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Drive-By Truckers in Charleston: Let There Be Rock

Posted in Billboard, Music, Reviews, mp3, tagged , , , , , on May 19, 2008 | No Comments »

Billboard.com — A lot of ground is covered at Drive-By Truckers shows these days. In addition to the band’s typically roaring takes on lives, politics, the broken social contract, Southern and Northern identity, violence both domestic and in foreign sands, whiskey-fueled sadness and fast-fading hope, they’ve now expanded to take on soldiers returned from overseas, [...]

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In defense of “Born in the U.S.A.”

Posted in Music, mp3, tagged , on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »

So this week I happened across This Guy - and this happens from time to time - who has a problem with “Born in the U.S.A.,” and when this happens it’s usually for differing reasons, except there is, of course, no good reason to not like Bruce Springsteen or the aggressively misunderstood “Born in the [...]

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High School Reunion: I’m, er, extremely busy that day, whenever it is

Posted in Columns, GateHouse, tagged , , , , , , on March 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »

GateHouse - This past week I received an invitation to my 15th high school reunion, which was good, since it had been about nine minutes since someone reminded me that I was getting extremely old.
OK, yes, I’m speaking hyperbolically here, because I know that unless you are a gibbon monkey, 28 is not very [...]

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Typeface choice unearths a font of knowledge

Posted in Columns, Island Packet/McClatchy-Tribune, tagged , , , , on February 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Island Packet - Most people do not care about fonts, which is mind-boggling to me. It’s like learning that most people don’t like Pop-Tarts, or Bruce Springsteen or, say, shoes.
Fonts are immensely important; they connote things that can’t be verbalized, they offer subtle and sometimes subliminal insights into the folks employing them and they can [...]

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Springsteen concert review: Magic in the night

Posted in Music, PopMatters, Reviews, Springsteen, tagged , , on November 30, 2007 | No Comments »

 

PopMatters - Bruce Springsteen is 58 years old right now, the first of many reasons that the Magic tour shouldn’t be anywhere near as vibrant and relevant as it is. Other obstacles include, but are not limited to, perceptions that: he’s overly preachy and political, his band is too old (Clarence is 65!), and he’s [...]

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Springsteen / Arcade Fire MP3s

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on October 17, 2007 | No Comments »

The kids, they love the Bruce! From Oct. 14 in Ottawa, Springsteen brings up Win Butler and Regine Chassagne from Arcade Fire for two tracks, including the E Street semi-rarity “State Trooper” and AF’s might-as-well-be-a-tribute-to-Bruce-anyway “Keep The Car Running.” (Moody BW videos here).
• State Trooper (with Arcade Fire) - Bruce Springsteen.mp3
• Keep The Car Running [...]

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Welcome to Hell, Hannah Montana people

Posted in Columns, GateHouse, Music, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »

GateHouse - As a longtime music guy and someone who has sacrificed precious hours and blood pressure devoted to trying to land concert tickets - be it on the phone, in person or on the Interwebs — it is with great understanding and empathy that I say: Welcome to Hell, Hannah Montana People.
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Obamalicious!

Posted in Columns, GateHouse, tagged , , , , , , , on June 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »

GateHouse - As a part-time political aficionado but a full-time music fan, there are few things more entertaining to me than the often chaotic intersection of campaign season and the music world, and by “entertaining” I mean “capable of producing the sort of hideous terror you generally only feel after you [...]

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Springsteen’s’ "Devils And Dust" Concert Review: Dream baby dream

Posted in Florida Times-Union, Music, Reviews, Springsteen, mp3, tagged , , on November 12, 2005 | No Comments »

• Bruce Springsteen - Reason To Believe (7.31.05 Columbus, Ohio).mp3
• Bruce Springsteen - Dream Baby Dream (7.31.05 Columbus, Ohio).mp3
Like the saying goes, you don’t have to be a Bruce Springsteen fanatic to appreciate his current tour — but it helps.
Springsteen’s current solo Devils and Dust trek is designed as a sprawling, contemplative look at [...]

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