December 2011
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Dec 25th
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Dec 25th
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Dec 25th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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Favorite albums of the year post!!
Dec 24th
Spent the day driving around L.A. with Common.  I also shared a prayer circle with him. We wasted half the interview, though, being all homesick about Chicago.
Dec 22nd
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In the spirit of giving . . .
There are 273 songs in my iTunes playlist labeled “2011.” That’s a running tally of my favorite songs of the year. I’ve narrowed that down to 18 — maybe 19, depending on some last-minute changes — for the year-end mix-CD.  I considered putting the playlist on Spotify or SoundCloud, but I’m a stickler for tradition and the songs that made the final cut are...
Dec 18th
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Dec 16th
WatchWatch
Band of the year.
Dec 12th
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Dec 9th
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Listen Lydia Loveless’ “More Like...
Dec 5th
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Dec 3rd
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Three chords and the nudes
Back in April, I met three friends of mine who work at a local independent label for dinner. I was late, and when I arrived there was already a somewhat heated discussion taking place. “I cannot believe we bought ads on that site,” said the person essentially in charge of that label’s touring department.  The natural follow-up was to ask what site and why. “You...
Dec 2nd
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