Category: Record reviews

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  Rage against the Bikini Machine

  Bikini Machine joue Dutronc Bikini Machine 2011 I was looking at Allmusic.com’s lists of recommended songs and albums for 1969 when I hit “Le Responsable” by Jacques Dutronc (from the album Un disque MAXI). Messr. Dutronc is a legend in France but unknown in the USA. He was definitely unknown…

  February 10, 2013
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  It takes a nation of millions to pay for our health care

  Baby Boomers Social Club Dance Red Lion Convention Center 7 December 2012 Portland, Oregon The mosh pit formed early on that rainy Friday night thanks to one of the best cover bands I’ve heard in years, Crash Sunday. This all-male quintet (average age around 40) knew what we wanted to…

  February 3, 2013
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  Earth girls ain’t easy

  Sparkle and Fade Everclear (1995) Sparkle and Fade was the album that made Everclear a success and Art Alexakis the voice of his generation, just as Born to Run did for Bruce Springsteen exactly 20 years earlier. The two albums are similar, with working-class characters and an outside-the-mainstream point of…

  June 20, 2012
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  I’m too sexy for this blog

  “I’m Too Sexy” Right Said Fred 1992 “I’m Too Sexy” was the last 45 rpm I ever bought. I don’t mean bought on eBay or at a yard sale, I mean the last 45 I ever bought that had just been released. This was at the Queen Anne Tower Records…

  June 19, 2012
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  To infinity and beyond: ’90s Week starts tomorrow

  All right ramblers, let’s get ramblin’. I thought ’70s Week and ’80s Week went pretty well, so it’s time to dive into ’90s Week. Yes, the 1990s, when my house was worth a billion dollars and I grew obscenely rich at my dot-com. I don’t even own that house anymore…

  June 18, 2012