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MFT 1-20-12

I don’t remember it from “Shrek 4” at all -of course, the last of the series was such a dog, most of it has drifted out of my memory files. Lucy sang a lovely version of this Tuesday night and all I can add is, the recorded version of the pas de deuz is quite its equals.

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rock nyc Protests Against The "Stop On Line Piracy Act"

At the core of the issue is that these bills could cause censorship of the Web and deny website owners the right of due process central to our legal system. It is the first salvo in a war to make the Internet less Open. Many sites, including Google and Wikipedia staged black-outs of their sites yester

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Seasons at the Echo on Monday January 16th, 2012

As more people ended up in stage, petals were flying everywhere, the odor of the flowers was nicely filling the air and the public was catching up with the free spirit emanating from the music; people were jumping and bouncing as the sound was making more and more noisy swirls

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The Lonely Wild at the Echo on Monday January 16th, 2012

On stage, there is alot going on, as one of the musician was juggling between synth, bass and trumpet, and all of them were at some point participating to the vocals. The female-male parts were delicate, abandoning the cinematic view for a little while, and approaching a hymn-like territory.

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Lana Del Rey: Let The Video Games Begin

Perhaps you think she sucks, perhaps you hate her her. But don’t hate her because she hasn’t worked for it. I hate all that “Outliers” crap, spontaneity is as important as experience when it comes to ROCK AND ROLL. Just a willingness to stand up and scream at the top of your lungs

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Glamour Kills Tour 2012 and Album Release

Glamour Kills is the pimp of bands lately. Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low is just one of the alty pop bands who hangs tight to this clothing merchant. Their high end hoodies make sure that the kids are lookin’ spiffy. Cute graphics for boys ang girls, takes all the pressure off fitting in at shows- its nearly uniform.

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MFT 1-19-12

I was surprised to hear Bon Iver produced this, proving that everybody was born for a reason, and his was his spare beautiful work with Edwards, who finds the best use for punchline as a punchline since “B Movie”.

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Girls At T5, Saturday, January 12th, 2012, Reviewed

thought Album was better than Father, Son, Holy Ghost, but that wasn’t the problem. And, unlike the last time, neither was the pacing or the playing. The problem is Owens. he isn’t a rock star and he doesn’t know how to play one on stage.
Hey, Chris, I just wanna be friends forever and ever… Too late, the Caravan has gone.

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D.R.U.G.S.​' New Song is Crazy

It’s a huge step up and is the best song that D.R.U.G.S. has ever released. For the first time, I am appalled and stunned by the perfection and how I can feel the effort they put into the song. I’m totally blown away.

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Thomas Dolby Time Travel Tour

Dolby’s March through April road trip will feature an actual time capsule that looks like something HG Wells might have come up with if he had crossbred a time machine with a tear-duct travel trailer. The chrome and brass-plated vehicle seats three and features a high-tech video recording suite.

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Will You Marry Me, Kate Bush?

Luckily without weapons or chemicals. Unfortunately Miss Bush was not at home at the time. Wonder what her response would have been. I mean it was a Tiffany and well, shes not getting any younger.

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In Praise of Broken Headphones

In an world we forget how intricate music is because it is so properly balanced and delivered. I recall listening to Bowie’s, “Space Oddity” on an old Victrola, yup vinyl with a bad speaker so much that I only heard the countdown as the intro to the song. THAT was classic and very cool

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Coachella Sells Out

I was on the phone with a friend of mine who was loudly bemoaning that his girlfriend and her friends had got tickets to cross the country and sweat and maybe die from the heat while watching rock bands from 50,000 miles away. I understand kids will be kids, but claiming you’ve seen a band after catching em at Coachella is like saying you’ve been to the moon after seeing it through a telescope.

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Grohl On Rock: 2012 Is 1991

“The late ’80s was full of over-produced pop that kids had nothing to grab hold of – they had no way of connecting to this hair metal band singing about strippers in a limousine on Sunset Boulevard.”

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MFT 1-18-12

I saw Trina on TMZ the other night and she was so, no, really, demure, I could have sworn it was joke. Here, she gives LIl Kim and Nicki Minaj a run for their nasty. This is blessed profanity indeed. Trina is awesome.

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King Krule At T5, Saturday, January 14th, 2012 Reviewed

Towards the end he plays “Out Getting Ribs”, recorded when he was 15 I guess, “I feel hate running through my blood girl, don’t you want me back?” An excellent song and the band clicks just as they have ben doing all night long. though they have some stage presence, they don’t have nearly enough.

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Neon Trees "Everybody Talks", reviewed

The music is fantastic, so upbeat and with loads of high and lows. Tempo? Perfection. Even the voice is fine- its just how its said. Petty? Perhaps but like a small pebble in your shoe at first it can be overlooked, four hours in and you want to amputate your leg

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Beyonce's Bug Butt

Betcha Jay Z feels jealous and pays big bucks to have an insect named after him sometime in the future. Wonder what that bugs attribute would be…

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Kid Rock, Smokin' Rebel

Apparently Kid busted out a cigar after a Travis Tritt show in Detroit and well- it was a non smoking venue. Kid stated it was an accident and that he ‘had been drinking’. Hold up, its a Travis Tritt show, OF COURSE he was drinking, its required.

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A Random Picture Of Francoise Hardy

In the world of stunningly beautiful pop chanteueses from France, none chanteuses nor pops the way the great Francoise Hardy did, or is that does? Alyson mentioned that one of her songs is on the soundtrack of the trailer for Wes Anderson’s upcoming movie.As good an excuse as any to listen to some of her Le Pop Francais

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Sneak Peaks Week Of Januaty 16th, 2012

The McCartney is a dog with fleas and about as big a disappointment as you can want on a Tursday morning. Kathleen Edwards is an excellent songwriter and it isfour years since “Asking For Flowers” so its good to have her back. Oh great, a Martina McBride greatest hits -just what I needed.

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MFT 1-17-12

By the 21st century we should be immune to concepts of national identity. I mean, McDonalds is McDonalds is McDonalds, right? But in the 20th Century, the particularness of an Englishman was legion and Coward, playwright, actor, composer, and linchpin of a century that feels like another millennium, still walked the earth on this ode to eccentricity as defining rod. After, they saved the world during WWII

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The Stranglers, Still Going Strong

The Stranglers are about to release a new LP and go an a very extensive European tour. The album titled “Giants” is due out on March 12th. I would hope for a US tour but I’m sure it would be brief and select.

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