tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87680651369077243982024-02-18T21:20:15.999-05:00My Aimz Is TrueRockstar Aimzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07831352766607346402noreply@blogger.comBlogger506125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768065136907724398.post-66722760769916872342014-08-13T00:33:00.001-04:002014-12-16T19:35:15.641-05:00Some DepressionBlogger tells me that the last time I updated this post was on July 28, 2013. In truth, I started writing it long before that, but I never had it in me to push the little orange Publish button. Robin Williams' death and all this talk of depression has kind of pushed me over the edge, and I've been dwelling on it all day. This was not easy for me to write and it is not an easy read. Except for a handful of sentences and the last few paragraphs, most of this was written over a year ago.<br />
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I haven't had it in me to update my blog in the last <s>eight</s> 21 months (except that <a href="http://myaimzistrue.blogspot.com/2014/04/marathon-monday.html">Boston Marathon</a> post, to which I never wrote a follow-up). When your hobby becomes a chore, it's time to find a new hobby. But what the hell? I used to love blogging about music. And it's not like I am going to fewer shows (well, I sort of am, but we'll get into that later), or listening to less music, or have found a new hobby. What the fuck, Amy?<br />
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In early May 2011, after an 18 month hiatus, Allie at <a href="http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/"><i>Hyperbole and a Half</i></a> wrote a brilliant blog post about <a href="http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2013/05/depression-part-two.html">depression</a>. While I didn't relate to everything she said, a lot of it hit close to home and I found myself doing some of the exact things that she described, like this: <br />
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and this:<br />
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and this:<br />
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And I thought, "Dammit Aimz," and was briefly motivated to at least update the format/header of my blog (although I am still not happy with it). But I still couldn't fire up the activation energy to even post the damn set list for Hayes Carll's gig at Johnny D's (May 2013, killer show, by the way), or write about openly weeping when Jason Isbell played "Elephant" at The Sinclair in July 2013, or being one of eight people at the amazing Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires show (Feb 2014), or getting my face melted by The Turnpike Troubadours and American Aquarium (July 2014, best show I've seen this year). I even have a half-written blog post about my very first Son Volt show from June 2013.<br />
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And it's no secret that I've been dealing with some shit lately. Hell, I'll just say it. I've been formally, medically coping with clinical depression and/or generalized anxiety disorder and/or other diagnosis on and off (mostly on) for the last 15 years, and I am fairly sure that I have been actually dealing with it for most of my life. <br />
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Being the northerner that I am, I like to describe the feeling as like when you are trying to walk through snow that is up to your knees. Only it's July and it's 90 degrees outside and there is no snow on the ground. It's a huge effort just to lift up one foot and put it in front of the other. Another analogy that I like is that you are trying to wade up an ankle-deep, fast-moving stream, only all of the people on the shore are walking at a regular pace and can't even see the stream. Then you reach a boulder in the stream and and grab on to it so that the stream doesn't wash you away. Only your fingers start slipping off of the rock and you are having a hard time hanging on, while everyone around you is oblivious to your struggle. <br />
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You sleep until noon, drink three cups of coffee, then go back to sleep until 4pm. And do it again the next day. And the next day. Sometimes you skip the coffee and sleep straight until 4pm. You're exhausted all of the time and you can sleep anywhere, anytime, including the subway, at the movies, and in your living room with all of the lights on and the TV blaring. You only consume coffee, donuts, chocolate, ice cream, and beer, and you put on 15 pounds. Then none of your pants, shorts, or skirts fit. You can't remember the last time you showered. Maybe you showered on Tuesday but didn’t wash your hair, which would explain why my your head is so greasy. Your leg hair is a half inch long. <br />
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<i>I tried to believe all the things that you said, but my friends that aren't dying are already dead. </i> <br />
- <a href="http://theholdsteady.net/">The Hold Steady</a> - <a href="https://app.box.com/shared/static/psbqmufjd7kdtwxaqytl.mp3">Constructive Summer.mp3</a><br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001BP4K4K/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001BP4K4K&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20"><i>Stay Positive</i> (2008)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001BP4K4K" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
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The following friends of mine have passed away since I moved to Boston in January 2011 (rough chronological order, ages in parentheses, after July 2013 in <i>italics</i>)<br />
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Maggie (63)<br />
Leslie (47)<br />
Jonathan (55)<br />
Dan (40)<br />
Linda (58)<br />
Sandi (55)<br />
JT (65)<br />
Stephanie (40)<br />
<i>Tony</i> (60)<br />
<i>Don</i> (69)<br />
<i>Andy</i> (59)<br />
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Some of these people were close friends, some I was not close to. All of them I hugged at one point or another. All of them had some sort of influence or impression on my life. Some died very suddenly, some after weeks, months, or years of illness. Being active in the organ donation and transplant community allows me the privilege of knowing people who have gone through similar health issues as I have, but it also hurts twice as much when they pass away because you know that could easily be you. Two of these deaths made me extremely angry, and <a href="http://myaimzistrue.blogspot.com/2012/09/in-memory-of-rid.html">one broke my heart</a>.<br />
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What do you do when this happens? Do you take their information out of your phone? I haven't yet. Do you "unfriend" them on Facebook? Stupid Facebook. I do find some comfort in reading the messages people have left posthumously on their Facebook pages. All of these people lived far away and I didn't attend any of their funerals, plus some I learned of their deaths after the fact. What do you do next? What the fuck do I do?<br />
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<a href="http://www.catholicboy.com/">The Jim Carroll Band</a> - People Who Died.mp3<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001OGPWM0/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001OGPWM0&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20"><i>Catholic Boy</i> (1980)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001OGPWM0" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
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Unemployment almost killed me. I moved to Boston for a job in January 2011, and was let go in July 2011, and didn't work again until May 2012. Then was let go again in November 2012. Two seven-month jobs in two years is a huge red flag on a resume. And unemployment assistance does not come close to covering rent in Boston, much less all of your other expenses. You are perpetually broke. Then the government "sequesters" and cuts down your pittance by an extra $100 a week, then finally cuts you off altogether. At one point I was working three part time jobs just to try to keep going. The only reason I stayed in Massachusetts is because, up until Obamacare (Jan. 1, 2014), it was the only state where I could get health insurance without having a job. Fortunately, I found a job at the end of March 2014. It pays 27% less than my previous job, but it's a start. The work is interesting and I really love the people I am working with. I can't say that about my previous two Boston jobs.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyG5SOXSED0lxw6pVEBcow0OrNUmhoAptudpq1kio_8ydw6J_rJo3zjKO44tVOKzoPzZQVDnXxUubp0Pst6-CIo_Nujw1zB_wyzr1_9VgMJuUwcdJg3AS9nKAONlSIeetjGddNq2w_fpc/s1600/DrJacoby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyG5SOXSED0lxw6pVEBcow0OrNUmhoAptudpq1kio_8ydw6J_rJo3zjKO44tVOKzoPzZQVDnXxUubp0Pst6-CIo_Nujw1zB_wyzr1_9VgMJuUwcdJg3AS9nKAONlSIeetjGddNq2w_fpc/s320/DrJacoby.jpg" /></a></div>Boston is a hard city, especially when you are by yourself and don't know a lot of people in the area. My family doctor referred me up to a psychiatrist who was crazier than most of her patients. Seriously, she made Dr. Jacoby from <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098936/">Twin Peaks</a></i> (right) look normal. My insurance company charged a $20-$35 co-pay for a 20 minute session with her when money was already exceedingly tight. She was always being trailed by a young medical student, who I am certain that I taught more medicine to than she did. Hell, I have a kidney transplant, a history of GI problems, other maladies, and I'm a head-case. I'm interesting as fuck from a medical perspective. However, I never once felt better coming out of her office. I usually felt extremely annoyed. I would frequently go straight home from an appointment and go back to bed.<br />
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Regardless, the one thing nut-job shrink was correct about is my lack of support system in this town, which I knew before I set foot in her office. And it isn't just this town. I felt like I couldn't reach out to friends who were far away. I would be a bother to them. Or they were too busy with their kids and families and careers to hear about my problems. And I'm embarrassed that I can't handle it. I know there have been times in the last 15 years where I have been weird, anti-social, negative, or melancholy, and it's affected my friendships and social life. "Here comes that weirdo Aimz and her bad attitude. I don't want to deal with her." I never want someone to do something they don't want to do. Boston is not an easy place to make new friends. Professionals in Boston and Cambridge are hyper-competitive about their careers. Natives of the area are suspicious of outsiders. People in my age range are busy with families and kids. Which brings me to the thing I miss most about <a href="http://myaimzistrue.blogspot.com/2012/09/in-memory-of-rid.html">Dan</a>: us commiserating on our parallel lives. He, unlike me, was chronically happy, and always made me feel better about us being "losers with no friends." (His quote.) And I miss that loser with no friends more than I ever thought possible. <br />
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The below song has always haunted me.<br />
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<a href="http://www.candleboxrocks.com/">Candlebox</a> - Far Behind.mp3<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002MKO/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000002MKO&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20"><i>Candlebox</i> (1993)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000002MKO" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
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Here's what I don't want: I don't want all of my friends frantically calling and texting me now that I have "opened up." I don't want people to leave comments below about "you can always call me" blah, blah, blah. I know, I know. But my pride gets in the way and I muddle through as always. Just know that depression/anxiety disorder/what-the-fuck is a son-of-a-bitch, and I have my good and bad days. I'm better now that I have a job and new friends. But it's always lurking in the back of my brain, anticipating that the stream's current may surge, and there may be another slippery rock that I have a hard time holding on to.<br />
<u>Edit</u>: My friend Sara e-mailed me and, "You're not the boss of me! I'll call and text and leave comments if damn well want to!" Sara rules. <br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasey_Anderson">Kasey Anderson</a> - Some Depression.mp3<br />
<b>From</b>: <a href="http://ninebullets.net/archives/kasey-anderson-and-the-honkies-let-the-bloody-moon-rise"><i>Let the Bloody Moon Rise</i></a> (2012)<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://myaimzistrue.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Rockstar Aimzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07831352766607346402noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768065136907724398.post-2846012036703002792014-04-21T01:37:00.001-04:002014-12-14T14:00:00.810-05:00Marathon MondayI haven't written anything on this blog in a long, long time, and I have the urge to write. But I don't want to write about music. I want to write about athletes and doctors and citizens and scumbags. I want to write about the Boston Marathon. (all photography is by me unless noted.)<br />
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I moved to the Boston area in 2011, and that year I watched the marathon on TV from my apartment in Cambridge. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots%27_Day">Patriots' Day</a>, "Marathon Monday," is a state holiday in Massachusetts which commemorates the Revolutionary War, specifically the battles of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord">Lexington and Concord</a>. It also is the traditional day to run the Boston Marathon. Plus, an 11 a.m. Boston Red Sox baseball game has occurred on this day since 1959 (the idea being that the game will let out in time for the fans to cheer on the last of the marathon runners). In 2011 I couldn't get my bum out of bed in time to get over to the marathon route, and I wanted to watch the Red Sox game as they were playing the Blue Jays and, having recently moved from Toronto, I was still rooting for the Blue Jays to win.<br />
