Monthly Archives: September 2007

Is Speakerboxx/The Love Below cool to listen to again?

I listened to the Speakerboxx half of Outkast’s 2003 Speakerboxx/The Love Below album today. Damn, it’s still a great album. It became so cliche 3 years ago that most people stopped listening to it (They kind of got the Gnarls Barkley treatment). Too much “Hey Ya” will do that to you. Which is as [...]
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The Greatest Show on Earth

Last Thursday the Flaming Lips invaded the Paramount Theater. It was my third opportunity to see them, and every time I’ve been blown away. It’s one of those bands that you really have to be there to appreciate. I know that’s said about a lot of bands/shows/cities. But it’s damn true for the Flaming Lips. [...]
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a Jealous Mistress

“The trumpet is a jealous mistress. She doesn’t allow me much time for anything else.” -Doc Severinsen The trumpet is a jealous mistress. The past six weeks have been hell on my trumpet playing. I took a week long class in the bay area, then got married and went to Hawaii for a week. Recently I’ve started [...]
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