Thursday, February 8, 2024

My favorite reissues, box sets, and live albums of 2023

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Reissue releases of old music is a huge category and seems to be growing every year, as the rock n' roll cannon relentlessly marches for...
Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Breaking bad habits - not an easy task - is key to improving in life and in tennis

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I was recently watching some footage of Rafael Nadal playing tennis as a kid, and it was amazing to see how similar his game then was to wha...
Tuesday, February 6, 2024

RIP Aston "Family Man" Barrett, plus my 30 favorite Bob Marley songs

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Marley and Barrett Anyone who has ever listened to a lot of Bob Marley and the Wailers knows that sound. That bounce. That groove. That skro...
Monday, February 5, 2024

R.E.M. borrows The Replacements’ manager for a little while

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Peter Jesperson was working at Oar Folkjokeopus in Minneapolis when one of his distributors gave a hearty thumb’s up to a single by a band f...
Sunday, February 4, 2024

"We Are the World" truly might have been the greatest night in pop

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When I was 15, I already loved music so much, and it was a time when the “top 40” popular choices still meant something. It was what everyon...
Saturday, February 3, 2024

On the road with The Replacements in the mid 1980s

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A young Paul Westerberg dropped off a four-song demo one day to a guy working at the Oar Folkjokeopus record store in Minneapolis. That work...
Friday, February 2, 2024

John Lennon's killer doesn't deserve freedom despite filmmakers' efforts

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I recently watched John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial on Apple TV and, as a Beatles diehard fan, I kind of hated it. It’s simply tough to ...
Wednesday, January 31, 2024

My favorite music EPs of 2023

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In recent years, it seems EPs (shorter music releases than full-length albums) have proliferated. Artists don't want to take all the tim...
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Michael J. Fox is a real inspiration for people with Parkinson's

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I was intrigued to watch STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie on Apple TV because I wanted to learn more about his Parkinson’s, which we have been...
Monday, January 29, 2024

Reliving our pandemic Colorado ski trip at Copper Mountain

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Our extended weekend at Copper Mountain - about an hour west of Denver along I-70 - has been a perfect escape from the post-holidays doldrum...