Tag Archives: Bruce Haack

Shuffle Songs, Vol. 8 — All of That Shuffling is Making Me Sick

April 2, 2009 – 10:30 am
There are a number of reasons why I may have woken up this morning feeling sick…The late-night walk in the rain I took yesterday could have been a factor. There’s the chance that I could have come into contact with that “stomach bug” I’ve seen everybody on the internets griping about for the last […]
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Reissues at Random, Vol. 80: Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons/Jake Holmes

February 6, 2009 – 10:30 am
When I likened Dent May to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons in yesterday’s post about mood-altering music it reminded me of something about the vocal group…Though mostly known for motivational chestnuts like “Walk Like a Man” and “Big Girls Don’t Cry” the New Jersey-based foursome released at least one LP that was far more […]
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“You’re the Best, Around…” (El Keter’s Favorite Albums of 2008, Day Two)

December 19, 2008 – 10:32 am
  Out of all the records I enjoyed during 2008 I chose 20 of them as my favorites. I put them all in alphabetical order and wrote about them. Here are five more… Last week I got an e-mail from Asthmatic Kitty Records announcing that a certain website gave Ropechain, the sophomore album from Indianapolis, Indiana’s Grampall Jookabox a […]
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“Cheesy Rat, You Ain’t All That…” © James Todd Smith

December 16, 2008 – 10:30 am
When I was young and could care less about my Hebrew ancestors’ pronouncements against “unclean animals” I somehow talked my mother into letting me keep a mouse in our house as a pet. I also owned a cat who was, by coincidence, named after a fictional mouse. The cat and the mouse were, […]
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Records at Random, Vol. 76: Tom Tom Club Tom Tom Club

December 5, 2008 – 10:21 am
When I was a little tyke my Mom made a habit of taking me out every once in a while for a special lunch at a cool bistro or pub. I assume it was as a reward for exemplary behavior or an exercise in teaching responsibility. I got to order “grown up” food […]
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