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I didn't "get" the marathon until 2012, after I had moved to Brookline. I lived at 1440 Beacon St, near Coolidge Corner, right on the marathon route, just west of mile 24. April 16, 2012, was an unseasonably hot day, with the temperature reaching a high of 88F/31C. Because of the heat, the organizers let athletes defer their entry until 2013. The elite runners were some 5 to 10 minutes off of their best times. The winning men's time in 2011 was 2:03.02, while in 2012 it was 2:12.40. The section where I was watching was staffed with extra medical personnel, extra water, and a misting tent where the athletes could cool off.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2012: Misting tent near Coolidge Corner so the runners could cool off in<br />
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What you can't appreciate from watching the marathon on TV is the amount of cheering on the course. It is loud! Some 500,000 people line the 26.2 mile route. Everyone is cheering for everyone else. And the cheering isn't just for the elite runners. In fact, spectators cheer more loudly for the everyday people out running. Athletes will have their name or their home country flag on the front of their jersey, and people will cheer, "Go John from England!" I specifically remember one athlete from South Korea smiling as people were yelling "Go Korea!" And remember, this is between miles 23 and 24. The athletes are suffering. They have about 2 miles left to go and they are unhappy. I saw several spectators jump out into the race to help jog and encourage the last 2 to 2.5 miles with their friends or family.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2012: Fun people on the marathon course near mile 24 </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2012: Near 1440 Beacon St. looking east. So many people! The Green "C"<br />
T line is on the left. The Citgo sign in the distance is near Fenway Park.<br />
The time stamp on this photo is 2:37, or about 13 minutes before the bombs<br />
went off in 2013. You can really appreciate all of the runners still on the course.</td></tr>
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Lots of other things are going on too. Military members ruck march the entire marathon route, starting at 5:00 a.m. the day of the race (<a href="http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2014/02/27/marathon-tough-ruck-boston-rules/">Apparently this isn't happening this year. Lame!</a>). A Revolutionary War reenacter dressed as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dawes">William Dawes</a> comes by on a horse to warn us that the British are coming. Dawes trots onward down Harvard St. on his way to meet Paul Revere in Lexington. The local Rotary International Club sells grilled hot dogs and hamburgers as a fundraiser (I had a hamburger). A local community band plays out-of-tune Sousa marches. People decked out in Red Sox gear are waiting for the T or walking the 1.5 miles to the stadium. Some people bring coolers and snacks and literally tailgate as the athletes run by. The day is way more about community than about who wins the race. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2012: Syracuse University ROTC ruck marches the marathon route. They are<br />
carrying 40 pounds of equipment and it is 88F outside. Bad. Ass.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2012: William Dawes warns the residents of Brookline that the lousy<br />
Redcoats are coming before meeting up with Paul Revere in Lexington.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2012: A community band plays Sousa marches. Everyone else claps along.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2012: The Brookline Rotary Club serves hamburgers and hot dogs.<br />
My father is very active in his Rotary Club in Oshkosh, Wisconsin,<br />
so this photo is for him.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>My first year at the marathon I went home for lunch around 12:30 and was stunned that I could hear the crowds from within my apartment! My unit faced away from Beacon St, and I rarely heard traffic, yet I could hear the marathon spectators loud and clear. It was a really fun day, and it made me proud to be a part of the Boston community.<br />
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My 2013 experience at the marathon was largely the same except that the temperature was reasonable (upper 40s to lower 50s). I wore a fleece jacket to stay warm. I was tweeting images and my impressions of the race. I probably tweeted something flippant about throwing donuts at the runners. I watched the wheelchair racers FLY by. A guy I knew from high school was part of the elite runners group. I tried to watch for him but he was so fast that I completely missed him (he ran it in 2:23:06 and finished 34th overall - at age 42!). I chatted with a nice retired couple who live in Cambridge, but come out to Brookline to watch the marathon every year. I bought a cheeseburger and a Diet Coke from the Rotary International cookout.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2013: Waiting for the elite runners to come through. Look at how the<br />
spectators are bundled up compared to 2012.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2013: I teased the runners with strawberry frosted donuts.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2013: The elite runners came through so quickly that I almost didn't catch<br />
them on my slow camera. The second man from the right in the blue tank<br />
top is <span class="irc_su" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Ethiopian Lelisa Desisa who won the men's race. He returned to </span><br />
<span class="irc_su" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Boston a few months later and gave his winning medal to the city. </span><br />
<span class="irc_su" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Good article on him from the April 17 <i><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/18/sports/aiming-to-reclaim-a-marathon-triumph-made-irrelevant-by-tragedy.html?_r=0">New York Times</a></i>.</span></td></tr>
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I had some things to do, so I went home around 1:30 or 2, I can't remember exactly. I had been out watching and cheering since about 10 a.m. I was working on a job application around 3:00pm or so when my friend Chuck in Kentucky tweeted at me, "Are you OK?" What the hell? Of course I'm OK, why do you ask? I could still hear all of the people outside cheering the runners on. A few seconds after that my friend Adam in Wisconsin tweeted the same thing to me. I finally looked at my twitter feed to see what the hell they were talking about. Holy crap! A bomb or something had gone off at the marathon finish line. There may be more bombs. It was only minutes after the bombs went off and reports were still confusing. And for the most part the people lined up on Beacon St in front of my apartment between miles 23 and 24 had no clue what was going on. I went downstairs to look and people were still jogging by. I decided that the best thing that I could do was get out of the way, so I went back up to my apartment and stared at the TV and twitter. I had been tweeting about the marathon earlier that day so several of my friends, not knowing where I was tweeting from, where concerned that I was near the bomb site. I thought of my friend Patrick who always watches the marathon downtown, but he had fortunately been away visiting his mother that weekend.<br />
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The second photo that took my breath away was of all of the athletes stopped near Fenway, about 1 mile from the finish. Some 5,700 runners were still on the course when the bombs went off. These runners were the ones who had raised money for certain charities to be eligible to run without having to meet a qualifying time. In other words, most of these runners were average people who had raised thousands of dollars for charity and who had trained for months and months to finish the race. Most expected a finishing time of over 4 hours. Now they were corralled between Massachusetts Avenue and Kenmore Square or further down the course at Boston College, unaware of why they were stopped. I read of a Frenchman who didn't speak English trying to finish the race, running down Newbury St in confusion until someone who spoke French stopped him and told him what was happening. I read of people who lived in the area taking in confused runners and giving them blankets and food so their muscles wouldn't seize up, and a place to stay or a phone to use while the chaos played out. People were opening up their homes to strangers who had no where to stay that night, or offering rides to stranded runners, or translating for the thousands of foreigners in town for the marathon.<br />
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Finally, I will never forget watching a press conference on CNN with the attending trauma surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Peter Fagenholz. I worked at MGH for my first job in Boston, and I go there once a month for my kidney transplant medications. I can only describe Dr. Fagenholz as being the calmest, coolest person in all of Boston. Seriously, as a trauma surgeon you must have balls of steel to begin with, but then to deal with mass casualties and the press asking moronic questions. Nothing fazed this guy. How he didn't slap a reporter silly I will never know. <br />
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0:35 <i>Was there anything unusual or anything in particular [about the injuries]?</i> "No...a lot of small metal debris..." 0:54 <i>Do you think the people in critical condition at this point...(hard to hear)...will things be OK for them?</i> "Well, they're not looking OK. That's not what 'critical condition' means." 2:44 <i>Have you ever seen anything like this?</i> "The injuries are not otherworldly, but I can't say that I have seen this volume of patients come this quickly with this type of injury." 2:58 <i>What do you mean by 'not otherworldly?'</i> "Any traumatic amputation is a gruesome injury but it's something that we do see from time to time in the course of daily life even outside of this event... This is work. When this happens we just go to work." This statement was true for all of the hospitals that took in trauma patients. In fact, the first responders and medical personnel were amazing. Read this excellent article about how Boston was prepared for large scale casualties by surgeon Atual Gawande from <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/04/why-bostons-hospitals-were-ready.html"><i>The New Yorker</i></a>.<br />
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The week only got more surreal as it went on. I had a scheduled appointment at MGH the next morning, Tuesday, April 16. I took the T from Coolidge Corner to Government Center. A family of four boarded the T at the St. Paul stop. The mom and dad had two boys: a four-year-old and a two-year-old. They were visiting from Ottawa. The four-year-old and his mom sat next to me while the two-year-old stayed in the stroller and his dad stood along the side of the subway car. Both of the boys were wearing Red Sox caps that were just a little too big for them. The four-year-old was a chatterbox: he told me everything about their trip, and especially about the sting rays at the aquarium. Both boys waved at the military personnel on the T platforms, and the military guys waved back. I exited at Government Center and my new friend asked me, "Where are you going?" like he was sad that I had to leave. I told him that I had to go to work, which wasn't true, but it was a better line that a doctor's appointment. I said goodbye to my new friends, and was grateful to be distracted by an innocent child, reminding me of what's good in the world.<br />
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Government Center had about one third of the number of pedestrians of a normal day. There where military and police officers with large guns everywhere, and bomb sniffing German Sheppards patrolling every nook and cranny of the plaza. The appointment took about three hours longer than usual, and it was unnerving watching the press conference from the waiting room of a hospital where 20+ people were clinging to life who less than 24 hours ago had been enjoying a race.<br />
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On Thursday, April 18, at 5:00pm, the FBI released a photo of the two scumbags that they believed planted the marathon bombs. At 11:00pm those scumbags had murdered an MIT police officer and were on the run. My friend Isabel had been at a movie in Kendal Square near MIT and texted me asking me what was going on. She jokingly said, "Maybe I won't have to go to work tomorrow." <br />
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I stayed up for the next 8 hours watching everything unfold on twitter and on TV. I was completely riveted. The shootout in Watertown happened a few miles from where I lived in an area where I frequently go shopping. For the record, Boston was not "on lockdown" as described by the press. The neighborhood in Watertown where the shootout took place was on lockdown, but the rest of the area was under a voluntary stay home order. Officially it was called a <a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/04/22/178446136/boston-lockdown-extraordinary-but-prudent-experts-say">shelter-in-place</a>, but I saw people jogging, people walking their dogs, people taking the trash out, etc. The 7-11 across the street from me was open, and I bet that the Dunkin Donuts down the road was open too (if Dunkin Donuts closes, the terrorists win). Most people had the attitude of, "Wooo-hooo! Three day weekend!" The best essay I read about this "lockdown" was published in <i><a href="http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/lust-during-wartime">Esquire</a></i> and described a one-night-stand gone awry. <br />
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But seriously, there are about 250,000 students in Boston, and the 19-year-old scumbag bomber could have easily blended in with the crowd. He was within a few miles of large schools like Harvard, MIT, BU and BC. During the night I kept looking out my window wondering if the doe-eyed creep would pop out of my bushes and bomb my apartment building. Public transportation in Boston is really good (relative to some places where I have lived), and these jerks could have easily hopped on a train and been half way to Canada in a few hours. Or taken over and blown up a large office building. Fortunately these dipshits where not criminal masterminds. Some a-hole on Facebook said, "I can't believe that Boston is under martial law." Give me a fucking break. And someone else said, "the government is taking away Boston resident's civil liberties." Please. Isabel, who once lived in Houston, said, "No one complains when you prepare for a huge hurricane, and at the last minute it dissipates and you only get a rain storm." Boston prepared for a Category 4 hurricane, but fortunately only got a small thunderstorm. <br />
