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Bootleg Bonanza: Norah Jones - Maison de Radio (1/20/2007)

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Norah Jones
Maison de Radio
Paris, France
1/20/07
This is one of my all time favorite bootlegs.  The quality is just gorgeous.  The playing is superb.  And it is Norah. Sweet, beautiful Norah.  That voice moves parts of my insides that I’m not allowed to talk about.  It was recorded on the Not Too Late tour […]

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The Reading Journal: Thoughts on 2008

I read a grand total of 29 books in 2008.  That’s less than I would have hoped for but about what I would have expected, were I actually expecting anything.  Writing these articles I learned a few things about me and my reading habits.  My reading definitely goes in spurts, which is mostly regulated by […]

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Bootleg Bonanza: Neil Young - Live (11/2/76)

Neil Young
11/2/76
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Nineteen Seventy Six was a busy year in the career of Neil Young.  He released Long May You Run with Stephen Stills and and took a two month tour in support of the album.  He also performed around fifty dates as a solo artist or with Crazy Horse.  He spent some […]

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“Absent Afternoon” - Calexico Inspired by T-Shirt

In what has to be the first song inspired by fashion Alt-country/indie rockers Calexico have just released a new song inspired by a Threadless t-shirt design.  Threadless is an online clothing designer that essentially allows anyone to design t-shirts and then sells them.  They have some pretty cool stuff, actually, and after holding a contest, […]

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Bootleg Bonanza: Bruce Springsteen - Live in Nashville (08/21/08)

This is my show. The one that moved me from “fan” to full-on drinker of the Springsteen Kool-Aid. They say it wasn’t even his best show. And I had lousy seats. Still the man is an incredibly performer and the show just knocked me down.
This is an audience recording so the […]

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Bootleg Bonanza: Bob Dylan and Van Morrison - Duets

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I don’t know what kind, and cool soul created this compilation but I thought I’d share it with everyone.  This is a collection of live duets recorded between 1984-1998 by Dylan and Morrison.  It is really quite cool and absolutely worth the time to download.
Some one else uploaded […]

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DVD Pick: Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream

I have a great collection of online friends.  These are guys I’ve known for a couple of years, but it seems like forever.  They are scattered all over the globe, and I have only met one in person.  Still they are a cool group of folks and we all share a great passion for music.  […]

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The Weekly Playlist - Andrew Bird, Eddie Vedder, Vampire Weekend, Haye Carll, and Yael Naim

Once again I am here to talk about what I played last week (well technically this list goes from last Monday to this one, but who’s counting?)  After spending several weeks not really listening to my iPod I finally had a week where I did so here we go.
Top Five Artists Listened to This Week
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Radio Free MP3 - Blackout Beach, Dark Was the Night, Mary Kate O’Neil, Stateshirt

It has been a long time since I slung some free tunes. Just got these in the old mailbox and thought they sounded pretty good, Enjoy. I’m using a new host, so please let me know if you have any troubles.
Blackout Beach - “Nineteen One God Dull Star?”
Dark Was the Night - “Knottypine”
Mary […]

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The Reading Journal - December: Books, Baby Shark, Fletch, and Freakonomics

Books Read:Books by Larry McMurtry - *1/2
Baby Shark by Robert Fate - ***
Fletch by Gregory MacDonald - ***1/2
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Audiobook) - ***1/2
I know I’m late with this.  Not unusual for me to be late on this post, but I like to pretend I’m sorry.  December 2008 was a […]

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