Posts Tagged “I Hate Music”

From Dublin To Leuven (or Lessons Learned)

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From Dublin To Leuven (or Lessons Learned)

From one extreme to another. The hotel we stayed at in Dublin was a step up from a hostel. Barely. This wouldn’t necessarily have been a bad thing, but it was so run down it wasn’t pleasant. The shared toilet with the other three rooms on the floor wasn’t even an issue. There was a…

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10 Bands 10 Countries

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Now, if you’ve been reading the last few blog posts, you may be wondering what my friend Stephen is doing on what is supposed to be a family vacation. Back in … A while ago Stephen managed to convince Laura it was a good idea for me to go to Japan. Then we went to…

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Belfast & Dublin

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Belfast & Dublin

One of the impetuses for my family’s vacation to Ireland was Rock Werther, the concert festival in Belgium. This will bet detailed a bit in a later post, but Stephen and I had to get to Dublin to catch a flight. On the way, we stopped at Belfast. And again, as with my last time…

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The Fashion News?

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Yesterday I spent some time continuing to rip my CDs to MP3. Yes, this is a project that I am continuing to work on, one that was the subject of my first blog post over 4 years ago. This time it was mostly my collection of Dead Milkmen and Depeche Mode. The two bands have…

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Meta-Seattle

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My favorite band of all time is The Young Fresh Fellows because they combine the musical styles of my two other favorite bands, The Beatles and The Ramones. The band has been around for decades and I have lost count of how many times I have seen them. A few years ago a tribute album was recorded….

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More Music More Man

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I have just a little bit more to follow up on my post yesterday about The Music Man.   There was a band in Seattle in the early 90s, Fear The Cow. I wish I could find any information on them. The group was a sort of country punk outfit, almost a form of performance…

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Musically Americana

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Musically Americana

Previously I blogged about sharing one of my all-time favorite films with my kids in my favorite movie theater. Now I get to share another favorite.   Last night I took August and Déla to see The Music Man – not the movie, but a stage production at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theater. This wasn’t my first…

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Season Of Paul?

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Season Of Paul?

Found an interesting CD a few days ago. My affection for The Replacements is certainly no secret. Those who know me also know I’m not above purchasing a soundtrack to a film that I have no intention of ever seeing just because it has one song by a favorite band. Put these two things together…

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“Only A Northern Song” (Beatles Week 2012 Day 5)

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  Tell Me Why offers up that if Ringo had sung “Only A Northern Song” it might be more believable and that it “confirms all suspicions about the psychedelic hubris of 1967.” BeatleSongs considers it “one of the worst songs Harrison ever wtrote.” It was initially written and partially recorded for the Sgt. Pepper’s album, but left off…

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Beatles Week 2012 Day 3 “Think For Yourself”

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Think For Yourself was initially released on Rubber Soul, both original UK and butchered US versions.     Tell Me Why mentions the “fuzz bass adds just the right guttural cynicism” but doesn’t really give the song itself high praise. BeatleSongs quotes Harrison as saying the song “…must be about ‘somebody’ from the sound of…

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