Monthly Archives: May 2007

The iJamming! Weekly Download: Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
A few weeks ago, on a Thursday night, I wrote a post linking to Ted Leo’s solo cover of the Jam song ‘Ghosts,’ which I had found available for free...
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May 18, 2007

What Makes Them Tick
Snipped from Written in My Soul: Rock’s Great Songwriters…Talk About Creating Their Music “Bill Monroe once said he got his best thinking done when people were talking to him. I...
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May 16, 2007

The iJamming! Top 10
1) The Genius of Clyde McPhatter Sadly, the former Dominoes and Drifters lead didn’t believe he was afforded such a title while he was alive. He died before he was...
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May 14, 2007

Road Kill 2
Wednesday, it was rabbits. Last night it was a plague of frogs. A few days of serious spring heat gave way to lightning, thunderstorms, a couple of black-outs and, on...
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May 11, 2007

Road Kill
It ran out across the road ahead of me. A beautiful little baby bunny, enjoying the rites of spring. The second such bunny I’d seen dart over the road in...
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May 10, 2007

Featured Wines: VOS Selections White Wine Tasting
A few weeks ago, I attended the VOS Selections Annual Portfolio Tasting featuring a few dozen vintners and several dozen wines, in New York City. As ever at these events,...
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May 8, 2007

The iJamming! Weekly Download: Alan Freed
You could write a book about Alan Freed and the Early Years of Rock & Roll – and in 1991, John A. Jackson did just that. Big Beat Heat is...
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May 4, 2007

In The Zone
This is only my second post of the week and, to be honest, I don’t have much to say. I finally, finally, have my head deep down writing my new...
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May 3, 2007