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Bay Area MusicPosted onFebruary 10, 2011January 12, 2015

Going On Sale: Rihanna, Elvis Costello, Keith Urban and other major Bay Area concerts

The busiest musician in California at the moment has to be Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes, who has launched a new, Golden State-based project…

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MusicPosted onFebruary 9, 2011January 12, 2015

Racking Up Plays: “Under the Gun” by Apex Manor

These are the posts where I gush about some song that I’ve got a huge crush on at the moment, and you put up with…

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MusicPosted onFebruary 7, 2011January 12, 2015

Psst, Super Bowl advertisers: Nice use of classical music, but mix it up some with these alternate masterpieces

I only watched half the Super Bowl (unfortunately a half that included Black Eyed Peas), and I really only half-watched that portion. But my attention…

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MusicPosted onFebruary 3, 2011January 12, 2015

Look, everybody! I got a comment from somebody who thinks I know something about William Butler Yeats, Greek mythology and The Decemberists

Hey, this Internet thing works after all. Someone out there in the inky void of cyberspace stumbled across my Decemberists Glossary and posted a comment…

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Bay Area MusicPosted onFebruary 3, 2011January 12, 2015

Going On Sale: Fleet Foxes, Ricky Martin and other major Bay Area concerts

Hey, did you know Ricky Martin still makes music? It’s true. This week Martin released his first album in more than five years and embarked…

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MusicPosted onFebruary 1, 2011January 12, 2015

SONG DUEL!: “Blame it on the Rain” vs. “Blame It (On the Alcohol)” vs. “Blame it on the Tetons”

Today we answer the eternal question: On what should we blame it?

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MusicPosted onJanuary 31, 2011January 12, 2015

Racking Up Plays: “Civilian” by Wye Oak

These are the posts where I gush about some song that I’ve got a huge crush on at the moment, and you put up with…

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Bay Area MusicPosted onJanuary 28, 2011January 12, 2015

How’d They Miss THAT?: Lou and Peter Berryman put the joke in folk with Saturday show at Freight & Salvage

It’s perfectly understandable. There’s so much music happening in the Bay Area in any given week that there’s bound to be at least one concert…

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Bay Area MusicPosted onJanuary 27, 2011January 12, 2015

Going On Sale: Rush, PJ Harvey and other major Bay Area concerts

When I started doing a weekly listing of concerts going on sale at my last job, I quickly learned to choose which shows to highlight…

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Alanis vs. Racist
MusicPosted onJanuary 26, 2011January 12, 2015

SONG DUEL!: “You Oughta Know” by Alanis Morissette vs. “You Oughta Know” by Das Racist

Two songs enter. One song leaves. Well, OK, both leave. It’s not like we erase all traces of the losing song from the Internet, but…

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