While The Guess Who had their moment in the sun, they certainly didn’t enjoy the success of other 70s rockers like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd or The Who. Nonetheless, it surprises how many of my peers are unaware of The Guess Who. “You know, they did that song ‘American Woman,’” I say. “Oh, okay.” In [...]
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The 1993 debut of Liz Phair, Exile In Guyville, received great reviews at the time of its release. I only know this because I did some research on the album before writing my own review. Honestly, I doubt I could have told you who Liz Phair was back in 1993 (or 1994-1996 for that matter). [...]
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February 2009 saw the first draft of my bucket list; a list of things to accomplish before shuffling off this mortal coil. A handful of them were fairly simple to accomplish, but I haven’t crossed anything off of it yet. Write and record an album, ten songs or more: I have about seven songs written [...]
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This is one of my lists that has become an annual review of things I’ve been meaning to acquire. Writing it all down and looking at the costs makes it easier to prioritize and seperate need from greed. New Computer: This is a hold over from last year, but now I need one even more. [...]
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