httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL_lQ3e4ZEo
My musical taste shifted pretty drastically when I went off to graduate school. I gave up my narrow minded punk rock ways for country, rap, bluegrass and folk. My studio mate was the one who introduced me to the Jayhawks and eventually convinced me that Bob Dylan was worth listening to.
Continue reading Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
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During college my musical taste shifted slightly towards the more contemplative, politically driven post hardcore scene. Continue reading Fugazi – Waiting Room
(4 votes, average: 8.75 out of 10)Loading... He uses some coarse language, so I'll just say that it's NSFW.
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Yeah, the video quality isn't the greatest, but that's not the point. Operation Ivy's Energy was the soundtrack of my high school years, and Knowledge was the anthem. I spent many, many nights hanging out at Marty's pizza angrily moshing to crappy thrash music. I saw a great many bands at Marty's that would eventually make a national splash such as Green Day, The Offspring, and AFI. Ahh, the good old angry days. Continue reading Operation Ivy – Knowledge
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Okay, so CoC beat me to the punch, but Nirvana's Nevermind was a watershed moment for music, and had an incredible impact on my taste. I threw out all the crappy glam rock I stole from my brother and dove headlong into the grunge movement. Yeah, I owned a lot of flannel. A couple more of the greatest hits from my early teens after the jump. Continue reading Nirvana – The Man Who Sold The World
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The Red hot Chili Peppers' Blood Sugar Sex Magik is the first cassette tape I can remember purchasing with my own cash. I listened to that tape so many times that I wore it out. Continue reading Red Hot Chili Peppers – Breaking The Girl
(6 votes, average: 6.83 out of 10)Loading... Better late than never.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqZhM75aGMg
This week I'm going to go through the progression of Meat's musical taste. We'll start with what my old man introduced me to to via his reel to reel. More after the jump. Continue reading CCR – Looking Out My Back Door
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1970
coming up next: la semana del carnívoro
(3 votes, average: 8.67 out of 10)Loading... Steve Earle's boy and his pal cover Dolly Parton
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2010
(3 votes, average: 6.33 out of 10)Loading... we last visited mr. beal a couple months back. well, his album came out a couple weeks ago, and the initial press is ready to embrace him as their current hipster darling.
here's a track from the album, with more analysis after the break.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7mdtSlgkN8
Continue reading Willis Earl Beal – Evening’s Kiss
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