Music

Spearhead at Hunter Mountain: Power to the Peaceful
The third annual Mountain Jam festival came to Hunter this past weekend. For the third year in a row, it rained, torrentially (time to shift the festival from storm season...
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June 5, 2007

Record Buying Habits Reinvented
As you’ve surely noticed, I haven’t been writing so much about music recently. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been enjoying it, or even that I haven’t been buying it. Over...
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June 1, 2007

Jesus Christ, it’s all Tommy’s fault
Sifting through a box of soundtrack CDs looking for some specific hits of the 50s, I came across the movie recording of Jesus Christ Superstar this past weekend and decided...
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May 30, 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

The iJamming! Weekly Download: Podington Bear
I firmly believe every act should give away an MP3 now and then. But I’m not sure I’d go as far as to suggest that every act imitate Podington Bear,...
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April 27, 2007

The Right To Reunite?
I used to feel allergic to reunions. For each band I’d seen in its prime, I had an image in my mind and thought it worth protecting. Worse yet, I...
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April 24, 2007

The iJamming! Weekly Download: Explosions In The Sky
There’s something almost infuriatingly laid back about the Texas indie scene. In this biggest and arguably most contradictory of American States, groups make albums, barely advertise them, and tour them,...
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April 20, 2007

The Unexpected Three-Day Weekend Top 10
1) The Jumpbeats at the High Falls Café: Ska-Zydeco party music from a band tht has the credentials: ex-Toasters, Shane McGowan’s Popes and sundry other NYC exiles. Particularly loved the...
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April 17, 2007