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It’s official.

These guys are the best band you’ve never heard of. Think of a hybrid of Pink Floyd, Tool and Rush, and you’ll get some idea. Seriously incredible stuff. Check them out right now.

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Rachel has encouraged me to accumulate a list of 30 albums that everyone on earth should own. I’ll take it a step further - here’s a list of thirty albums everyone MUST own. There’s no getting around or negotiating it. You need these albums. Your life pretty much depends on ( Read more... )

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Here’s a new twist on an old thing. Doing one CD a week just wasn’t doing it for me anymore - so from now on, I’m going with 5. And, because I can, I’m sharing my choices with whoever wants to know. Perhaps this will bring about more discussion (not that it’ll take much). ( Read more... )

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May 29-June 1: The Postal Service - Give Up (2003)


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For you LJ folks who haven’t read up on my rmfo-blog, here’s the scoop: every Monday, I pick a new CD as my “disc of the week”. During the week, I listen to just that album and nothing else on the way to and from work/school. I then blog about it here, and the album is ( Read more... )

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So many cool things happened this weekend, and I didn’t take the time to make a single blog entry. Shame on me.

I’ll start with this - the Tool show was the best show I’ve ever seen. Human beings should not be that precise…absolutely flawless stuff. What an experience. The ( Read more... )

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So Rolling Stone just put out a list of the ‘500 Greatest Songs of All Time’. It’s a good list, I think. And as most of you know…I love lists. A lot. So since I was put in a list mood, I made my own. This list is a bit different…I’ve been around for 21 years, and so this is ( Read more... )

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I went to see Caedmon’s Call play in Lakeville last night. It was easily the best show of theirs I’ve ever seen…I was so impressed. It’s so cool to see an entire show performed with at least 3 drummers the whole time. Multiple guitars, multiple voices…so much goes on when ( Read more... )