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So tomorrow I will head out to cheer on the marathon runners. Over a million people are expected to line the marathon route. Although I no longer live in Brookline, I will still head over to Coolidge Corner and take my place along Beacon Street. The elite runners start in Hopkinton at 9:30 a.m. when the temperature will be about 40F. The less elite runners will start around 11:30, and will start crossing the finish line when it has warmed up to the mid 60s. The elite field is predicted to be extra fast and competitive this year as many elite runners are joining the race in solidarity with those who were injured by the bombers in 2013. I'll take lots of photos. I'll tweet something obnoxious about throwing Munchkins at the runners (though I'll still call them Timbits). I'll go to a bar and drink Sam Adams 26.2. It will be a great day.<br />
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<a href="http://theholdsteady.net/">The Hold Steady</a> - For Boston.mp3<br />
<b>From</b>: <i>Boys and Girls in American</i> (Australia Bonus Track) (2007)<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://myaimzistrue.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Rockstar Aimzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07831352766607346402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768065136907724398.post-40697717474767362602012-12-24T14:32:00.001-05:002013-02-07T13:39:00.101-05:00Feel Bad for SantaHo Ho freakin’ Ho! Your favorite snowmen, elves, reindeer, shepherds and wise men have assembled one more Feel Bad for You mixtape for 2012. Think of this as your early stocking stuffer. And the little angel on the cover art? That’s my nephew. Clearly, he gets his fear of fats guys with beards from his aunt. <br />
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1. <a href="http://frightenedrabbit.com/">Frightened Rabbit</a> - Boxing Night<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008ZDNJ8O/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B008ZDNJ8O"><i>State Hospital</i> EP (2012)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B008ZDNJ8O" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: tincanman<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Just me and these walls/And a beaten up chair/On boxing day…. You got to admit, the Scots have a unique ability to suck the fun out of anything. This band is so, so, so good!</span><br />
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2. <a href="http://www.centro-matic.com/">Centro-matic</a> - Fuselage (It’s Starting To Look Like Christmas Once Again)<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000541Z9/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0000541Z9"><i>Electric Ornaments</i> (2000)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0000541Z9" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted by: Corey Flegel<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Maybe my favorite Centro song…and I love all Centro songs.</span><br />
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3. <a href="http://www.earthakitt.com/">Eartha Kitt</a> - Santa Baby<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000008CM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0000008CM"><i>Ultimate Christmas Album, Vol 3</i> (1996)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0000008CM" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: BoogieStudio22<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Sexiest Christmas song of all time. Nuff said!</span><br />
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4. <a href="http://www.bobwalkenhorst.com/">Bob Walkenhorst</a> - Christmas In Nashville<br />
<b>From</b>: <i>Soundboard recording from December 19, 2007 show at The Record Bar</i><br />
Submitted By: toomuchcountry<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: The front man for The Rainmakers – then and now – performs weekly at The Record Bar in Kansas City, MO, with a mixture of old and new Rainmakers material, solo performer songs, and cover tunes. One of his traditions in recent years has been to incorporate several Christmas themed songs into the set list during one of his December shows.</span><br />
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5. <a href="http://thebohannons.org/">Bohannons</a> - X-Mas In Vietnam<br />
<b>From</b>: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/this-is-american-music/sets/bohannons-x-mas-in-vietnam">X-Mas In Vietnam (2012)</a><br />
Submitted By: TheOtherBrit<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Not your average Christmas song.</span><br />
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6. <a href="http://jimboggia.com/">Jim Boggia</a> - I’m the Humbug<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0034YME4O/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0034YME4O"><i>Fidelity Is The Enemy</i> (2001)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0034YME4O" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: @philnorman<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: The album as a whole is a singer-songwriter pop masterpiece. It's on Bandcamp. You should get it. And if you’re gonna stick a hidden track on your album, why not a Christmas jam?</span><br />
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7. <a href="http://www.dropkickmusic.co.uk/">Dropkick</a> - Scampi for Xmas<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0047IN7QA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0047IN7QA"><i>25th December</i> (2010)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0047IN7QA" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted by: Simon<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: I hate turkey, so deep fried scampi it is.</span><br />
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8. <a href="http://www.rockabillyhall.com/JamesKirkland.html">Jimmy Kirkland</a> - Hang Them High At Christmas<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000Y3ERH0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000Y3ERH0">Cool Daddy (2007)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000Y3ERH0" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: @popa2unes<br />
Comments: Merry Rockabilly XXXMas!<br />
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9. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/showcaseshowdown">The Showcase Showdown</a> - Merry Christmas, I Fucked Your Snowman<br />
<b>From</b>: <i>Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh</i> 7" (1995, out of print)<br />
Submitted By: scratchedsoul<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: I used to see these guys regularly in the mid-90s around Boston playing the punk rock shows. How can you a) not love a band named after a segment from the Price is Right and b) not buy a 7″ that has a song called ‘Merry Christmas, I Fucked Your Snowman’ on it? The sound is nothing new, but they do it well.</span><br />
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10. <a href="http://www.gretchenpeters.com/">Gretchen Peters</a> - Waitin' On Mary<br />
<b>From</b>: <i>The Best of "Nashville Unlimited" Christmas Vol. 1</i> (2003, out of print)<br />
Submitted By: toomuchcountry<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Around 2000, Nashville session bassist Dave Pomeroy began hosting Nashville Unlimited. Performers aren’t announced in advance. Tickets aren’t sold before the night of the event. And virtually no publicity is ginned up for the event. Yet, Christ Church Cathedral is filled each year with folks who stand in line on Broadway on a first-come, first-seated basis to donate to help Nashville’s homeless through Room In The Inn. The artists who perform each year are varied and represent some of the best Nashville has to offer. I’ve seen John Prine, Emmylou Harris, Tommy Emmanuel, Riders In The Sky, Vince Gill, etc. show up unannounced to perform and help bring awareness and support. I encourage those who are so inclined to help at <a href="http://roomintheinn.org/support">http://roomintheinn.org/support</a> or by finding a way to help in your own town or city.</span><br />
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11. <a href="http://micharrison.com/">Mic Harrison</a> - Christmas Time at the Dixie Lounge<br />
<b>From</b>: <i>Christmas Split</i> (2008, out of print)<br />
Submitted By: AnnieTUFF<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: (by Rockstar Aimz) Annie sent me nine Christmas mp3s, so I just picked two that I hadn't heard before. I picked this one because I know that Mic Harrison rules.</span><br />
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12. <a href="http://www.vandals.com/Vandals/Home/Home.html">The Vandals</a> - My First Xmas, As a Woman<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000V93N7W/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000V93N7W"><i>Oi To The World</i> (1996)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000V93N7W" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: AnnieTUFF<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: (by Rockstar Aimz) I really hope this song is about a sex change for Christmas. OK, I'm listening to it for the first time and it's even more awesome than I thought it would be.</span><br />
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13. <a href="http://www.theraveonettes.com/">The Raveonettes</a> - The Christmas Song<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002S94XY/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0002S94XY"><i>Maybe This Christmas Tree</i> (2004)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0002S94XY" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: Trailer<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Sugary confection that I can’t get enough of for some reason.</span><br />
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14. <a href="http://www.twistedsister.com/">Twisted Sister</a> - Oh Come All Ye Faithful<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003U8G62U/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003U8G62U"><i>Twisted Christmas</i> (2006)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003U8G62U" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: Gorrck<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: While listening to this think of "We're Not Gonna Take It." You'll thank me later.</span><br />
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15. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/diamondrugs">Diamond Rugs</a> - Christmas in a Chinese Restaurant<br />
(Deer Tick’s John McCauley and Robbie Crowell, the Black Lips’ Ian Saint Pe, Dead Confederate’s Hardy Morris, Six Finger Satellite’s Bryan Dufresne, and Steve Berlin of Los Lobos)<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007O64C2K/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007O64C2K"><i>Diamond Rugs</i> (2011)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B007O64C2K" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: Romeo Sid Vicious <br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: I found this one last year and was really happy about finding a new Christmas song so I figured I’d share it here in case anyone hasn’t discovered it yet.</span><br />
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16. <a href="http://www.thealabamaband.com/">Alabama</a> - Thistlehair The Christmas Bear<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000006O1G/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000006O1G"><i>Christmas</i> (1985)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000006O1G" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: Truersound<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Because it's not Christmas without Thistlehair the Christmas Bear. You know in Pigeon Forge it's Christmas all year around…. ALL YEAR AROUND! Also in Myrtle Beach…Myrtle Beach is a lot like Pigeon Forge just with a beach and titty bars…. Both love Alabama and Christmas….(and meth).</span><br />
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17. <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lightnin-hopkins-mn0000825208">Lightnin' Hopkins</a> - Santa<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000008HN/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0000008HN"><i>Mojo Hand</i> (orig. 1960)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0000008HN" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: Truersound<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Aimz challenged me to send in a Kwanzaa song, I’m not entirely sure how one celebrates a Kwanzaa, but my version of Kwanzaa has would have Lightnin’ Hopkins in it.</span><br />
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18. <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/half-man-half-biscuit-mn0000659618">Half Man Half Biscuit</a> - All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit<br />
<b>From</b>: <i>The Trumpton Riots 7”</i> (1986, out of print)<br />
Submitted By: Mad Mackerel<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: As relentlessly English a Christmas song as it is possible to get. Since their first release in 1985 Half Man Half Biscuit have been slyly poking fun at British culture and geography through a series of vignettes featuring scalpel sharp lyrics and a healthy sense of the absurd. This classic offering – the b-side to their debut single – lampoons the ‘must have’ toys of the time in the UK – Scalextric car racing and the soccer game Subbuteo for which a Dukla Prague Away Kit was the ultimate in street-cred cool. To this day, fans at gigs still wear the replica shirts of this Czech football club that was formed by the Czechoslovak army in 1948 and sadly folded in 1996. This song remains a fitting festive tribute.</span><br />
