Addicted To Vinyl

Been a while since we’ve done one of these!
I hope that your Monday is off to a good start. I had a relatively calm weekend that had me out and about on Friday night going to Visible Voice Books in Tremont with my friends Brian, Annie, and Adam to get a copy […]

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I’ve been grooving to “U Want Me 2,” one of two new tracks on Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan (pre-order regular or deluxe edition,) McLachlan’s first greatest hits collection, set for release on October 7th.
It’s been a long time since McLachlan’s last proper studio album Afterglow in 2003, and long enough that hearing […]

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I was talking to my co-worker/vinyl loving comrade Michael today, and he was giving me continued ribbing on my usage of “quote/unquote” in my recent Billy Joel post.
After reading it originally, he had emailed me asking why I didn’t simply use the actual quote symbols.
Answer: Because I didn’t want to.
But it got me thinking.
“Quote/Unquote” […]

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Good stuff from Melodicrock.com - there are new developments in the Sammy Hagar project titled “Chickenfoot” that now apparently include Joe Satriani.
Let’s stop for a second: Chickenfoot is a horrendous name.
Now that we’ve got that out of the way, I am definitely excited to see one of my favorite singers pair with one of […]

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Metallica - Fight Fire with Fire (live at the Wiltern in May of 2008 w/ Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Former RIP Magazine editor Lonn Friend shares a great read and look back at his time spent with Metallica, chronicling the genesis of what would become “The Black Album.” Friend posted the following […]

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After The Love Is Gone. You probably know it best as an Earth, Wind, & Fire song.
Solo artist and longtime Chicago member (and let’s not forget Sons of Champlin too!) Bill Champlin co-wrote it, one of many great songs that he has gotten his hands into over the years.
Bill’s got a new […]

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Funny randomness - My rock and roll comrade TDavid had a post today talking about among other things, the upcoming album from AC/DC, which is currently being helmed by Brendan O’Brien, who has certainly had his hands on a number of great rock albums over the years, and maintains a diverse selection of clients from […]

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One of the loudest men on the internet, Bob Lefsetz recently penned a couple of pieces relating to the new Mudcrutch CD, which I wrote about here yesterday.
He urged Warner Brothers and Petty to put Crystal River online in all of its 9 minute glory, and WB were indeed paying attention, and now have a […]

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Before I get into this, I’d like to throw a brief recommendation towards the new tunes just posted by one of Detroit’s greatest rock and roll bands, the Dirty Americans. Surf on over, and give ‘em a listen.
I just wanted to put up this post in case you’re feeling any skepticism about picking up […]

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So if you’re Snoop Dogg, and you’re in Amsterdam at the same time that Willie Nelson is playing a show….well of course you have to join him for a song!

Meanwhile, Willie of course needs to see how the other half lives, and so he shows up at Snoop’s show, and does some rapping of his […]

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