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Single Artist
3/24/2007
I can't claim to be much of a Joe Jackson fan, and this is hardly an example of a well-balanced set. That said, his first album -- 1979's Look Sharp -- still holds up today as one of the great examples …
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Theme - Narrative
3/20/2007
Here, at last... my rock & roll confession. The songs and artists that shaped my musical life. Warts and all. Anyone else have the guts to share their audiobiographies? KEY: 1) I'm always jealous of pe …
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Pop
3/8/2007
And now, the exciting sequel to The Joy Of Segues... I guess this is what Rob Conroy might call a "for the hell of it mix" -- no theme, no planning, just a lot of stuff I happened to have lying around …
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3/3/2007
I recently learned that a good friend is very ill. We've known each other since high school, going back some 25 years. We're in different cities now -- she's up in Portland, I'm down in San Francisco - …
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Theme - Cover Songs
2/27/2007
Girls covering boys. Far from an original idea -- the estimable Ion Moe did it far better way back when (and where have you been lately, Mr. Moe? Please don't leave us behind...). But I've been listeni …
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2/5/2007
Every fan of AOTM surely needs a copy of The Rock Snob's Dictionary (by David Kamp & Steven Daly), an essential compendium of key artists, genres, and terminology routinely invoked by all of us true ro …
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Single Artist
2/3/2007
A long overdue tribute to one of my favorite singer-songwriters. Sad to say, I totally overlooked her the first time around, but finally got around to picking up her outstanding 1996 debut Diary Of A M …
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Pop
2/2/2007
This represents, of course, everything that didn't make it onto Pop Kulcher's Best Of 2006. As as compilation of runner-ups, it's, not surprisingly, somewhat uneven and just a bit off-kilter. Not alway …
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Theme
1/27/2007
Ah, the dreaded mental illness mix. Watched last year's Daniel Johnston documentary a couple weeks back -- great, if disturbing, movie. Raises some interesting questions. How closely is mental health t …
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