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19. <a href="http://www.paulkelly.com.au/news">Paul Kelly</a> - How to Make Gravy<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005JKUC90/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005JKUC90"><i>Songs From the South</i> (1997)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B005JKUC90" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: Rockstar Aimz<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: I consider this song to be up there with John Prine’s "Christmas in Prison" in terms of modern Christmas classics. First, the narrator, Joe, is indeed in prison, but the song takes place in Australia where it is summer and everyone goes to the beach after the roast is served. Second, Joe is truly, soulfully regretful for whatever he did to land him in the clink, and laments about everyone he is going to miss over the holidays. Third, my favorite line is Joe saying, "Roger. I’m even going to miss Roger. Cause there’s nobody here that I want to fight." Like he can’t find someone in prison that he despises enough to punch. Awesome.</span><br />
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20. <a href="http://www.brave.com/bo/">Brave Combo</a> - Must Be Santa<br />
Buy: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004NNKW0I/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004NNKW0I"><i>It's Christmas, Man!</i> (1992)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B004NNKW0I" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: Rockstar Aimz<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: I like even numbers and ending on a fun note. "Must Be Santa" was originally written by Mitch Miller, and released on his 1961 album Holiday Sing Along With Mitch Miller. Miller was a major force in the music industry from the late 1940s to the early 1960s, serving at the head of A&R for both Mercury and Columbia Records. With Columbia in the 1960s he was responsible for signing and producing many important pop standards. However, he did not like rock and folk music, and he greatly disapproved of Columbia’s signing of a certain 1960s folk singer named Bob Dylan. Brave Combo rearranged "Must Be Santa" in polka fashion for their 1992 Christmas album, and Dylan used this arrangement for his 2009 album Christmas in the Heart. Dylan’s video is all kinds of fucked up. It’s nice to know that Bob still does drugs. </span><br />
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A sweet performance by Jack White and friends from last night's Conan. This cover of the classic Little Willie John song is off of White's album <i>Blunderbus</i>, which may make my top 10 list this year. Stay tuned....<br />
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<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007CKNX28/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007CKNX28&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20"><i>Blunderbuss</i> (2012)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B007CKNX28" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><br />
<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://myaimzistrue.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Rockstar Aimzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07831352766607346402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768065136907724398.post-32982056026115501522012-12-08T14:50:00.000-05:002013-02-07T13:41:25.666-05:00Santa Aimz!Santa Aimz is back and she is feeling very generous. First, one of my favorite mash-ups of all time, with accompanying video! <br />
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Rudolph (You Don't Have to Put on the Red Light)<br />
<b>From</b>: <a href="http://santastic4.com/V/"><i>Santastic V: Snow Man</i> (2010)</a><br />
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This heartwarming holiday number has been floating around the web the last few days, but I don't care cause it's awesome. Rumor has it that Linus toured with the Dead from '80-'82. <br />
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<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/33883554?badge=0" width="530" height="298" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/33883554">It's A Bad Brains Christmas, Charlie Brown</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3341782">Tad Was Here</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br />
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus and Lucy<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0090X4H0W/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0090X4H0W&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20"><i>A Charlie Brown Christmas</i> (1965, remastered 2012)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0090X4H0W" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><br />
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<a href="http://www.badbrains.com/">Bad Brains</a> - Pay to Cum<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000001Q3T/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000001Q3T&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20"><i>Bad Brains</i> (1982)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000001Q3T" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><br />
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And <a href="http://www.neildiamond.com/">Neil Diamond</a> just tweeted this, so how can I NOT post it?<br />
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Adam Sandler - The Chanukah Song<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002N4N/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000002N4N&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20"><i>What The Hell Happened To Me!</i> (1996)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000002N4N" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><br />
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On the Wednesday morning before Thanksgiving my mother would usually take the bus to my grandparent's home in southern Wisconsin to help grandma prepare for the next day's feast. My father would pick me and my little brother up after school, and we would drive down to meet them. Our mini two hour road trip would wind south down Wisconsin Highway 26, through rolling hills in the heart of America's Dairyland. Some of the small municipalities would already have their downtown's decorated for Christmas, much to my delight. We would always stop halfway at McDonald's for a kid-approved dinner, and be on our way. <br />
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One evening as we pulled out of the Golden Arches and got back on the road, my dad fiddled around with the radio trying to find something to listen to. News? Boring. Early 1980s rock? Awful. So dad put in a cassette: The Best of the Kingston Trio, harkening back to my dad's late teenaged years of hanging out at the rathskeller with his buddies, drinking warm beer and eating cold pizza. <br />
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Traditional folk music by it's very nature is easy for kids to pick up. The lyrics are relatively simple, verses and choruses are repeated often, and themes at their most basic level are things that children can relate to. It wasn't long after my dad popped in the tape that we were singing along to "Tom Dooley," "Tijuana Jail," and "M.T.A." My most vivid memory is of my little brother, who was around age six, singing "A Worried Man" at the top of his lungs. "We're worried now, but we won't be worried looooooooooong!" I sang along, and my dad laughed and laughed, as we headed down the highway to our grandparent's house for Thanksgiving. <br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kingston_Trio">The Kingston Trio</a> - A Worried Man<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000000CX8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000000CX8&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20"><i>Kingston Trio Greatest Hits</i></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000000CX8" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><br />
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<a href="http://www.richardbuckner.com/">Richard Buckner</a> - Traitor<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055HVEMQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0055HVEMQ&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20"><i>Our Blood</i> (2011)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0055HVEMQ" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
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Buckner will be performing at <a href="http://www.radiobarunion.com/Home.htm">Radio</a> in Somerville on Dec. 15.<br />
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Check out his killer <a href="http://www.daytrotter.com/#!/concert/richard-buckner/20055107-5855">Daytrotter</a> session from October, 2011. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm Rockstar Aimz and I approve this message. </span></div><br />
<a href="http://www.willienelson.com/">Willie Nelson</a> - Heartland (feat. Bob Dylan)<br />
<b>From</b>: <i>Revolutions of Time....The Journey 1975-1993</i> (1995, out of print)<br />
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1. Black Pistol Fire - Young Blood<br />
<i>Big Beat '59</i> (2012)<br />
Submitted By: @mikeorren<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Saw these guys open for The Scabs in Austin a couple months back and thought they were great. Songmanship takes a jump in their new album-- first time I heard this, I swore it was an old favorite.</span><br />
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2. Some Dark Holler - Everybody's Devil<br />
<i>Hollow Chest</i> (2012)<br />
Submitted by: Corey Flegel - This Is American Music<br />
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3. <a href="http://www.michaelchapman.co.uk/">Michael Chapman</a> - One Time Thing<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006A9XRHI/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B006A9XRHI&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20"><i>Rainmaker</i> (1969)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B006A9XRHI" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: Truersound<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Had the joy of meeting the man and seeing him perform at a private party recently. He sat on the porch with an amped acoustic, no vocals....and proceeded to blow us all away. </span><br />
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4. The Moonstones - Miénteme<br />
<i>Fuzz, Farfisa y Fiesta</i> (2011)<br />
Submitted By: BoogieStudio22<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: These guys started following me on twitter. I found their Bandcamp site (<a href="http://themoonstones.bandcamp.com/">http://themoonstones.bandcamp.com/</a>) and was floored by their retro 60s sound. Instant fan! About half the songs are in Spanish, the other half in English. I finally found a label in Australia where I could buy their CD (and got a couple of samplers too).</span><br />
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5. Town Hall Brawl - Wanted<br />
<i>demos</i> (2010)<br />
Submitted By: hoosier buddy<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: "I remember when called me up, asked me out to the laundromat, playin' pool on the dry cycle, can't have more fun than that. Never told anyone your secret, even though I know you told mine. I could never do that to another; some things should always be protected."</span><br />
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6. Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice - There's More Pretty Girls Than One<br />
<i>Skaggs & Rice</i> (1980)<br />
Submitted By: @philnorman<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Been doing more duo gigs lately, and there's not many better bluegrass duo records to study than this one. Also, girls are pretty.</span><br />
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7. <a href="http://www.sallieford.com/">Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside</a> - Like A Drug<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008VKJYG2/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B008VKJYG2&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20"><i>Dirty Radio</i> (Deluxe Version, 2012)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B008VKJYG2" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: Bryan Childs (Autopsy IV)<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Ding a ding dang my ding a long ling long.</span><br />
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Also Submitted By: @popa2unes<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: I’m Hooked</span><br />
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8. Olivia Tremor Control - Define A Transparent Dream <br />
<i>Music From The Unrealized Film Script Dusk At Cubist Castle</i> (1996)<br />
Submitted By: Ryan (Verbow at Altcountrytab.ca)<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: RIP Bill Doss.</span><br />
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9. Chris Knight - Missing You<br />
<i>Little Victories</i> (2012)<br />
Submitted By: Simon<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Not made a bad album Mr Knight and his new one is no exception, best of the plugged in releases so far for me. </span><br />
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10. <a href="http://www.sloanmusic.com/">Sloan</a> - Coax Me<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009YNRWU/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0009YNRWU&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20"><i>Twice Removed<i></i></i> (1994)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0009YNRWU" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: @scratchedsoul<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I loved Sloan when they first came out, but then I hated this record when it was originally released in 1994. It's absolutely grown on me over the years. I always loved the line 'I think Consolidated's OK, It's not the band I hate, it's their fans.' That line definitely applied to Consolidated at the time and has applied to many bands since.</span><br />
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11. Guster The Face Buster (G.F.B) - For A Time<br />
<i>G.F.B </i> (2011)<br />
Submitted By: annieTUFF<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Well, is it that time again? September? Already? The start of fall is upon us? We could still go to the lake right now and take a dip during the middle of the hot day, but by the end of the month I bet we'll be wearing sweaters and eating only foods made with pumpkin. Is the pumpkin thing just me? Maybe... Anyway. Back to music. Part of fall is feeling a little bummed, summer is ending, stuff is dying, its starting to get darker in the morning, but you've got to embrace those feelings...and then punch them in the face. So, this month I'm embracing the bummer. Next month I'll continue my fall tradition with the punching my bummer in the face. For now, I'll introduce you to my brother...Guster The Face Buster.</span><br />
