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Elvis is king…of his destiny, anyway…and that’s worth a lot….
I saw Elvis Costello two nights ago at (interestingly enough) the Booth Amphitheater in Cary, NC (a suburb of Raleigh). It was an excellent show, and if he’d had a better audience, it would have been a...
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TunesDay: daylight kissing night
My old friend Adam Marsland has just released Daylight Kissing Night: Adam Marsland’s Greatest Hits, a greatest hits collection that draws from the best of both his solo and Cockeyed Ghost efforts, and...
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TunesDay: what is, what was and what almost was – the S&R interview with Don...
I’ve been a very big Don Dixon fan since the late ’70s, so when his new CD, The Nu-Look, dropped I was bouncing around the living room like Snoopy doing a happy dance. Sadly, a lot of people don’t know...
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TunesDay: Name those bands – and the winner is….
The results of last week’s Name Those Bands contest are in. In first place we have … a disqualification, sorta. Our friend Ubertramp logged in with an impressive 47 of 53. Seriously, that’s pretty...
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Tournament of Rock – Legends: the Elvis Costello pod
Results: Top-seeded U2 looked poised to be our highest-ranked upset victim yet as of last night, but then put on a strong finishing kick to win one of the strongest pods we’ve seen yet. The numbers: #1...
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Tournament of Rock – Legends: The Beatles pod
Results: Not only was this one of the tightest contests yet in terms of victory margin, it was also a case where the arguments to be made in favor of one artist or another were anything but definitive....
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Tournament of Rock – Legends: The Beatles vs Elvis Costello
Results: It was only a matter of time: there are now officially no Gen Xers left in the ToR, as a great Boomer legend waxes U2 … by nearly a two-to-one margin. Wow, on so many levels. The numbers: #5 …...
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Tournament of Rock – Legends: Pink Floyd vs Santana
Results: Those of you expecting surprises, please move along. Nothing to see here. The numbers: #1 The Beatles 67%; #4 Elvis Costello 33%. The Beatles advance to the Great Eight. Up next, our search...
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Our favorite lyrics: S&R describes why we love certain lyrics, if not...
Over the years I’ve come to a realization – some of my favorite songs have really stupid lyrics, and some of my favorite lyrics are in songs I’m not a big fan of or, in at least one case, I … Continue...
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Let’s camera
A song like “Tokyo Storm Warning” is closer to real life than you think… You have to suck Tokyo into your lungs and let it rewrite your DNA. You have to piece together your own reality one combini at a...
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