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Coverage: The National, “Mansion on the Hill”
My friend Scott, who is an aficionado of cover songs, was kind enough to make me a mix CD, including a set of amusing and insightful annotations. I prevailed upon him to be a de facto z=z guest...
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Yet more on concert etiquette
My Old Kentucky Blog just wrapped up a series entitled “The Ten Commandments Guidelines of Concert Behavior.” Reading it makes me realize that I’ve been exceptionally fortunate at concerts, as when I...
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Trampling on the shoulders of giants
A dispatch from guest blogger Scott: With all the talk of the demise of the music industry, it’s easy to forget that this has all happened before. And, equally importantly, all not happened before....
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Coverage: “Video Killed the Radio Star”
Following up on the previous post, guest blogger Scott adds: As any trivia geek knows, MTV’s first aired video was Video Killed the Radio Star, by The Buggles. and he sent along three covers for your...
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Threesome: Vampire Love Songs
Guest blogger Scott writes: Knowing the z=z audience, I have no doubt that you all rushed out to see Twilight opening night. Twice. And so, to tide you over until you head back mid-week for a third...
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Coverage: “Hallelujah” on the UK charts
Last week guest blogger Scott posted about the Jeff Buckley cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” describing it as ‘insipid’ compared to the original. Well, as he pointed out, apparently all of the...
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Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime
[Image credit : Len from the Jawbone Radio Show] As you may have gathered from an earlier post, I’m not so much about holiday music (hey, it’s a secular democracy, deal with it). So it’s perhaps...
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Coverage: Nightmare Revisited
[extended trailer for Coraline on YouTube; if you can't watch it, click here] Guest blogger Scott writes: Coraline opens today and, while debcha might be most excited about the production of a favored...
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Coverage: Commissions at Cover Me
Guest blogger Scott writes: Cover Me, a cover song blog, has begun commissioning covers from independent artists. In blogger Ray’s words: Here’s the gist. Every month we will present to you an artist,...
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Coverage: Amanda Palmer, “Billie Jean”
Guest blogger Scott writes: It’s always a little weird when famous people die. The level of emotional outpouring from people who have attached a piece of themselves to this person they’ve never met is...
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