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12. Corb Lund - Bible on the Dash (featuring Hayes Carll)<br />
<i>Cabin Fever</i> (2012)<br />
Submitted By: Rockstar Aimz<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Corb Lund and Hayes Carll (and Todd Snider) are among the few songwriters still following the long tradition of using humor in country music. This song is one of the highlights off of Lund’s new album. </span><br />
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13. Sex Pistols - New York<br />
<i>Never Mind The Bollocks</i> (1976)<br />
Submitted By: Bowood<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: this popped up on my iPod, the whole album is just a middle finger to everyone and everything.</span><br />
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14. Wallpaper - Best Song Everrr<br />
<i>Ultimix 181</i> (2011)<br />
Submitted By: tincanman<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: I'm jush wanna say I love you FB...FMB...shit...FBFUCKY peoples. Yesh, I've had a few brwskiiiiiiiiiis ha haha, but thatsh not it. No, I shwear, I just love you. all. Video is the NSFW version: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr7pEzgW_7Y">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr7pEzgW_7Y</a></span><br />
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15. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Sweeney">Matt Sweeney</a> & <a href="http://www.bonnieprincebilly.com/">Bonnie "Prince" Billy</a> - Storms (Fleetwood Mac cover)<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005VR9198/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005VR9198&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20"><i>Just Tell Me That You Want Me - Tribute To Fleetwood Mac</i> (2012)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B005VR9198" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: TheSecondSingle/Beldo<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: My love for soft rock is no secret to those on ACT. This earnest, stripped down cover by one of my favorite duos brings out the beauty and songwriting perfection that has made so much of Fleetwood Mac's material age so well (and shine through the admittedly dated production). Now if Matt and Will would make a follow-up to Superwolf...</span><br />
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16. Jason and The Scorchers - If Money Talks<br />
<i>Rockpalast</i> - Hamburg Germany (1985)<br />
Submitted By: toomuchcountry<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: I couldn't let the recent passing of Scorchers' drummer Perry Baggs slip by without some sort of trib. Two songs written by Baggs - White Lies and If Money Talks - were also two of the most iconic for the band and were staples in their setlists. R.I.P. Perry.</span><br />
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17. Elliott Randall - Take The Fall <br />
<i>Take the Fall</i> (2007) <br />
Submitted By: Cowbelle <a href="http://www.morecowbelle.net/">www.morecowbelle.net</a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: New favorite SF Americana artist</span><br />
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18. Bon Iver - Calgary<br />
<i>Live at Triple J Studios</i> (2012)<br />
Submitted By: Slowcoustic <br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: I know the crowd around here doesn't always give the time of day to Mr. Vernon but I thought I would be the softie who provided a Bon Iver track to FBFY. I like this version of Calgary as it is one where Bon Vernon uses his actual speaking voice to sing and leaves a lot of the 'signature' falsetto-style singing out of the equation. And I live in Calgary...so, there is that. </span><br />
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19. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Bell_%28musician%29">Chris Bell</a> - I Am The Cosmos (removed by request)<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000009OD/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0000009OD&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20"><i>I Am the Cosmos</i> (1992)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0000009OD" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: Trailer<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: If you don't like this song, I probably don't like you (much).</span><br />
<script src="http://webplayer.yahooapis.com/player.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <div class="blogger-post-footer">http://myaimzistrue.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Rockstar Aimzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07831352766607346402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768065136907724398.post-49184024519245032852012-09-09T20:56:00.000-04:002013-07-28T17:56:06.984-04:00In Memory of Rid<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dan Ridley, 1972-2012</td></tr>
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We met on the internet just before Christmas in 2007, which is embarrassing enough so I'm not going to tell you which site. Our first date was to see Rhett Miller at the Horseshoe. My idea, of course. His ongoing joke was, "I may be good looking, but I'm not nearly as good looking as Rhett Miller." <br />
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We lived about one and a half miles apart in downtown Toronto. Our birthdays were four months apart. He got me addicted to the TV show <a href="http://www.aetv.com/intervention/index.jsp">Intervention</a>. We loved eating at Sweet Lulu's on Queen West, and then going for walks in Trinity-Bellwoods park after dinner. Or hitting the Foggy Dew for nachos and a drink. We would hang out on the rooftop patio at his condo building, with portable coffee mugs full of booze, and watch the city go by, or watch the fireworks from Ontario Place. We frequently watched movies by his favorite directors: Darren Aronofsky and David Lynch. He had a big pouty lower lip that I loved kissing. I called him "Rid," an abbreviation of his last name, Ridley. <br />
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We both loved music, but differing styles. Dan was a recovering metal-head and a fantastic guitar player. His favorite bands and artists included Jeff Martin and The Tea Party, Syd Barrett, Jimi Hendrix, Dimebag Darrell, pre-Jim Dickinson Iron Maiden, early Eddie Van Halen, old Black Sabbath, among many, many others. In the mid-90s he had recorded several albums of his original guitar work. I only saw him shred on his electric guitar once. When I met him he mostly played his 12-string acoustic, always in the DADDAD tuning (I think). Being left handed and self-taught, he played his right handed guitars on his lap, Jeff Healy-style. It was amazing to watch. Here is a video of him playing his electric guitar in 2007. <br />
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He wasn't so keen on my musical tastes. I took him to a Lucero show and he hated it and left early (it may have been due to the obnoxious Lucero fans though). He was only slightly more enthusiastic about the Drive-By Truckers. For the most part he liked Josh Ritter, and he did like Joel Plaskett (who doesn't like Joel Plaskett?). We spent New Years Eve of 2009 and 2010, at The Sadies annual show at the Horseshoe. He liked The Sadies because Travis and Dallas Good are killer guitar players. They have a completely different style than Dan does, but he appreciated their skill. <br />
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He left ridiculous comments on my blog. See the recent comment in the <a href="http://myaimzistrue.blogspot.com/2012/08/there-will-be-moshing-on-mars.html">Anthrax post</a> by "Professor Strangewiener." Or the comment by "Large Wang" on the post <a href="http://myaimzistrue.blogspot.com/2011/02/groupies-or-lack-thereof.html">Groupies, or Lack Thereof</a>. Or "Chucky Cheesedick" on the post <a href="http://myaimzistrue.blogspot.com/2010/10/rocktober-redux.html">Rocktober Redux</a>. What a joker. My blog is littered with dozens of goofy Ridley comments, all "disguised" with ridiculous names. He also helped me write a post once, see <a href="http://myaimzistrue.blogspot.com/2010/10/rocktober-11th.html">Rocktober 11th</a>. <br />
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Dan and I weren't an official "couple" for more than a few months. We figured out pretty quickly that we had some huge philosophical differences. But there was no huge blow-out or yelling match when it ended. Dan was a very even keeled, mellow guy, much more so than I am. When we broke up I cried for a few days, got drunk, and went on with my life. We reconnected a few months later, over the show Intervention, of course, and we started hanging out again. We joked that we had no friends and that all of our other friends were married and boring and had kids and were living in the suburbs, which wasn't that far from the truth. When you get to be in your mid to late 30s, it's difficult to find new people who share some of the same interests that you do. Dan and I enjoyed each others company, and we didn't have that many other people to hang out with on a Saturday night in downtown Toronto. We were actually closer friends when we were not an official couple. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cuddly gifts from Dan</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Even when we weren't a couple, Rid always brought me sweet little gifts on holidays or when I was sick. He knew that I loved dogs, so he brought me little stuffed puppies. I have a Schnauzer, a German Sheppard, two Jack Russell Terriers, plus a really cuddly Teddy Bear. We went up to his family cottage near Dorset, Ontario, one weekend. His cottage was his favorite place in the world. He loved the Dorset, Bracebridge, Huntsville area of Ontario, and wanted to retire to that area someday. <br />
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My job in Toronto was winding down, and I couldn't get a biotech job in Canada. Heck, even my friends who were Canadian citizens were having hard times finding jobs in Canada, and several of them relocated to the US for work. When I moved to Boston at the beginning of 2011, Dan helped me pick up my U-Haul truck in Eastern Toronto. I remember the feeling of his down winter jacket on my face when I cried into his shoulder because I didn't want to leave Toronto. He promised to visit me in Boston, even though his passport had long ago expired, and he hadn't been on a plane in 17 years.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hampton Beach, NH, 2011</td></tr>
</tbody></table>He followed through! He got his passport renewed, and bought a plane ticket, and met me for a week in Beantown. We saw the historical sites, did a road trip to the beach and to a Daytrotter show in Maine, saw Myrtle the Turtle at the New England aquarium, and survived <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Irene">Hurricane Irene</a> by bunking down at my place with lots of junk food, booze, and bad TV movies. <br />
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Dan left Boston on August 29, 2011, and that was the last time I saw him. We talked on the phone a lot. I went through a nine month bout of unemployment, and he frequently checked in on me to see how I was doing. According to my phone, we last spoke on August 13, 2012. I needed to vent about some frustrations with my new job and with living in Boston, and he had recently reconnected with an old friend and he was excited to tell me about it. His last e-mail to me was on August 25, commenting on my new purple clothing, "I am wearing some tight purple underwear at the moment..."<br />
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I received an e-mail from Dan's sister on Tuesday, September 4, saying that Dan had died early that morning of a heart aneurysm. At first I thought it was some sick, fucked-up joke. Don't only fat old men in their 70s have heart aneurysms? When I realized it was true, I was hysterical with grief. <br />
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I talked to Dan's mom yesterday and she said that even in the ER he was making jokes with the doctor about the show Intervention, because they had given him fentanyl for the pain in his abdomen. I think his demeanor even while in severe pain is one part of his lasting legacy. In the four and a half years that I knew him he always had a positive outlook on things. He rarely complained about anything, and he always made the best of every situation. Even cracking goofy jokes to lighten the mood when things got a little too serious. <br />
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I snapped the top photo on February 3,2008, when we were hanging out in the sun room in his condo, goofing around. He grabbed his guitar and I took a photo. Who knew that four and a half years later that photo would be part of his hometown newspaper <a href="http://www.lifenews.ca/waterloorecord/profile/295525--ridley-daniel-james">obituary</a>. <br />
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The second half of his legacy is his music. He loved the guitar and recorded several albums before I met him. In more recent years he didn't play as often, or create that much new music, but he still loved it with a passion. I posted four of his albums below, three are of original music and one, <i>Covers Galore</i>, is of arrangements he made of songs that he loved. Please download them and share them with all music lovers. I also posted a track from each as an example of the album. My favorite song is "Forbidden Fungus."<br />
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Since I haven't seen Dan in a year, his passing still seems inconceivable to me. I feel like he could call me or send me a funny e-mail at any time. I can hear his laugh and feel his hands. I saw a weird guitar on Thursday and wanted to take a photo of it to send to him. He loved his family, his friends, his job, his condo, his family cottage, and his life in general. How can someone with so much love die of a hole in his heart? <br />
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<a href="https://www.box.com/shared/static/ytvacy6zarirh1rapd0j.mp3">Metal Head Suite</a><br />
