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Based on the start of Chess Records in Chicago, Cadillac Records is coming out this week, Dec. 5. Since posting on this movie last year, I’d forgotten about it, so good to see it coming so soon.
No clue how good the story will be, but I’m going for the sake of the soundtrack and the [...]

Just happened to run across this little summit, and thought you might like it, too.
Yer Blues

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I consider myself a reasonably intelligent person. Usually, I’m quite happy to plow into any hard subject and, with the full freedom of ignorance, give an opinion. Physics, fractals, whatever, I’ll give it a go when it hits my curiousity. But not economics. My eyes glaze over and all arguments sound equally reasonable or unreasonable, [...]

The transition process is running fairly underground, and while I’m sure I’ll have opinions on how the administration is put together, I’m too ill-informed to enjoy speculating on the decisions in advance. But I don’t mind at all thinking about what music will be there for the inaugaration parties.
According to jambands.com, Wilco and what [...]

A lot of people, for reasons much more personal and profound than mine, will look at our next president and see someone they identify with. I don’t share Mr. Obama’s racial background or multicultural history. But one of the things that is mostly deeply satisfying to me personally tonight is to have a president with [...]

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If you read one more thing about this election and why it matters, read this. Andrew Sullivan has long been my go-to read when I wanted to hear a clear conservative voice. Growing up in a family and community that was conservative in the [...]

On an older post reviewing a live gig by Back Door Slam, reader Linda T dropped in to give a quick review of their set opening for Gov’t Mule at the kick-off Halloween show of their new tour. Googling around to find out more, I ran across a set list for Slam and immediately noticed [...]