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The Who Sings Macular Degeneration

OK, so I’m a week or so late in posting something about the Who’s performance at the Super Bowl halftime show, but, by way of an excuse, it’s helpful sometimes to have the benefit of a little perspective on the event in question, rather than rushing to join the post-mortem gangpile (or orgy). (For those [...]

Pavement, or a Chronicle of Anal Retention and Obsessive/Compulsive Behavior in Two Parts – Part II

[Note: This is the second of two posts about my mp3-organizing habits and the band Pavement.  Part I detailed my obsessive organization of my digital music library, specifically in regard to the recent rereleases of Pavement albums with b-sides, non-album tracks, and compilation songs.  Part II records my impression of Pavement after spending several days [...]

Pavement, or a Chronicle of Anal Retention and Obsessive/Compulsive Behavior in Two Parts – Part I

Hi.  I am proud to say that I am a matter of hours away from completing a project which has consumed much of the past week.  Beginning last Saturday and continuing to today, I have been singularly devoted to one task above all others, including such incidentals as grading papers and compiling final grades.  (You [...]

EPs and Singles

This is getting ridiculous. As my faithful readers of this blog (full disclosure: no one reads this blog) might have noticed, I’ve been on a bit of a CD buying spree lately. And by lately, I mean since about 1990. But seriously, I have been shelling out the bucks for some shiny plastic disks lately, [...]