<b>Download</b>: <a href="https://www.box.com/shared/static/xm7p3usk39optnxeuhjq.zip"><i>Liquid Braino</i> (1995)</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.box.com/shared/static/89nxd911rtcxzj36hf8f.mp3">Forbidden Fungus</a><br />
<b>Download</b>: <a href="https://www.box.com/shared/static/f3rhrrg17xmrym4qt1bn.zip"><i>New Aged Noodlefest</i> (1996)</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.box.com/shared/static/t286bq6nebb6vx9fnzyn.mp3">Soft Planet</a><br />
<b>Download</b>: <a href="https://www.box.com/shared/static/qnz8a5xncgfjt3du735c.zip"><i>Freak for Hi-Fi</i> (2001)</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.box.com/shared/static/256v1el77z74j75oemst.mp3">Careful with that Axe Eugene</a><br />
<b>Download</b>: <a href="https://www.box.com/shared/static/mzermz02b77b1fniuyzx.zip"><i>Covers Galore</i> (2004)</a><br />
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On My Way Downtown<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0071BY0IE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0071BY0IE&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20"><i>Women & Work</i> (2012)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0071BY0IE" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><br />
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Now that the Democratic National Convention is in full swing, I figure it's time to post the August Feel Bad for You Mixtape. This month's theme is THE MAN! The dogs days of summer are only made worse by sitting in your cubicle and slaving away for THE MAN! At least that’s how I came up with the theme for this month's mixtape. Though THE MAN could be your boss, the government, whitey, your woman, Nashville record executives, your landlord, etc. I told the contributors to be creative with this one. <br />
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1. Snog - Corporate Slave<br />
<i>Remote Control</i> (1997)<br />
Submitted By: Bryan <a href="http://ninebullets.net/">http://ninebullets.net/</a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: This one was easy. Snog was bashing corporate america long before it was fashionable to do so and I knew as soon as you said the theme was "The Man" I had to include one of their songs. This song originally appeared on their 1997 album <i>Remote Control</i> but this particular version of it is from their 2006 retrospective <i>Sixteen Easy Tunes For The End Times</i>. Hope y’all like it as much as I do.</span><br />
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2. Ben Folds - The Ascent of Stan<br />
<i>Rockin’ the Suburbs</i> (2001)<br />
Submitted By: @philnorman<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: You wondered why your father was so resigned. Now you don’t wonder anymore…</span><br />
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3. The Clash - Clampdown<br />
<i>London Calling</i> (1979)<br />
Submitted By: April @ Now This Sound Is Brave<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: "The men at the factory are old and cunning / You don’t owe nothing, so, boy, get running / It’s the best years of your life they want to steal"</span><br />
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4. Chuck Prophet - American Man<br />
<i>¡Let Freedom Ring!</i> (2009)<br />
Submitted By: hoosier buddy<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Chuck Prophet is the Captain America of guitar-slinging singer-songwriters. His trademark scarf and vest let you know he’s comfortable with the way he looks. The musical influences in this one song alone are a veritable melting pot of American culture. Twang meets classic rock and celebrates the love child with shameless 80′s riffage, His shield is the honest truth about what’s wrong, what’s weird,and what’s going on: "American man, three times your size, with blood on my lips, milk in my eyes." We all recognize this American man. Heck, some of us are him. Proud as hell, too!</span><br />
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5. <a href="http://www.neilyoung.com/">Neil Young</a> - Ohio<br />
<b>From</b>: bootleg (1971)<br />
Submitted By: tincanman<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: I had so many 'Man' punisms running through my head to impress you with I almost forgot the ultimate 'The Man hath run amok' song.</span><br />
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6. Woody Guthrie - Vigilante Man<br />
<i>Dust Bowl Ballads</i> (1940)<br />
Submitted By: Gorrck<br />
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7. Ralph Stanley - I Am The Man, Thomas<br />
<i>Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys: 1971-1973</i> (1995)<br />
Submitted By: Truersound<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: I AM THE MAAAAN!</span><br />
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8. Minus 5 - Dear Employer (The Reason I Quit)<br />
<i>Down With Wilco</i> (2003)<br />
Submitted By: toomuchcountry<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Oh yeah? Wow now you’re minus SIX my friend! I’m outta here.</span><br />
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9. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPM_%28band%29">OPM</a> - Heaven is a Half Pipe<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004W5ML/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00004W5ML&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20"><i>Menace to Sobriety</i> (2000)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00004W5ML" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: Ryan (Verbow @ altcountrytab.ca)<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: I remember this song getting a lot of play round the turn of the millenium. I don’t know if I would say its a good song but it makes me bob my head and laugh thinking, “yeah all I need is my board and my weed – the man can go eff himself!”</span><br />
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10. Peter Tosh - Legalize It<br />
<i>Legalize It</i> (1976)<br />
Submitted By: Simon<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: On the eve of <a href="http://www.jis.gov.jm/ja50/v2/">Jamaican Independence 50th Celebrations</a> and on the day the country is poised to make it a male/female sprint double gold at London 2012, then it's got to be Peter Tosh's "Legalize It," this Wailer gave the bird to The Man and if the stories are to be believed that's what cost him his life. Beat this Snoop Dogg.</span><br />
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11. <a href="http://www.sugarman.org/">Rodriguez</a> - This Is Not A Song, It’s An Outburst: Or, The Establishment<br />
<b>Buy </b>(mp3): <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001BKVWYG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001BKVWYG&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20"><i>Cold Fact</i> (1970)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001BKVWYG" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: BoogieStudio22<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: It's the establishment, man.</span><br />
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12. John Keating - Jesus Christ Superstar<br />
<i>Sound Gallery Vol 1</i> (1972)<br />
Submitted By: Bowood<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Andrew Lloyd Webber on FBFY, it was always on the cards.</span><br />
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13. Anthrax - I’m the Man (Def Uncensored Version)<br />
<i>I’m the Man</i> (1987)<br />
Submitted By: Rockstar Aimz<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Gorrck sent this CD to me in 2001 when the anthrax scare hit the east coast. We told one of our other friends that "I got Anthrax in the mail." She said, "Are you serious!!!" Our friends are not too bright. And we are immature.</span><br />
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14. Furnaceface - We Love You Tipper Gore<br />
<i>Just Buy It</i> (1992)<br />
Submitted By: Lord Summerisle<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: A song about "The Man" that's about A woman.</span><br />
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15. Screeching Weasel - A New Tomorrow<br />
<i>Anthem for a New Tomorrow</i> (1993)<br />
Submitted By: annieTUFF<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: So, when I heard the theme for this month was "The Man," I thought of rebelling against status quo, rejecting the norm and living your life the way you want to live it. Instantly I thought of this song, Screeching Weasel is a band I’ve loved for years. It doesn’t matter what music I’m listening to, or if I’m going thru a "only listening to Buck Owens on repeat/surf music 24-7/or whatever else constantly" phase, I’ll always be able to add a Screeching Weasel song to my mixtape (or really…we all know it’s a playlist…but mixtape just sounds better dudes, ok?). Anyway, back to this particular song, anytime I’m starting to question my life choices I can listen to this song and instantly feel better, really. Sound dumb? Who cares, it works for me.</span><br />
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16. Roger Alan Wade - Cars and Guns<br />
<i>Stoned Traveler</i> (2009)<br />
Submitted By: Adam Sheets<br />
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17. Drive By Truckers - Puttin’ People On The Moon<br />
<i>The Dirty South</i> (2004)<br />
Submitted By: TheOtherBrit<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: This was the first song that came to mind when I thought about The Man keeping ya down, especially convenient with the Mars landing just happening.</span><br />
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18. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/bradleywik.com/BWC/Welcome.html">Bradley Wik and the Charlatans</a> - Friday Night is for the Drinkers<br />
<b>Buy</b> (Bandcamp): <a href="http://bradleywikandthecharlatans.bandcamp.com/album/burn-what-you-can-bury-the-rest"><i>Burn What You Can, Bury the Rest…</i></a><br />
Submitted By: Cowbelle <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.morecowbelle.net">www.morecowbelle.net</a><br />
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19. <a href="http://www.peteyorn.com/">Pete Yorn</a> (w/Natalie Maines) - The Man<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GG4RPC/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000GG4RPC&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20"><i>The Nightcrawler</i> (2006)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000GG4RPC" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: Trailer<br />
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20. The Countdown Five - Money Man<br />
<i>B-Side/Shaka Shake Na Na/Money Man</i> (1969)<br />
Submitted By: @popatunes<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: This theme seemed a bit of a challenge finding something that wasn't an obvious 'The Man' protest song, (my interpretation of the theme) so I was lead deep into the garage for an enjoyable excursion that distracted me to from my initial, but thought this little b-side gem from Texas City's The Countdown Five was worth sharing. Y'all know by now I have soft spot for low-fi psych garage grooviness. The band had two Billboard Top 100 hits, "Uncle Kirby" and "Shaka Na Na."</span><br />
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Last week my buddy Bryan at <a href="http://ninebullets.net/">NineBullets</a> put together a radio show loosely themed "Fuck the RNC." The poor guy's hometown has been invaded by Republicans! Per Bryan:<br />
<blockquote>Last night's show was a loosely themed "FUCK THE RNC" show. It's coming to town next week, closing our streets, closing our parks, and telling us what we are and aren’t allowed to do. All the while, they're sequestering themselves away for their own private circle jerk and telling us how happy we should be that they've graced us with their presence. I also brought the local band <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bootleggersandbaptists">Bootleggers And Baptists</a> into the studio in an effort to break up the rage. So take some time and put your ears on the <a href="http://www.wmnf.org/programs/388">archived stream of the show</a>.</blockquote>Below is the playlist for August 23, 2012 {Artist - Song [Album (year)]}<br />
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01. Todd Farrell – Nine Bullets Theme<br />
02. <a href="http://otisgibbs.com/">Otis Gibbs</a> – The Peoples Day <br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002IQDLK/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0002IQDLK&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20">[<i>One Day Our Whispers</i> (2004)]</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0002IQDLK" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><br />
03. American Graveyard – Common Ones [<i>Hallelujahland</i> (2010)]<br />
04. Chris Knight – Nothing On Me [<i>Little Victories</i>, released 9/11/2012]<br />
05. The Drive-By Truckers – Putting People On The Moon [<i>The Dirty South</i> (2004)] <br />
06. Soul Asylum – Gravity [<i>Delayed Reaction</i> (2012)]<br />
07. Bootleggers And Baptists Live In The Studio<br />
08. Great American Taxi – Blair Mountain [<i>Paradise Lost</i> (2011)]<br />
09. Chuck Allen Floyd – Hard Times [<i>Schedule A</i>]<br />
10. Bootleggers And Baptists Live In The Studio<br />
11. Frank Turner – Glory Hallelujah [<i>England Keep My Bones</i> (2011)]<br />
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In the words of the mighty Todd Snider, "Know what scares people these days? Republicans. That, and Democrats." <br />
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Several weeks ago the band put a call out for fans to show up at some location south of Memphis in northern Mississippi. This video was the result of that call. It's basically a big party, and essentially exactly what happens at a Lucero show, but without the pond. (Edit: I can't speak for all Lucero shows, but previous the gigs in Toronto and Boston have not had ponds.) My favorite part of the video is when drummer Roy Berry adds a "Y" to the end "Lucero" painted on the van, to read "Roy Rules." Then he does a vile jello shot with a chaser of Budweiser. Awesome. The only thing that video director should have done differently is splice some live footage of the band performing between party scenes. Or is that too 80s? <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: <a href="http://hornsuprocks.blogspot.co.nz/2012/08/anthrax-wake-up-nasas-curiosity-become.html">Horns Up Rocks</a></td></tr>
