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Writing a song is to stir the emotions, and if you touch one soul you touch the whole universe. - Jerry Lynn Williams
Eric Clapton, Running on Faith

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As I try to let one musical interest lead to others, I’ve noticed that I’m often completely [...]

It’s got a plot that’s rolling paper thin, but in some ways, that works in its favor. The boy meets girl story of “Across the Universe” is just a stringing device to link every 60’s cultural and political touchstone imaginable. But the (generally) well-done Beatles covers and whacked-out staging save it from being just [...]

A good day to appreciate being with family or friends, and to remember that not everyone has that luxury. Have a good one, if you can. A little Peggy Lee:

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The John Butler Trio with Keith Urban, Funky Tonight:

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How much do these guys rock? I mean seriously, how much? (A: You have to rock pretty hard to pull off that tag.)
Here is Funky Tonight, again, this time a live recording off KFOG’s Live From [...]

2120 S Michigan Avenue (The Rolling Stones)

Don’t know what the movie will be like, but the soundtrack ought to kill: Sony BMG is doing a feature film on the guys behind Chess Records, with Matt Dillon set to play Leonard Chess. This label launched people like Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and Chuck Berry, to name [...]

Something mellow for Sunday Morning:

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I’m not a tease, just differently clued.

But this time it’s true: last show of the first tour (depending on how you define tour), and we’ve got good audio. Check the downloads page for the Pearl River gig earlier this month, a one-of-a-kind show: [...]

Astral Weeks would be the subject of this piece - i.e., the rock record with the most significance in my life so far - no matter how I’d been feeling when it came out. But in the condition I was in, it assumed at the time the quality of a beacon, a light on the [...]

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So you’re waiting for Whomp at the Warfield to drop while you figure out how to pay off the credit card bills from your own musical mystery tour this summer. Maybe (like me) you could use a good look laugh in the mirror. A mockumentary making the rounds right now might just fix you up: [...]

Some basic research in companionship, with possible wider applications:
(from NPR Morning Show, 11/06/07)
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