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Arctic Monkeys At The Wiltern Theater, Sunday September 29th 2013 Reviewed

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One thing is sure, these guys were cool and not the type to give a lecture on how people should enjoy their live moment and leave their phones alone for an hour or two,… I guess I had never seen so many iPhones raised at the same time than during the great elastic-bluesy guitar noise of ‘Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair’ or their hit ‘I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor’,… the whole concert must have been entirely recorded bit by bit, with this constantly-erected electronic forest

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The Kooks' "Naive" Video Review

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They’re all adorable and the video is pretty interesting. A relationship on the rocks ending in disappointment, but the uplifting sense of “who cares I still have my friends”. It’s nice. Also goes to show that their videos have improved artistically as well, because the lighting in it is so poor and it’s not very well done at all

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Kinks Reunion In 2014? Makes Sense

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Given the state of affairs, a tour seems inevitable and I would guess it would be very very good. Talk about a catalog to fall back on, the mind boggles as to what they could provide we Kinks Kultists. My assumption is that Ray is too much of a pro to get into the deep album cuts, we’ll be lucky if we get “Harry Rag”

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Best Concerts Through September 30th, 2013

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This is the sort of meeting of a subculture defined by so many failed attempts to reunite in a moment and also extened the moment into the present. The moment was the Lower east Side in the late 1970s, and the extension was musical and triumphant.

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Touche' Amore' "Harbors", Video Review

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See the problem with ‘post hardcore’ is that it means absolutely nothing. Unlike metal, or punk, or hardrock or hardcore its a bucket of ‘wtf’, if you dont fit in a real catagory- youre post hardcore. So there Touche’ sits like a big gob surrounded by other non descript masses yearning for attention.

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Not With The Band: On 'Torment Saint' And Bullshit Detection

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Neil Postman wrote that, when asked about the quality needed to be a good writer, Ernest Hemingway declared, ‘Yes, a built-in, shock-proof, crap detector’, and it seems that too many forget about this. And this applies to readers too, readers should be able to detect crap/bullshit too! Postman was citing pomposity, fanaticism, inanity, superstition (I would say belief) as major role players in bullshit non-detection

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Balance and Composure "Reflection", Video Review

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The band had mentioned Jon Simmons doing less screamy/yelly vocals and heading more towards singing, which is very much evident in this tune. His voice seems better than before and this song is right in his range. The gravelly feel of some of the song is great and keeps the edge that the band uses to differentiate themselves from the rest.

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fun. Most Nights Tour Webster Bank Arena September 28th, 2013 Reviewed

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The energy was intense, with Nate Ruess the frontman a ball of energy with his incredible range and undeniable smile- it’s always humbling to see. He sounds even better live than recorded, especially with the higher notes. On the recordings of their tunes, Ruess usually hits the highs with his head voice, but live, he sang it in full chest

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Rest In Peace My Friend Abigail Russell 1979-2013

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I met Abigail Russell about a year ago, she had contacted me through Facebook after reading a few of my posts about Elliott Smith. We exchanged numbers and even met at a coffee shop, Abigail had a lot to tell me, she had been in rehab with Elliott, had met him quite a few times and was missing him greatly.

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Another Side Of A Bob Dylan Box Set

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A waste of money? Oh, I guess, it is the sort of thing you treat yourself though you know you have no real need for it. It just looks cool, like the mono album CDs in their original covers earlier this century!

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UK Top 10 Singles 10-5-13

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Two killer songs here, the new Jessie J and the new to me Ben Pearce. Compare this to the US charts and what do you notice? None of those lousy fake cowboys from Australia and therfore a much much better chart.

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Late Night War Between Kanye West And Jimmy Kimmel

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Kimmel mocking his fantastic and ever-expanding ego? The comedian got several answers from the rapper in the form of all-caps tweets. But the problem is that Kanye should have stayed quiet, very quiet, his arguments were those of a 10-year-old, his insults had the face of SpongeBob SquarePants and all he could say were things like ‘YOUR EX-GIRLFRIEND IS FUNNIER THAN YOU !’

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A Familly X-Mas, For 'That' Coast

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Exene Cervanka is a Goddess, John Doe a God and Billy Zoom and DJ Bonebreaker are ass kicking legends. Never a dull moment and never an off note this quad from Cali kicks my ass everytime and I worship the ground they walk on.

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Cher On Tour

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Cher has been around forever. Dressed by Bob Mackie or as the half breed the airbrushed nip and tucker must have had enough skin removed to create a mini Cher…wait.. maybe that’s Gaga?

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