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Today in weird music news, <a href="http://anthrax.com/">Anthrax</a> became the first metal band played on Mars by the Curiosity rover. I pulled this article from the Facebook group "I Fucking Love Science." Of course it begs the questions as to why a robot needs a wake-up call. Or is it that the Mars scientists are closet metal-heads? Regardless, I want the Mars robot DJ gig. Anyone have an in at NASA?<br />
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<blockquote>Ever wondered what the first metal band played by the Curiosity rover on Mars would be? Wonder no more! On day 6 Anthrax became the first metal band played on Mars by Curiosity, when their 1990 track ‘Got the Time’ was played on the Martian<br />
surface as part of Mars rover Curiosity’s daily wake-up playlist.<br />
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As Anthrax's Scott Ian put it: "yes, there will be moshing on Mars."<br />
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The first metal band played on Mars was by Opportunity in 2004 - on day 12 the rover played Motörhead's 'Leaving Here' while it went for its first drive.<br />
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The people who choose the playlist clearly have a great sense of humour - The Mars rover Spirit played 'I Touch Myself' by the Divinyls when the rover examined itself with instruments on day 92.<br />
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Other music Curiosity has played: ‘Echelon’ by 30 Seconds To Mars; The Beatles ‘Good Morning Good Morning’; Good Morning, Good Morning from Singin' in the Rain; the Star Wars theme; the theme from "Mission Impossible"; Break on Through by The Doors; Got My Mind Set on You by George Harrison; Simon and Garfunkel's cover of the Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie"; Come Fly with Me by Frank Sinatra; and Wagner’s ‘The Ride Of The Valkyries’.<br />
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You can check out the morning playlists for Mars rovers Opportunity and Spirit here: <a href="http://www.mit.edu/%7Ejfc/MER%20Soundtrack.html">http://www.mit.edu/~jfc/MER%20Soundtrack.html</a></blockquote><br />
<a href="http://anthrax.com/">Anthrax</a> - Got the Time<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000001FYN/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000001FYN&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20"><i>Persistence of Time</i> (1990)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000001FYN" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><br />
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<a href="http://www.imotorhead.com/">Motörhead</a> - Leaving Here<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005NQIE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00005NQIE&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20"><i>Bomber</i> (2001)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00005NQIE" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><br />
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://webplayer.yahooapis.com/player.js"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://myaimzistrue.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Rockstar Aimzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07831352766607346402noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768065136907724398.post-51272535974425156152012-08-18T10:20:00.000-04:002012-10-03T18:28:25.196-04:00Nine Bullets Radio 8.16.2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0sV6E5UStvIToEoSrMyyzkdEpW6bQWHNesC0AeWbYFfxucbAtBHaDeurck-4BMkI0EZqwAGcyAxwcMJdSK9fg_BcNGCimr6jHtZ_GkLb3jSu7wODgPuvoyTAMlHB9BuvcGSlpSMiuFVs/s1600/9bradio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0sV6E5UStvIToEoSrMyyzkdEpW6bQWHNesC0AeWbYFfxucbAtBHaDeurck-4BMkI0EZqwAGcyAxwcMJdSK9fg_BcNGCimr6jHtZ_GkLb3jSu7wODgPuvoyTAMlHB9BuvcGSlpSMiuFVs/s400/9bradio.jpg" /></a></div><br />
I missed Nine Bullets Radio on Thursday night, so I am going to listen to it right now. Won't you join me? <a href="http://www.wmnf.org/programs/388">Stream</a><br />
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Playlist for August 16, 2012 [Artist - Song (<i>Album</i>)]<br />
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01. Todd Farrell – Nine Bullets (unreleased)<br />
02. Austin Lucas w/ Glossary – Alone In Memphis (unreleased)<br />
03. Chris Knight – In The Mean Time (<i>Little Victories</i>)<br />
04. Shovels & Rope – Birmingham <i>(O’ Be Joyful</i>)<br />
05. Spirit Family Reunion – 100 Greenback Dollar Bills (<i>No Separation</i>)<br />
06. Bootleggers and Baptists – Flood Waters (unreleased)<br />
07. Old Crow Medicine Show – Genevieve (<i>Carry Me Back</i>)<br />
08. JKutchma & The Five Fifths – Used To Believe (<i>Pastorals</i>)<br />
09. The Sumner Brothers – Toughest Man In Prison Camp (<i>I’ll Be There Tomorrow</i>)<br />
10. Alone At 3AM – Another Round (<i>Midwest Mess</i>)<br />
11. American Aquarium – Cape Fear River (<i>Burn. Flicker. Die</i>)<br />
12. John Moreland & The Dust Bowl Souls – Christian Rock (<i>Everything The Hard Way</i>)<br />
13. Arliss Nancy – Wrong Or Right (<i>Dance To Forget</i>)<br />
14. <a href="http://slimcessnasautoclub.com/">Slim Cessna’s Auto Club</a> – Port Authority Band<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002J487K/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0002J487K&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20"><i>Bloudy Tenent Truth & Peace</i></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0002J487K" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><br />
15. Doc Dailey & Magnolia Devil – Picture Frames (unreleased)<br />
16. Love & Rockets – No Big Deal (<i>Love and Rockets</i>)<br />
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://webplayer.yahooapis.com/player.js"></script> <div class="blogger-post-footer">http://myaimzistrue.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Rockstar Aimzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07831352766607346402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768065136907724398.post-74340034689858886582012-08-17T15:09:00.000-04:002012-08-17T15:09:33.965-04:00Shark Week Sheet MusicSince this is a music blog, and since it is <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/shark-week/">Shark Week</a>, I shall now outdo <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1691428/beck-hansens-song-reader-sheet-music-album.jhtml">Beck</a> and post some sheet music. <br />
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If you are ever having a bad day at work, watch this video of some scientist standing in the water surrounded by bull sharks, and after he says, "If you don't move they won't attack," a shark bites the shit out of his leg. The first time I saw this video I nearly puked. Now you know your day wasn't nearly as bad as Dr. One Leg's was. And it's only $2.77 on Amazon! <br />
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<b>Buy </b>(DVD): <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009JQN6C/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0009JQN6C&linkCode=as2&tag=myaiistr-20"><i>Anatomy of a Shark Bite</i> (2005)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0009JQN6C" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><br />
<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://myaimzistrue.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Rockstar Aimzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07831352766607346402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768065136907724398.post-78872053558075338582012-08-16T10:28:00.000-04:002012-08-16T10:33:17.733-04:00Eefin and Hambone - A Hee Haw MontageI've been getting killed at work for the last two weeks, so I present to you this video montage complied from old episodes of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hee_Haw"><i>Hee Haw</i></a>. They just don't make good TV like this anymore. <br />
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I'm currently working on posts about Chuck Prophet, Adam Yauch, The Hold Steady, Kasey Anderson, and a bunch of others. Stay tuned! <div class="blogger-post-footer">http://myaimzistrue.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Rockstar Aimzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07831352766607346402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768065136907724398.post-10165881155359843482012-08-04T12:27:00.001-04:002012-08-04T12:27:20.693-04:00Snoop LionDid everyone else think that Snoop Dogg was full of shit when he decided to change his name to Snoop Lion and go into reggae? Snoop played his first show as Lion last night in Toronto, and so far the reviews are <a href="http://www.nme.com/news/nme/65317">pretty good</a>. And I'll be damned if the below track isn't one sweet summer reggae mix. I'm looking forward to seeing what the Lion will do next.<br />
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1. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Arliss-Nancy/326784819312">Arliss Nancy</a> - The Crease<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://store.suburbanhomerecords.com/products/16801/"><i>Simple Machines</i> (2012)</a><br />
Submitted By: Captainsdead<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: great rock record, nothing more, nothing less.</span><br />
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2. The Producers - I Love Lucy<br />
<i>The Producers/You Make The Heat</i> (2000, CD Reissue of the band’s first two albums)<br />
Submitted By: BoogieStudio22<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: I make no apologies for my love of all things ‘power pop.’ The Producers put out a couple of albums in the early 80s and seemed to fly under the radar of most people, which is too bad because these guys crafted some great songs.</span><br />
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3. Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Travel On<br />
<i>Americana</i> (2012)<br />
Submitted By: @mikeorren<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: This song IS summer in America. Drive fast on a long highway and put it on repeat.</span><br />
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4. <a href="http://www.amycook.com/">Amy Cook</a> - I Wanna Be Your Marianne<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003LVGLF8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003LVGLF8"><i>Let the Light In</i> (2010)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003LVGLF8" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: Hoosier Buddy<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: The most summer-soaked tune from an album produced by Alejandro Escovedo. A tasty confection: swirl cupcake in which relaxed rhythm guitar mixes with strangled cat lead tones, topped with Amy’s buttercream vocal track. You can never eat just one. </span><br />
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5. The Woolly Bushmen - Gotta Go Out West<br />
<i>The Woolly Bushmen</i> (2012)<br />
Submitted By: Autopsy IV (<a href="http://ninebullets.net/">ninebullets.net</a>)<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Retro rock and roll from a group of kids from Orlando. I caught them live at Tropical Heatwave this year and they were a complete and total blast. Album came out last week and is available on Bandcamp.</span><br />
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6. The Wind-Up Birds - There Won't Always Be an England<br />
<i>The Land</i> (2012)<br />
Submitted By: April @ <a href="http://nowthissound.com/" target="blank">Now This Sound Is Brave</a> <br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: This song cemented my love for this fantastic band out of Leeds, England. Even though it's specifically about rabid nationalism in the UK, it's an almost effortless exercise to translate it to the jingoistic patriotism that has been promoted in the U.S. over the past decade. The feeling of mounting frustration and anger in this song is a thing of beauty.</span><br />
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7. <a href="http://www.brianjonestownmassacre.com/">The Brian Jonestown Massacre</a> - Wasting Away<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000007O7I/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000007O7I"><i>Strung Out in Heaven</i> (1998)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000007O7I" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: Ryan (Verbow @ <a href="http://altcountrytab.ca/">altcountrytab.ca</a>)<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Can anyone take the essential elements of 60's music (garage, pop, psychedelia, country rock) and blend them as seamlessly as Antone Newcombe? I think not. Great, mellow track from these freaky weirdos. Love the harmonica.</span><br />
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8. Counting Crows - You Ain't Going Nowhere<br />
<i>Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation) </i>(2012)<br />
Submitted By: @philnorman<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Get your mind off winter time. You ain't going nowhere.</span><br />
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9. Alvin Youngblood Hart - Joe Friday<br />
<i>Big Mama's Door</i> (1996)<br />
Submitted By: Adam Sheets<br />
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10. Hurray For The Riff Raff - Little Black Star<br />
<i>Look Out Mama</i> (2012)<br />
Submitted By: TheOtherBrit<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Saw these gals & guy out of Louisiana in Waverly a couple months ago and they blew me away. </span><br />
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11. The Doc Marshalls - Here They Come<br />
<i>Look Out Compadres</i> (2012)<br />
Submitted By: toomuchcountry<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: I've been playing this track repeatedly after first hearing it during one of Bill Frater's Freight Train Boogie podcasts (a great source of new Americana music). In this month we celebrate our independence and are reminded of the costs paid to defend it, many of the lyrics from this song resonated with me.</span><br />
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12. We Run - Like<br />
<i>We Run</i> EP (2012)<br />
Submitted By: @popa2unes<br />
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13. Little Wings - Fall Skull<br />
<i>Black Grass</i> (2011)<br />
Submitted By: Lord Summerisle<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: I didn't hear this album until early 2012 but it has swiftly become my favourite album of 2011. Brilliant stuff, a touch of Will Oldham, a dash of Bill Callahan and some sweet electronics burbling in the background. Perfect.</span><br />
