heard of anyone I know listening to music as a primary activity (and not as a soundtrack to some other activity). And when they l...
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I saw Pearl Jam at Soldier Field in 1995... their Vitalogy tour. I mention that second detail mostly because at the time, they were approximately the biggest band in the world. U2 had dropped a turd-bomb with 'Pop', Radiohead hadn't yet released 'Ok Computer' (and were therefore still a darling of the indie-rockers).Throughout Chicago, local 'hot-alternative' radio station Q101 had wallpapered t
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I ran into the Strokes sometime in 2000. My band opened up for them when they came thru L.A. at the Troubadour. "Last Nite" was about 6 weeks away from hitting radio, and they were a band of young kids who were being touted as the next great thing.To their credit, they wore the badge with a surprising air of disinterest. They seemed to know exactly how good or bad they were. We weren't that...
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An interesting thing occurred to me today. Have found myself somehow 'taken away' from the thing which nourished for so long... music. In a world of constant accessibility and portability, somehow I've lost the space in my life where music, creating, and listening once resided.We're so convinced anymore that having things at your fingertips makes them closer to you. Easy to forget how specia...
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It's been way too long since I wrote anything... which has been hell on everyone I know. Ok, i keed, i keed. But in anycase things are shaping up for a triumphant return.Hope to see other moggers around more!
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So lately I find myself defending none other than Mariah Carey. It’s a bit presumptuous … I mean really, who the hell am I? And since when did Mariah need my help? But anyway, about a month ago Mariah released a single. And from what I can tell, it sounds like a good Mariah Carey single: You know… she does that ultra-high singing thing at some point, and the rest of the time she over-si
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So I’d been looking for a new record to check-out over the past few weeks. Anyway, after reading the generally glowing reviews in Filter, CME, and Q Magazine, I grabbed myself a copy of the new Peter, Bjorn and John record⎯ Writer’s Block. For those of you who don’t know the band or their work, they’re veterans at this point. The strangest thing for me about the recent ascendancy of i
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