Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week
I am still waiting for my audition to be Superchief’s new lead guitarist. In the meantime… The Underground kicks things off this week with Leradee and The Positives, starting at [...]
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Posted October 17, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Notes
Posted October 17, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Check
KISS
‘Monster’ Universal While relatively easy to write off as a glammed up novelty act, KISS has unleashed some pretty serious hard rock upon the masses in its time [...]
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Posted October 17, 2012in Book Review, Recent Posts
‘Telegraph Avenue’
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Catherine Rihm Harper Collins September 2012 $ 27.99 480 p Astride Telegraph Avenue, amid the weaving borders of Oakland [...]
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Posted October 10, 2012in On The Tube, Recent Posts
Scrub up, geek out
‘Emily Owens, M.D.’ stars Mamie Gummer as insecure doctor On “Emily Owens, M.D.” (Tuesday, 8 p.m., CW), Mamie Gummer plays a young doctor just starting out at a Denver hospital. [...]
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Posted October 10, 2012in Joe's Neighborhood, Recent Posts
During the heat of an afternoon
It is probably best not to reveal too much of our inner workings, don’t you think? If people saw how weird we truly are, I suspect our neighbors’ fences and [...]
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Posted October 10, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Check
The Tragically Hip
‘Now For Plan A’ Zoë Records Certain bands conjure up feelings of a bygone time for people — not necessarily a specific event, but more just the remembered feeling [...]
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Posted October 10, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Check
Unknown Component
‘Blood v. Electricity’ Independent Unknown Component — consisting of Keith Lynch and little else — is an impressive example of independent artistry. The first thing that stands out about [...]
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Posted October 10, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Notes
Soundnotes Pick O’ The Week
Henry Rollins brought his spoken word tour to Wooly’s on Oct. 1. Rollins is an engaging speaker, and a good time was had by all who attended (uncomfortable folding chair [...]
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Posted October 10, 2012in Game Day, Recent Posts
This Week’s Coach on the Hot Seat: Charlie Weis, Kansas
FIRST DOWN: As that ancient philosopher Jim Croce once sang, you don’t tug on Superman’s cape. You don’t spit into the wind. You don’t pull the mask of that old [...]
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Posted October 09, 2012in Book Review, Recent Posts
‘The Timekeeper’
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Barb Palar Hyperion Books 9/4/12 $ 24.99 240 pp Mitch Albom, who brought us “Tuesdays with Morrie” and “Have a Little Faith,” has woven [...]
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