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14. Lyle Lovett - Give Back My Heart<br />
<i>Pontiac</i> (1988)<br />
Submitted By: Rockstar Aimz<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: In spring, 1993, I was in college in Chicago at a coffee shop listening to these two other students jam away on their acoustic guitars, really killing it. They were playing some song that I didn’t know, but it stuck in my head all of these years because it was so good. Thanks to the miracle of satellite radio, I finally figure out nearly two decades later on my commute to work that they were covering this Lyle Lovett song, only adding a few curse words and massive blues guitar riffs. </span><br />
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15. The District Attorneys - Worry About Your Health<br />
<i>Slowburner</i> (2012)<br />
Submitted by: Corey Flegel (This Is American Music)<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: this was the song that reminded me to send in a submission...so, it then became my submission. </span><br />
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16. <a href="http://www.willienile.com/">Willie Nile</a> - Hard Times In America<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AZI1ZA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001AZI1ZA"><i>Live From the Streets of New York</i> (2008)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001AZI1ZA" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Submitted By: Truersound<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Now that the 4th is over, back to reality.</span><br />
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17. Alex Turner - Piledriver Waltz<br />
<i>Submarine</i> EP (2011)<br />
Submitted By: Simon<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: I treated myself to a few pieces of vinyl on Record Store Day amongst them a Caitlin Rose 7” (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJWiUOIpUS8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJWiUOIpUS8</a>) featuring a pair of tracks from Arctic Monkeys album Suck It and See and have been ‘spinning’ both regularly over the last month, Piledriver Waltz has got stuck in my head and become a new favourite, I stumbled across another version of the track that appeared on Alex Turner’s film soundtrack for Submarine and thought I’d throw this into this months mix. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/v6cg">http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/v6cg</a></span><br />
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18. Zodiac Mindwarp & the Love Reaction - Prime Mover<br />
<i>Tattooed Beat Messiah</i> (1988)<br />
Submitted By: Gorrck<br />
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19. Muddy Waters - Unk In Funk<br />
<i>Unk In Funk</i> (1974)<br />
Submitted By: Bowood<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: Muddy Waters just letting us know that funk wasn't born until he entered the world, presumably 7am on Sunday July 7th, with seven doctors in attendance. Today is July 7, the mojo is still strong.</span><br />
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20. Bruce Springsteen - Racing in the Street<br />
<i>Darkness on the Edge of Town</i> (1978)<br />
Submitted By: tincanman2010<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: The bit about the girl sitting on her Daddy's porch, all her pretty dreams torn is one of the saddest moments in song I know. Bruce's band doesn't get enough credit for the way they play this. And it's not a car song; it just sounds at first like one.</span><br />
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21. Japandroids - Continuous Thunder<br />
<i>Celebration Rock</i> (2012)<br />
Submitted By: Trailer<br />
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22. <a href="http://www.thespecials.com/">The Specials</a> - Too Hot<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005YU95/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00005YU95"><i>The Specials</i> (1979, reissued 2002)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00005YU95" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Comments: It's full blown summer now, and the crazy heat always makes me think of summers as a teenager, and punk. Driving around in my first car (death trap of a car that I scrimped and saved to buy after working my first fast food job) no AC, windows down, sweating like crazy, and cranking music as loud as I could thru my little battery powered tape player that I brought with me (because the stereo in the car kept blowing out the fuses for the lights...see? death trap). So, in honor of all the record breaking heat and summer tunes and memories I'm picking The Specials. And yeah, I know, it's not punk, it's ska, but c'mon it's toooooo hot.</span><br />
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My blogger colleague Bryan at <a href="http://ninebullets.net/">NineBullets</a> runs a radio show on Thursday nights on Tampa public radio at <a href="http://WMNF.org">WMNF.org</a>. Below is last Thursday night's playlist. Of the 15 tracks played, less than 1/2 are available to purchase today. Bryan played brand new Gaslight Anthem, Waylon Jennings, Roger Hoover, Doc Dailey & Magnolia Devil, Brothers of the Last Watch, Joey Kneiser, American Aquarium, and Patterson Hood.<br />
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You can <a href="http://www.wmnf.org/programs/388">stream the archive</a> of the show for the next week. <br />
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01. J Kutchma & The Five Fifths – Used To Believe (<i>Pastoral</i>)<br />
02. The Gaslight Anthem – Too Much Blood (<i>Handwritten</i> - July 24)<br />
03. Roger Hoover – Lay My Rituals Down (<i>Lay My Rituals Down</i> - August 25)<br />
04. Spirit Family Reunion – Green Rocky Road (<i>No Separation</i>)<br />
05. American Aquarium – Burn.Flicker.Die. (<i>Burn.Flicker.Die.</i> - August 25)<br />
06. Patterson Hood – Come Back Little Star (<i>Heat Lightning Rumbles in the West</i> - September 11)<br />
07. Waylon Jennings – Wrong Road to Nashville (<i>Goin’ Down Rockin’</i> - September 11)<br />
08. Doc Dailey & Magnolia Devil – Picture Frames (unreleased)<br />
09. Two Cow Garage – Swingset Assassin (<i>Speaking In Cursive</i>)<br />
10. <a href="http://www.glossary.us/">Joey Kneiser</a> – Me, William and the Mountain(<b>Buy</b>: <i><a href="http://soundcloud.com/this-is-american-music/sets/music-for-the-mountains/">Music For The Mountains</a></i> Compilation, 2012)<br />
11. Wood Ear – Wasteland (<i>Steeple Vultures</i>)<br />
12. Tin Horn Prayer – All’s Well That Ends (New 7”)<br />
13. Brothers of the Last Watch – Frank T. James (unreleased)<br />
14. Kitty Wells – It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels<br />
15. Old Crow Medicine Show – Steppin’ Out (<i>Carry Me Back</i>)<br />
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<u>Monday - July 16</u><br />
<a href="http://www.elizabeth-cook.com/">Elizabeth Cook</a> with <a href="http://specials.tribstar.com/nashville/timcarroll/">Tim Carroll</a> at Club Passim in Cambridge. I wrote about Cook a few <a href="http://myaimzistrue.blogspot.com/2012/06/elizabeth-cook-gospel-ep.html">days ago</a>. I'm really looking forward to this show. Tickets are $15 at the door. <br />
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<u>Tuesday - July 17</u><br />
<i>I went to your school and I did my detention, but the walls were so gray I couldn't pay attention. </i><br />
That's right, one of my top five live bands is in town Tuesday night. <a href="http://theholdsteady.net/">The Hold Steady</a> at the Royale! Tickets are $20. And it's going to be hotter than balls tomorrow in Boston (seriously, record high temps expected), so it may be <i>double whiskey, Coke, double ice</i> for me.<br />
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<u>Wednesday - July 18</u><br />
1. My homeboy <a href="http://www.kaseyanderson.com/">Kasey Anderson</a> is in Boston!!! He's bringing his band The Honkies to Cafe 939. <a href="http://www.thewandas.com/">The Wandas</a> and <a href="http://therationales.com/">The Rationales</a> also perform - both of these highly rated bands are local to Boston and both have free stuff on their websites. <br />
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<u>Thursday - July 19</u><br />
Well, Aerosmith is in town, at the Gahden, but I would rather watch the Weather Channel.<br />
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<u>Friday - July 20</u><br />
<a href="http://www.officialrefused.com/">Refused</a> with <a href="http://offofficial.com/">OFF!</a> at the House of Blues. I have never seen Refused, but I saw OFF! open for Dinosaur Jr. last year and they were killer! Refused is a Swedish hardcore punk band who originally broke up in 1998. I believe that this Boston stop is part of their reunion tour. OFF! is a hardcore punk super group from Los Angeles featuring former members of the Circle Jerks, Black Flag, Burning Brides, Redd Kross, Rocket from the Crypt, and Hot Snakes. Now that's a lot of punk.<br />
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<a href="http://offofficial.com/">OFF!</a> - Fuck People<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007WUVT24/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007WUVT24"><i>OFF!</i> (2012)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B007WUVT24" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><br />
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<u>Saturday - July 21</u><br />
Sleep off the hangover. It's been a long week. Or get your prog rock on with Yes at Bank of America Pavilion. <br />
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<u>Sunday- July 22</u><br />
This show is all kinds of sold out, but if you can find a ticket make sure to hit the <a href="http://www.thegaslightanthem.com/#!All">Gaslight Anthem</a> with Dave Hause opening at the Middle East. I saw the Gaslight Anthem about two years ago, and they totally lived up to the hype. A GREAT live act. Their new album <i>Handwritten</i> is out next week. If you are reading this post on Monday, they are live streaming their show <a href="http://www.thegaslightanthem.com/home/#!All">tonight</a> at 10:15pm! Dave Hause is the opener for Gaslight, and I have seen him twice in the last year. He's kind of a punk rock folk singer. So, so good. <br />
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<a href="http://davehause.com/">Dave Hause</a> - Pray for Tuscon<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QPG1AS/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004QPG1AS"><i>Resolutions</i> (2011)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B004QPG1AS" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><br />
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<i>My Aimz in True</i> is four years old today! And we always celebrate this anniversary with Stephen Malkmus and Pavement.<br />
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<a href="http://stephenmalkmus.com/">Stephen Malkums</a> - Ballad of a Thin Man<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VS6P9Q/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000VS6P9Q"><i>I'm Not There</i> Soundtrack (2007)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000VS6P9Q" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><br />
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<a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/pavement-mn0000752314">Pavement</a> - Heaven is a Truck<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0003JAIYG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0003JAIYG"><i>Crooked Rain Crooked Rain: L.A.'s Desert Origins</i> (2004 reissue)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0003JAIYG" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><br />
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Stay tuned for new posts on Chuck Prophet, Kathleen Edwards, Sons of Bill, MCA, Doc Watson, and much, much more! Maybe even a website redesign?!? Thanks for reading!!!<br />
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In addition to her being mean to the staff and stage crew, Minaj showed up up 55 minutes late for her set, and apparently <a href="http://entertainment.stv.tv/t-in-the-park/news/309921-bad-in-the-park-nicki-minaj-turns-off-t/">gave a very lackluster performance</a> followed by a lot of booing from the audience. <br />
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Of course, Minaj's fans then attacked Turner via twitter...<br />
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I'm with Frank on this one. I wouldn't know Nicki Minaj's music if she walked into my apartment and put it on my turntable. <br />
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Here are some haterz that Frank retweeted...<br />
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Awesome.<br />
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Of course, the question I must now know is whether Nicki Minaj gets propositioned after her sets, even if she is mean to the stage crew.<br />
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I had to go out and run some errands in the middle of the Minaj fans vs. Turner twitter war, and the below song was on the radio (WFNX, 101.7 in Boston) when I started my car. Sadly, FNX is being turned into conservative talk radio featuring the likes of Glen Beck and that neo-facsist a-hole Rush Limbaugh. I would rather have a station of 24/7 Nicki Minaj.<br />
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I Still Believe<br />
<b>Buy</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004WDPWSQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=myaiistr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004WDPWSQ"><i>England Keep My Bones</i> (2011)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myaiistr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B004WDPWSQ" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
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I don't know anything about Minaj, but Frankie T. puts on one of the best live shows that you will see. I saw him and his band on my birthday at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA, last fall, and it was so killer. He's back in Boston on Sept 6 and 7 at the Royale. <br />
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MONDAY UPDATE: Frank wrote a blog post about this incident on his <a href="http://frank-turner.com/blog/2012/07/twit-storming/">web site</a>. Good stuff Frank! <br />
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