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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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This Jookabox Has More Hits Than the Fonz’s

November 3, 2008 – 10:30 am
As much of a bummer as it is to admit, my All Hallows’ Eve was spent neither handing out nor stuffing my face with candy treats. No, the inner-city in the year 2008 just isn’t the most trick-or-treating-friendly locale. Instead, my Friday night activities included a lengthy conversation with my lady-friend about how […]
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