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Archive for October 17th, 2004

Dylan sounds normal on NPR

Posted by bwareham under Books, Music (No Respond)

For being one of the most enigmatic performers in the history of popular music, Bob Dylan sure sounds normal in this NPR interview. As one friend, a big Dylan fan put it, he comes across remarkably like just another guy from Hibbing. I had been ambivalent about picking up Chronicles: Volume One until I heard [...]

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PB & J for the ears

Posted by bwareham under Music (No Respond)

PalaisThe Figgs {mosimage}Until they opened for and backed Graham Parker on tour a few years back, I had never heard of The Figgs. I still wonder why; The Figgs make the kind of smart, spare power pop I that’s formed the core of my listening diet since the late 1970s. The answer, I suspect, is [...]

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