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Full Arcade Fire Madison Garden Show

Published at 10:27 pm
This will only be on the internet for a short time. Bootleg Enjoy it why you can.

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Fox finally admits on the eve of Labor Day weekend: Kara DioGuardi is leaving American Idol

Published at 7:27 pm
Talk about trying to stay out of the news cycle! Fox just issued a press release at 8 p.m. on the Friday night before Labor Day ...

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Divine Horsemen – Tenderest Kiss

Published at 10:33 pm
I felt like posting another Divine Horsemen song. Check out the previous post.

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See Jimmy Fallon’s way cool Emmys opening here before it goes away

Published at 2:54 pm
NBC didn't get the permissions to post copies of Jimmy Fallon's most-excellent opening number at the Emmy awards, so the version croppig up online are mostly put up by fans, according to my pal Mike ...

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Divine Horsemen – Middle of the Night

Published at 10:34 pm
One of the forgotten SST bands of the 80's. The Divine Horsemen were compared to X because of the male and female singing combo of Chris D and Julie Christensen. D was never ...

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CBS Radio drops former smooth jazz station WSJT-FM to create Play 98.7

Published at 2:42 pm
CBS Radio has just created a new station in the Tampa Bay area, dropping the onetime smooth jazz of WSJT-FM (98.7) to create a new ...

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Restore, Rebuild, ReNew Orleans

Published at 2:02 pm
I struggled with the title of this post as well as the words for this piece.  So many emotions flood my mind as I revisit the devastation of Hurricane Katrina with images from five years ...

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Dancing Queen …

Published at 11:08 am
Some call me a control freak. I prefer to call it being prepared for anything.  Maybe it’s the Virgo in me, but I like to know everything and, no … I’m not a huge fan of surprises.  With ...

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Dinosaur Jr – Just Like Heaven

Published at 4:42 pm
@import url(http://skreemr.org/styles/embed.css); Dinosaur Jr - Just Like Heaven ...

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Working for the Yankee Dollar

Published at 8:42 pm
I’ve been on a calypso kick lately, and have been thinking about writing up the story of the “Rum and Coca Cola” song. In short the story goes like this: In 1943 Morey Amsterdam visited ...

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Musical Monday … The Lucky Ones

Published at 3:14 pm
So, the other night I went to the movies with my sister and her pals to see Eat, Pray, Love. It was fabulous. As was the little after party. And, I now want to be ...

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Spike Lee emerges as the Ken Burns of Katrina filmmaking with powerful HBO documentary

Published at 1:36 pm
As the fifth anniversary of the day Hurricane Katrina turned the Gulf Coast upside down approaches -- the actual day is next Sunday -- TV ...

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Musical Monday: Loverboy

Published at 9:26 am
One month ago I fell in love the moment I laid my eyes on little Liam for the first time.     Liam’s sisters had a similar reaction…     and constantly smothered their little ...

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R.I.P. Richie Hayward, Little Feat/Robert Plant drummer extraordinaire

Published at 8:59 am
I'm taking a brief break from all the media stuff for a small tribute to a player who influenced me tremendously and we lost all ...

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Cee Lo Green – F**K YOU

Published at 8:55 pm
Jesse Taylor and Jill Filipovic posted this video on Facebook and Twitter. The song is a kiss off classic up there with REM's The One I Love....

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Eat at Funky’s, where the food is fine but wine is a wee bit dry

Published at 12:36 am
This song popped into my head five minutes ago. And here is a George Clinton jam with Ice Cube (pre-sitcom days): And another, this time with Q-Tip, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, and Busta Rhymes: Finally, here ...

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Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan Music Goodies

Published at 8:33 pm
The new Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan album Hawk is out and it is awesome. Here are two highlights from the record....

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Peter Gabriel talks music and sings on DirecTV’s new Guitar Center Sessions

Published at 12:08 pm
As a stone Peter Gabriel fan, I'm going to indulge my jones and post a clip here from his interview/performance on Guiitar Center Sessions, a new interview/unplugged performance ...

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Tom Waits – Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag

Published at 7:22 pm
This has to be one of the most unexpected covers ever. The amazing thing is Tom Waits actually does a good James Brown impersonation.

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Musical Monday … Rewind

Published at 7:08 pm
This weekend I had a wonderful, relaxing, exhausting weekend away at the beach with friends … More details to come, but for now it’s time for a little “Rewind” by Paolo for today’s Musical Monday. ...

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Guided By Voices – Ziggy Stardust

Published at 2:19 pm
@import url(http://skreemr.org/styles/embed.css); Guided By Voices - Ziggy Stardust ...

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A Review of Metallica’s St. Anger

Published at 6:25 am
(Here is another old article I originally wrote for the FSView and Florida Flambeau. This was my only album review for the paper and was originally published in June of 2003, shortly after I graduated.) ...

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The Rat Pack: 25 Never-Seen Photos – Photo Gallery – LIFE

Published at 12:14 am
The Rat Pack: 25 Never-Seen Photos - Photo Gallery - LIFE

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Hatin’ Through the Ages

Published at 8:50 pm
(Here is an editorial I wrote that was originally published in the FSView and Florida Flambeau in late 2002. I still think it is funny.) People need to stop hatin’. For those who may not ...

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These are the Days

Published at 2:15 pm
This is my last full week of summer vacation with my girls and just like the years, this week will fly by.  I wish I could just freeze time and keep them small, young and ...