Muggsy
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Richard Thompson Electric Trio at the Birchmere last night. I've seen RT probably five times, both solo acoustic and with an electric band, and he brings it every night. Wonderful songwriter, incredible guitarist, and a funny dude. He's in his m…
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Prince did two shows at the Warner Theatre in DC Sunday night. They were announced late last week. I would love to have gone but had a previous commitment. Sunday morning, I got an email that last-minute tickets for both shows were available, …
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Ornette Coleman. Just heard about this.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/12/arts/music/ornette-coleman-jazz…
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Glad I caught them on this tour, but this seems like the right call.
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Pixies last night at the 9:30 Club. This was a "surprise" show, announced only on the 9:30 Club email list last Wednesday night. Presale tickets Thursday morning, GA tickets Friday morning, sold out in a few minutes. They were in town for a he…
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Louis Johnson, only 60 years old. Incredible bass player. RIP.
http://theboombox.com/louis-johnson-dead-60/
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No problem Thom, glad you enjoyed the show. I would have been royally pissed to miss Superchunk, but we got there early because I wanted to try to sell my extra ticket. No dice, unfortunately, it was a buyer's market. I'm still shocked it didn't …
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The Replacements show in Philly was gloriously shambolic. They pulled most of the set list from my three favorite albums (Let it Be, Tim, and Pleased to Meet Me). Paul forgot the words a few times, teased the crowd a few times ("Hey, how about a 'Li…
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Thanks BigD, and I'll second the plug for the Graham Bond set. It's a steal at that price. Got it last night and listened to about the first 25 tracks, good stuff. Another review here:
in Post your inside tips and mispriced box sets right here Comment by Muggsy May 2015
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Thanks Craig and Doofy for the reviews, very much looking forward to the Philly show on Saturday. BTW, if anybody is thinking about going to that one but doesn't have tix yet, I have two extras since all of my friends are apparently lame. Send me …
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Percy Sledge
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The Philly show I'm seeing next month will be opened by J. Roddy Walston & The Business and Superchunk. Never heard of JRW but did some research and like what I heard, plus they recently sold out the 9:30 Club, which is no small fe…
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I just got a Netflix subscription and have been enjoying the music documentaries. In the past couple of weeks I've watched docs on Big Star, Ginger Baker, Muscle Shoals, Kathleen Hanna, and last year's Oscar winner, 20 Feet From Stardom. All reall…
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Backup plan -- just got tickets to the Philly show on Saturday May 9. This actually works out better, it's a cool outdoor venue and I grew up in Philly so it's a trip home. So all's well that ends well.
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Dammit. The Replacements are coming to DC in May. Tickets went on sale this morning at 10:00 am. I was on the Ticketbastard site at 10:00 am and got shut out. I'm really pissed off.
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Saw Parquet Courts at the Black Cat in DC Saturday night. Show was sold out, and the Black Cat is a great venue. I was mostly curious to see what passes for a buzz band these days. I've listened to their music on Amazon's streaming service and li…
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The only CD I own that I've seen on anybody's year-end list is the Old 97's Most Messed Up. It's their best in a long time, and the only 2014 release that I've listened to more than twice. I have downloaded the Parquet Courts and one of the…
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Thanks Katrina, but when it hasn't worked the sync never gets to the point where it's loading tracks. Once it starts loading, it's usually fine, but it has gotten hung up before then. Of course, though, after contacting Apple Support yesterday mor…
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Although I was psyched to be able to buy a new iPhone 6 with 128 GB storage, getting my music on there has been a huge PITA. Auto sync with my old iPods was never an issue -- I had smart playlists that updated constantly, so every time I plugged th…
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My daughter is in her grade school choir, and "Shake It Off" is one of the songs they're doing for their school concert. I had it stuck in my head the other day for over an hour. First class earworm but it was excruciating.
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I just looked at the Guardian's list, which is up to #2. I have none of them, though I did buy the Taylor Swift for my daughter. No, really. i will seek out Beck, Jenny Lewis and Leonard Cohen at some point. Several years removed from eMusic mem…
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I'm not a big fan of Windows 8, but my wife needed a new laptop a few months back and that was what it came with, so that's what she got. After randomly checking this thread a couple weeks ago, I've downloaded plenty of free/cheap albums, and I'm g…
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The Faces are one of my favorite bands of all time, I was just listening to the box set last week. RIP.
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Yes that was a sweet deal. Got the Stax Singles box, Factory Records box, Nirvana box, the new Prince, John Lennon box, Johnny Cash box, and the KISS box (couldn't resist) for $14. Got a few more for free, including Quadrophenia Super Deluxe and T…
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Just replaced my 32GB iPhone 4S with a 128GB iPhone 6. Previously, I had a small smart playlist on my phone but did most of my listening on an old 64GB iPod touch. Loaded up almost 90 GB of music on the phone last night, pretty much all of which c…
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Glad to hear it, because I bought a ticket last night. I saw him with Sugar back in the day, which was great. I loved his last CD but need to listen to the new one. I also need to brush up on my familiarity with Husker Du - I know I have one CD (…
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Thanks Craig. Bob Mould is playing in DC this Saturday night at the 9:30 Club, which is a great venue though it holds a bit more than 250 people. After reading your review, I'm thinking I have to go.
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There were two shows this week at the Birchmere, about five minutes from my house, that I saw on the schedule several months ago and mentally flagged. Wednesday night, Matthew Sweet played, with Tommy Keene opening. Last night, Dave and Phil Alvin…