and make it a good one
Julu 31 Molly Malone's (Covington) Most of Freedy Johnston's songs are populated with characters that either seem blithely unaware of their terminal shortcomings or are keenly aware of them and lack the conviction or strength to do anything about them. His patently brilliant new album, 'Rain on the City,' offers up plenty of twangy Americana/Folk that shimmers with Power Pop melodicism.
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Freedy Johnston
I've always enjoyed casual conversation and rarely been averse to chewing on a nice hunk of fat. But the expression "chew the fat" never resonated with me, until some muchileros showed me the phrase's literal meaning.
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Chewing the Fat
Sometimes fundraisers, as well-intentioned as they are, tend to get lost in the shuffle.
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By way of historical context, Laurie Andersons last studio album, Life on a String, was released a month before 9/11, largely written and recorded in the earliest months of Bush Lites fi
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Laurie Anderson, Marah, Paul Thorn, Robert Randolph, Wovenhand and Stars
Paul McCartney July 10, 2010@AT&T Park Better than: Any live performance of Beatles songs by anyone alive. In between "woooos," "yeeee-hawws," "yay-yeahs," other assorted exclamatory...
The who, what, where, when, and why of Formula One racing
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Austin at Very High Speed
Jeopardys Alex Trebek greets Millner. PHOTO BY JEOPARDY The Chalottesville-area girl who went to California to participate in Kids Week on Americas longest-running game show came back with $15,000 as well as a family vacation to an exotic locale. Eleven-year old Joli Millner, daughter of local guitar wizard Jamal Millner , won her night on the long-running game show Wednesday, July 7. NBC29 ...
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11-year-old local girl wins on Jeopardy
With their rudimentary synths, wiry guitar hooks, dazzling fashion and the insane barked vocals of Chica Sato and Hajime Tachibana, Plastics were Japan's quintessential late 1970s new-wave band, finding fans in contemporaries Devo and The B-52's. Their re-formation comes as neo wave and nu rave spill into the mainstream, throwing up such pop icons as Lady Gaga and a return from Devo. Though Sato ...
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PLASTICS: Rising Sun Rock Festival
Pavement Quasi June 25, 2010 @Greek Theatre, Berkeley Better than: Pavement's hometown show in Stockton the previous night. The night after its gushy homecoming in Stockton, reunited in...
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Friday Night: Pavement at the Greek Theatre, Berkeley
The most momentous comeback Friday at The Summit was by Jenny Mae, the barfly singer-songwriter whose life spun out of control after her critically acclaimed 1990s heyday. Close friend Bela Koe-Krompecher has assembled a powerful memoir of her rise, demise and recovery at his blog, belakoekrompecher.wordpress.com.
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