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Achin' To Be
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Robert Baird  |  Jun 15, 2006  |  3 comments
It's always bugged me. And now I have just the blog to spew about it in.
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And the Academy Award Goes To
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Robert Baird  |  Jun 14, 2006  |  3 comments
In the world of dino rock, several really interesting tidbits today. For some unknown reason (I'm betting the right blend of meds), Brian Wilson did not push Mike Love off the roof of the Capitol Tower in L.A. when the three surviving Beach Boys met up there on Monday to get a framed metal-coated record signifying that their latest greatest hits compilation had turned the sales odometer over to 2x platinum.
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Super Bad
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Robert Baird  |  Jun 12, 2006  |  1 comments
James Brown at B.B. Kings in New York on Friday night. Big semi-crazed shows, what they used to call revues, like the one Brown brought to town are fast becoming a lost art. The band featured three horns, three drummers, four female backup singers called Bittersweet (two black, two white) and four guitar players all of whom were killer and all of whom played in widely diverse styles.
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Chicks On Top
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Robert Baird  |  Jun 08, 2006  |  4 comments
The Chicks' victory is nearly complete.
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An Amoeba Shrinking?
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Robert Baird  |  Jun 06, 2006  |  4 comments
Much as I hate to admit it, the experience of going into a record store, particularly a big glorious mom and pop indie store, is fast becoming a thing of the past.
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Big Mac
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Robert Baird  |  Jun 05, 2006  |  0 comments
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Big Mac
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Robert Baird  |  Jun 05, 2006  |  0 comments
The measure of a champion is how he performs under pressure and on Saturday night at HE 2006, Dr. John (Mac Rebennack), despite a nasty running head cold, gave us some vintage Mac.
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The joys of cooking
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Robert Baird  |  Jun 04, 2006  |  2 comments
I often joke that when I expire and migrate to the lower rings of hell, I'll find nothing else in my eternity than white blues bands playing "Mustang Sally" over and over and over again. But now I may have found another possibility for the soundtrack to my infernal reward.
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The Sound of HE 2006
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Robert Baird  |  Jun 03, 2006  |  0 comments
So there I was, part of a motley crew of HE 2006 attendees and fellow travelers, groovin' with deejays Ming and FS and their four turntable assault at the Friday night rave that ended day one of HE 2006. Unfortunately, no one else was there.
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American Idle
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Robert Baird  |  May 25, 2006  |  1 comments
Call me an elitist but I fail to see the attraction—for viewers—in the whole American Idol phenomena. Of course, television has made millions from televising talent shows over the years so I guess it's just me that's out of step.
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