Henry Rollins – Spoken Word

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I don’t remember how I was first introduced to Henry Rollins and his spoken word performances. I know it was a long, long time ago and when I first purchased the CD Box Set of his albums, it was over twenty years ago now. I wore those CDs out and they helped me drive cross-country… Read more »

Iain Banks

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I was sad to learn this morning that Iain Banks shared that he has terminal cancer and probably only less than a year to live. I first saw the news via Charles Stross’ Twitter account and a number of other people have shared the news this morning. The first book I read of Iain Bainks… Read more »

Kicking off a week about Kickstarter (and how I became a loyal Polyvinyl Records customer)

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align=”left” You can’t turn around these days without hearing about Kickstarter. From movies, music, books or technology products, it seems everyone is using Kickstarter to raise funds to start a project. Over the course of the next week, I’ll be blogging about some of the projects I’ve backed, reviews, and thoughts about how Kickstarter may… Read more »

Why You Can Never Get Good Seats at Concerts

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Have you tried to buy concert tickets lately? Once you get past the sticker shock of how much a ticket will cost you, especially with the fees, you can then enjoy the frustration of trying to find seats. Good seats. And you won’t find many. Here’s six reasons why. And that’s why I only go… Read more »

Record Store Day 2013 is fast approaching

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We are only 49 days away from Record Store Day 2013, to be held on April 19th. Support your local record store and get some cool, limited edition releases. The official records to be released isn’t out yet, but some sites are up with the leaked lists. Other than the Mad Season re-release, I haven’t… Read more »

Can arcades make a comeback?

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Having been born in the early 70′s, I am a child of the 80′s. One of the best parts of being a child of the 80′s was living through the boom (and later bust) of the arcades. Whether it was going to Godfather’s Pizza and playing a handful of arcade games or Chuck E. Cheese… Read more »