10 years ago today, The Adios Lounge made its worldwide debut, released in the wild to literally tens of people. Post #1 was a trifle of an idea, but at least I discussed The Replacements. The band’s Twin/Tone albums had just been reissued, so that was my excuse to link to “Takin A Ride” […]
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This post marks the confluence of 2 significant milestones. It was on this day 7 years ago that The Adios Lounge first went public. Happy birthday, Adios Lounge! You don’t look a day over 5. I was actually happy to labor in obscurity in those early days — as opposed to my current brand […]
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Link to One For The Road video & annotated setlist below Back on July 4th, I annotated The Kinks‘ BBC-TV appearance from January 24, 1973. (Check out God Save Donald Duck, Vaudeville and Variety.) That show bookended the band’s golden age that I’d say began with the transcendent “Waterloo Sunset” single (released May 1967) and […]
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So, last week I was fortunate enough to see one of my favorite bands on the planet on two consecutive nights. I’ve waxed rhapsodic in the past about Glossary, and I caught their Tuesday night show at The Satellite in Silver Lake, followed by their Wednesday night show at The Slidebar in Fullerton. While […]
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Did you know Grand Champeen released one of my favorite EPs in 2010? OK, technically it’s not an official release, but rather five songs extracted from their November 19, 2010, “ACL Presents Satellite Sets” taping. Considering they haven’t released an album since 2007’s Dial T For This and their tour schedule can roughly be […]
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