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I Was a Punk Before You Were

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I was a punk before you were a punk You want some action? I’ll put your ass in traction baby Just that one song, even just that one lyric, made Raleigh’s Downtown Live a huge success. How could anyone raised in the 70′s not love The Tubes? Punk was what was happening, even if it [...]

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Tristan Clopet and the Juice Packs Out Slim’s Downtown

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On Wilmington Street, just between Martin and Hargett, there’s a skinny shotgun bar which during the day will fool you into thinking it’s nothing special. If you go in you can order your vodka Red Bull and carry it through the emergency exit at the back onto a concrete pad tucked between two tall downtown [...]

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Rock Boys

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Saturday Aftershock played Connolly’s in Cary, NC, and since it was an early (7 to 11) outdoor show I took all the boys to see their dad’s gig. This is a fairly rare occurrence for them since most of the Husband’s gigs are very late at night in smoky bars and not ideal for the [...]

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Golden Gloves Training Journal: Day Three

I started the day thinking “I can do ANYTHING for 18 minutes.” That’s nine rounds (and only 3 at a time!) in the Golden Gloves. But my day was a lot longer than 18 minutes. I was under way too much stress, and got out of the Zone. My insulin was all over the place, [...]

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Three nights, five bands

Two great live music weekends in a row now, and more coming. Raleigh is just an awesome place for live rock and roll. Last weekend the Husband and I made it out to see Sugar, now called The Design, for the first time. They essentially played as a cover band, although they are working on [...]

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The bottom 20 all-time worst songs

The original cover for Rick Dees’ Disco Duck I know this is going to be hotly disputed because there are just so many bad songs out there. But I had to make a stab at it anyway. Many of mine are bad because I just hate really sappy songs. Still, I eagerly await your corrections [...]

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A break-up post

Sigh. I once loved making playlists. I carefully chose themes, burned discs, and kept the glove compartment in my car full. I posted lots of my playlists here. But then I met Paste. They carefully chose themes, burned discs, and kept my glove compartment full for me. I felt cared for.Then I met Pandora for [...]

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Singing with James Taylor on my lunch break

It doesn’t get any better than this. A free concert / Obama rally downtown in Raleigh at Moore Square. It was a gorgeous day, and James Taylor can still deliver. He was funny, engaging, and just as wonderful to listen to today as he was years ago when I first heard him on the radio. [...]

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GraphJam, how I love thee

more music charts

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steve martin and gregory hines

Ok, just this one more video and I swear I’ll stop. But it’s just sooooo goooood!! The Husband sent this link as a part of his “Make Her Think I’m the Greatest” program. (An awesome program, working quite well.)

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