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6/15/2009
Sorry to be so long gone. But I've learned that transcribing the songs harshes my mixtape buzz. No notes! Just plug away! Don't pause and risk losing the spark. You know how it is; you go, "What a grea …
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9/1/2008
It had been decades since I'd heard music from the movie, "Liquid Sky", when a fri3nd gave me the record. At the time, it seemed unfathomably futuristic, but now it's quaint, much like the version of t …
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6/25/2008
I guess "Earmancy" was an effort by me to sound all pagan, and whatnot... maybe I should have given it more thought. I'm pretty high on the songs, though. I had fun going back after it was done for a f …
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4/23/2008
Since I usually don't write down my mixes as I create them, I wind up doing detective work tracking down songs I can't recognize. It helps explain why I make only two entries or so per year. Anyway, it …
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9/23/2007
Hi, folks: Sorry for the long layoff. Around the time of my last entry, AOTM switched to new software my old browser wouldn't support. Long story short-- new computer, new e-mail address. Drop me a lin …
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Mixed Genre
3/24/2004
I'm a mischievious little bastard, and I like nothing better than to make my music-snob friends reach for their genitals, by playing a song that falls short of their approval -- especially if I can wed …
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3/24/2004
I don't know about the rest of you indie purists, but I still listen to a lot of classic rock. What galls me about geezer rock isn't the artists, it's the narrow, provincial playlists of their radio st …
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Mixed Genre
3/15/2004
A rockin' little number that I retaped, saving only 6 songs. I tried to be clever, I don't like "obvious". But, it shocked me how much "Skylines" starts out like "Imagine".
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Single Artist
3/7/2004
A thankless task it was, being the beta male of the Smashing Pumpkins. But James Iha deserves his due. I don't know much about the breakup of Zwan, but it could have had something to do with James' abs …
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