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Single Artist
1/23/2005
Undoubtedly one of the most underrated bands of the 60's & 70's, Spirit's original incarnation ('67-'70) holds up surprisingly well alongside other San Francisco mainstays of the age. Their early album …
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1/17/2005
Just your basic, bare-bones chronological anthology here. While I like 'em fine as a background music kinda band, I've never enjoyed G500 as much as Dean Wareham's later (and more successful) band Luna …
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Single Artist
1/1/2005
I'd originally planned a more wide-ranging mix, with some early demos and live tracks, maybe some solo stuff... but last year's reissues of the two original albums (plus the amazing Live At The Old Wal …
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Pop
1/1/2005
Yep, it's boring as all get-out. Just something tossed together in about 15 minutes to bring to a friend's New Year's Eve party. As said "party" (using the term loosely) amounted to a bunch of 40-ish c …
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1/1/2005
A healthy dose of short, sweet punches from a criminally overlooked power pop outfit. Their '98 debut, Life On Planet Earsnot, was the best approximation of pre-Rubber Soul Beatles ever produced by an …
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Theme - Cover Songs
12/16/2004
Ah, the obligatory Stones covers mix. Less thrilled with this than some of my prior tributes (Big Star, Neil Young, Velvet Underground), but it worked out fairly well. As the Stones have less cred than …
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Pop
11/21/2004
Attended a 40th Birthday party for an old friend . Anyway, the …
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Single Artist
11/15/2004
The obligatory posthumous mix for one of the great voices of our era. Oddly, I was far more shaken up by his death than other recent losses (such as Joe Strummer and Joey Ramone), even though the Clash …
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11/12/2004
One of the better (if less well-remembered) bands of the mid-'80's college radio heydays, the Ryders were alt.country long before Uncle Tupelo entered the picture, combining 60's-styled garage band lic …
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