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  • Stop messin’ ’round with your tricks!

    Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time Santana 2010 Carlos Santana has been a cultural icon for 40 years. But how much do we really know about him? Let’s check the record. Yay! Carlos Santana Fun Facts! Has released more albums than The Rolling Stones, and they had…

  • New feature! Ranting about radio

    “Eight Miles High” Hüsker Dü 1983 The Byrds demonstrate how two of the most popular U.S. radio formats work. You can hear “Eight Miles High” on any Classic Rock station, but not on any Golden Oldies station, because it’s an electrified folk-music drug trip. This is why, for example, Classic…

  • My dogs explained by album titles

    Emma: Nine Inch Nails, Pretty Hate Machine Sailor: Guns N’ Roses, Appetite for Destruction Teddy: Blue Cheer, Louder Than God Emma and Sailor are gone but Teddy barks on! Addendum from the future (2016): Cleo: Quicksilver Messenger Service, Happy Trails    

  • Wake me up before you Gaga

    Lady Gaga in concert The Rose Garden, Portland, Ore. August, 2010 This summer I won two tickets to see Lady Gaga. I was trying to win tickets to Arcade Fire. You take what you can get in this life. Her concert lasted two hours, in which she demonstrated her ability…