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Life Motto

January 11th, 2010 3 Comments

I’ve been working in Lansing MI on business for the past 3 years. One of the small silver linings of being stuck in Lansing has been occasional dinners at the Knight Cap. The KC is a great, small, dark, hole-in-the-wall restaurant with excellent service and wine selections.
During one of these recent dinners, much [...]

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No ones going to take them alive

September 5th, 2009 No Comments

“I can’t take credit for discovering them. I can only take credit for hearing what the rest of the world heard” – Perry Watts-Russell, A&R man responsible for signing Muse to Warner Bros
Continuing my writing about somewhat obscure, already well established bands that I think you should know about, but probably don’t, brings us to [...]

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Top 11: Piano + Rock = $$$$

March 9th, 2009 4 Comments

Ever since the trail blazing success of “Lick my Love Pump,” rock bands have been utilizing the piano to pull their sound up to another majestical musical tier.
Without further ado…
The Top 11 Rock Songs that Leverage the Full Pounding Power of the Piano
11. Clocks – Coldplay

Coldplay could very easily rise to the type of ‘yyyuugeness’ [...]

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