Real Low Vibe

So, 2007? Not my favorite year. Too many people lost, too much pointless violence and idiocy, too little love. But the one thing on which I can always depend, live music, came through yet again. In that spirit, I’m going to share my personal favorite live music experiences of 2007, in hopes that it will [...]

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Happy Christmas, everybody.

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An interview with Lucinda Mellor from the Independent last week: http://arts.independent.co.uk/music/features/article3229244.ece It’s nice to finally hear a more from her…it’s been too long, but then again, I appreciate how private she is, and cannot imagine how, once you’ve found your true other half, you could get by day-to-day without him. ***** Joe Strummer was the [...]

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Never a serious moment, nor a dull one, either. Always sharp.

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Forty years ago today, the plane carrying Otis Redding and some of his band members crashed into Lake Monona on the way to their show in Madison, Wisconsin, not far from where I grew up. After far too long a silence, the city had a fitting celebration of the man and his music last week, [...]

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“I’m going to be a 90 year old guru. Phil, I’m going to write your history, so be careful.” –John Lennon, speaking to Phil Spector in the studio (thanks to SF for reminding me of this earlier today)

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