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Rick Massimo: December 2008 Archives
7:00 AM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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You may have noticed a certain leaning toward '70s soul in these selections. I make no apologies. "Clean-Up Woman," Betty Wright Happy New Year, everyone!......
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1:56 PM Mon, Dec 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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LOS ANGELES, CA--December 29, 2008--Popular rock band Sweet led by bassist/vocalist Steve Priest will begin their "Are You Ready Steve?" 2009 tour and will continue recording their first new CD in decades, it was announced today. I must have missed......
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11:30 AM Mon, Dec 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Talking to Eartha Kitt a couple of years ago to preview her show at the JVC Jazz Festival-Newport was one of the best experiences I've ever had. The thing that came through for me was that the more painful a......
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10:49 AM Mon, Dec 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Delaney Bramlett was best known for the people he collaborated with than the music he made on his own, and while that's a sad thing, it's far more interesting to ponder what that says about the people he worked with.......
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7:00 AM Thu, Dec 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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Kinda knew it was going to be this one, yeah? "Happy Xmas (War is Over)," John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band......
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7:00 AM Wed, Dec 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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Passed away on Christmas Day ... "Soulful Christmas," James Brown......
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7:00 AM Tue, Dec 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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Three guesses why this song is for this day ... "2000 Miles," The Pretenders......
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7:00 AM Mon, Dec 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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If you look on YouTube, there are versions of her doing this from many different years. And with good reason: "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)," Darlene Love......
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7:00 AM Sun, Dec 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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What it's really like for a lot of people: "Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis," Tom Waits......
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7:00 AM Sat, Dec 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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One of my all-time favorites: "Fairytale of New York," The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl......
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2:13 PM Fri, Dec 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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I know I've already got the series going, but this was too bad good to pass up. Via Andrew Sullivan, I give you Princess Leia from the Star Wars Christmas Special. No, I never knew there was one either. I'm......
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11:44 AM Fri, Dec 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, in Providence, has announced that the GWAR show scheduled for tonight has been postponed due to the impending snowstorm. A new date will be announced soon, and all tickets for tonight's show will be honored on the......
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7:00 AM Thu, Dec 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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One week to go! "Sleigh Ride," The Ventures......
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4:15 PM Wed, Dec 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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Lawsuits like the one Joe Satriani has laid on Coldplay over the similarities between his "If I Could Fly" and Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" bring everyone down. First off, here they are: "If I Could Fly" "Viva La Vida" Pretty......
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3:38 PM Wed, Dec 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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Right, like you never thought of it. Via AP: FISHKILL, N.Y. - Hip-hop star Akon pleaded guilty Wednesday to harassment for tossing a fan off stage at an upstate New York concert last year. He will serve no jail time......
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7:00 AM Wed, Dec 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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Next in the series! Collect 'em all! "Run Rudolph Run," Chuck Berry......
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7:00 AM Tue, Dec 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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Now through the day itself, we'll look at some of the best Christmas-related songs of all. Hopefully you'll find it to be a relief from the usual stuff. "Christmas," The Who (Live at the Isle of Wight)......
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5:07 PM Mon, Dec 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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No title yet; it's their first studio record since 2005's Stand Up. It will include guitarist Tim Reynolds, trumpeter Rashawn Ross and saxophonist Jeff Coffin; the former two played with the DMB June 25 at the Comcast Center, in Mansfield,......
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5:01 PM Mon, Dec 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Mainly about the back-and-forth over who owns the name Guns N' Roses, also touching on how he regards the members of his latest edition of the band and why Chinese Democracy was a Guns record rather than an Axl Rose......
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2:11 PM Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Couldn't find an embeddable version of "Bird Flu," but I highly recommend seeking that out too: "Paper Planes," M.I.A., live on David Letterman......
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1:34 PM Thu, Dec 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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I'm hip-deep in Christmas CDs in preparation for Sunday's annual review compendium, but in the meantime, I ask you: Whatever became of Van Hunt? That first record (from which today's clip was taken) was a killer; how this wasn't a......
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9:57 AM Tue, Dec 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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I don't know how I overlooked John Lennon yesterday, but I hope this makes up for it. I like the studio chatter; makes the whole thing less precious and more Lennon-esque, although I like precious once in a while too......
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11:34 AM Mon, Dec 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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Jim Morrison would have been 65 years old today. The mind reels at what he and the rest of the band would be doing now. "Whisky Bar," The Doors (live, only a partial clip, unfortunately)......
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2:01 PM Thu, Dec 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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Keith Moon, making it look easy ... "I Can't Explain," The Who......
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2:31 PM Wed, Dec 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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It's short, and I don't even know what song this is, but it's from Newport. And if it gets you onto YouTube and entices you to spend the rest of the afternoon listening to Odetta, well, how bad is that?......
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4:01 PM Tue, Dec 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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Britney Spears announced during an appearance on Good Morning America today that she's heading back onto the road for the first time in five years. The Circus Tour will begin March 3 in New Orleans, end in April in Chicago......
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3:32 PM Tue, Dec 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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Barry Manilow will sing at the Dunkin' Donuts Center, in Providence, on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. and range from $119 to $19. They're available at the box office, by calling......
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7:00 AM Tue, Dec 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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I always have dug him: "Big Love," Lindsey Buckingham......
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4:33 PM Mon, Dec 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Motown saxophonist died Oct. 30 and was 68: For a while in the mid-1960s, the baritone saxophone was the lead guitar of soul music. More precisely, it was the instrument identified by certain producers at the Motown studios in......
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