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Tag Archives: music (other)

January 5, 2012 shame. by association.

As I’ve said here many times before, I try to stay far, far away from Facebook memes, mostly because I don’t like encouraging that kind of thing. But, as you probably know, I also have a hard time resisting one that has to do with music. And this one, my friends, is a doozy. My [...]

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August 1, 2011 thirty.

My relationship with MTV was always a little different. Once I got past the initial thrill of just seeing the network, which turns 30 today, I was a little dismissive of MTV. There was some remarkable stuff there, sure, but between the endless stream of Top 40 stuff that I never found all that interesting [...]

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February 13, 2011 flashback.

Even without the Halloween costumes, this cover by Umphrey’s McGee has pretty much everything the 13-year-old version of me appreciated about life.

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January 31, 2011 found: 1991.

We’re a few days away from our annual Groundhog Day shindig, and while I have to be careful about revealing too much about our activities, I can tell you I’ve spent a little time looking for old Hawaiian steel guitar music for the weekend. I found a bunch of cool stuff last night, but that [...]

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December 25, 2010 80. for all a yinz guys.

This is how we do it in Pittsburgh. Merry Christmas, everyone.

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November 21, 2010 51. my ipod is a liar.

I’ve been tagged two or three times to participate in the Facebook Shuffle List game — most recently by my friend Chris, generally known here as Grandpa — so it’s probably about time I break out the iPod and find out what it says about me. And what I found out is that my iPod [...]

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