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Music

Radiohead at the Grammys

February 7, 2009

For those of you who otherwise would not tune into the Grammys tomorrow night, and I suspect and I hope that that includes pretty much everybody, maybe this will change your mind.  Radiohead, whose album In Rainbows and single House of Cards are nominated, will be performing.  Rumor also has it that they may be [...]

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Chinese Democracy by Guns ‘n f&%$n Roses!

November 27, 2008

I have been skeptical for the years about the release of Chinese Democracy, the highly anticipated new Guns n’ Roses album. As I went to my local Best Buy store, I still had a level of skepticism walking in the door. When I saw that the CD was actually there and on sale I was [...]

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Chinese Democracy Online!

October 22, 2008

The long-awaited and oft-rumored, fourteen-years-in-the-making Guns N’ Roses album Chinese Democracy is finally heading to stores this November, and today saw the release of the first single, “Chinese Democracy.”  You can here it on the radio, or click here to stream it now.  I personally don’t think this is the best track from the album, [...]

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Beck in NYC

October 16, 2008

I was lucky enough to see Beck in NYC last week, thus completing this years musical trifecta: nine inch nails, radiohead, and beck all within a short period of time. The venue for the concert was an old fancy church in manhattan. What can i say? Beck was good, but not great. i think he [...]

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My Bloody Valentine Live in Santa Monica

October 2, 2008

There have been a few concert going events in my life that I value above almost anything else in my life. Sonic Youth at the Wiltern, the Who at Irvine Meadows shortly after the death of John Entwistle, Arcade Fire at the Greek, and now My Bloody Valentine at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.
For those [...]

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Here Come the Warm Jets

August 24, 2008

A few months ago, I posted a topic on the Faraway forum trying to get Faraway members to list their favorite albums. Not many responded, and I think I know why. Musical taste is always changing and evolving. An album that you hold in high regard currently might make you sick a few weeks down [...]

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Radiohead Live!

August 15, 2008

I just had the pleasure of seeing two dynamic veteran bands in the span of a week. Nine Inch Nails tore it up with an amazing show in Connecticut last week, and Radiohead was just phenomenal in an open air venue in Massachusetts on Wednesday. Both bands are now making good use of really elaborate [...]

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