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2008 Best Concerts Year-End Lists: Why Bother?

January 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment

  They say that year-end lists tell more about the list maker’s emotional journey in the last 12 months than they do about the year in music. Knowing the truth in that thought, I took a more sociological approach when I looked at some of the most popular music blogs/sites to see how they listed [...]

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Live Music & Infants: Sacred Mirrors of Reflection

November 28, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Hey there, I’d like to follow up with you about something. A couple weeks ago, I posted a video about Chicago rock band The Sea and Cake. Well, sure enough, as I was a bit behind on my blog reading, over that same weekend I read Chicago Tribune music critic Greg Kot’s November 12th interview [...]

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Smashing Pumpkins Induced Fan Psychosis?

November 21, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I’ll admit it. When it comes to live music I’m an optimist through and through, even if it comes back to bite me in the, or my own, end. I don’t go to a show expecting to see something terrible or to tear anyone or a band down. I’ll also tell you that the Smashing [...]

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Do Music Critics Matter Any More?

September 11, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I almost wept when I wrote that headline. It was just as hard to type as it was to read and digest the reality of this Christian Science Monitor article. The article discusses a very important topic that’s obviously near and dear to my heart, and the hearts of a lot of my fellow internet [...]

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Johnny Cash: Live Folsom Follow-up

August 20, 2008 By 1 Comment

As promised, here’s a follow-up to last week’s Johnny Cash post, involving a little extra journalist homework. I sent email queries to both Jim Derogatis and Greg Kot and so far I’ve only heard back from Kot. He quickly responded and kindly explained via email that he spoke with Cash circa 1996-97 and also had [...]

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Sound Opinions: The State of Clubland and Johnny Cash Live

August 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I’ve been waiting for the right time to merge Live Exhaust with a radio show that I’ve enjoyed for several years and has for the last two weeks discussed two excellent topics that are perfect litmus for Live Exhaust. Sound Opinions, is a weekly (Friday nights 8pm CST)Chicago Public Radio show where pop music critic [...]

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