2015 started with such promise. My girlfriend, Sarah, became my wife, Sarah, on March 26, after which we honeymooned in Joshua Tree, even staying in the Gram Parsons Room at JT Inn. (Room 8 for those of you looking to follow that plan.) I saw a transcendent Replacements at the Hollywood Palladium in April, […]
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Before we get started, allow me to address a few topics related to year-end lists. CAVEAT #1: I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again because it bears repeating. These are not the “best” albums of 2013 because such a thing does not exist. There is no best, there are only favorites based […]
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Will Johnson – Just To Know What You’ve Been Dreaming Vultures Await, 2004 Undertow “When you’re not around, You know nothing makes a sound, In the silence where I drown” A big thank you to my good friend, Will Johnson, for reminding me that music remains one of the few reliable maps of the […]
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By now, you may have heard that Jay Bennett died Sunday at the age of 45. Like most people, Bennett entered my consciousness with Wilco, a gig that began promisingly with sweet guitar licks and great change-of-pace piano songs. Then things happened. I hope I’m wrong, but I’m afraid Bennett’s legacy will be too informed […]
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