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I believe it was Celine Dion that started the whole trainwreck. One of my former co-workers, Angie, was devoted to all things Top 40. Her idol was Ricky Martin, or at least his ass. She loved TLC, Bryan Adams, Britney Spears, and everyone else that the radio told her was good. Angie was at least [...]

The song “Super Bon Bon” by Soul Coughing. I know it from somewhere. I just finished watching the last episode of season 5 of Homicide, and it was in the episode. I don’t have the CD; hell, I didn’t even know the name of the song. I had to Google the lyrics. I knew most [...]

Paradise Lost sent me a friends request on MySpace. EEP! Maybe they’re just friending everyone who has Paradise Lost as an interest, but either way, EEP! The same thing happened to me with The Gathering months ago. I sort of have this policy where I don’t add major-label (well… internationally distributed is a better way [...]

Website: Goldfrapp The Inside Pulse: While rooted in dream pop and trip-hop, Goldfrapp violently took hold of disco and ran with the combination in a way that few others could pull off. Allison Goldfrapp’s voice, both powerful and sultry, is layered over richly orchestrated synth and powerful beats to create something infinitely more pretty than [...]

Hell yeah I went and saw Dream Theater last Friday at the State Theater in Minneapolis. Surprise? Of course not. My sixth show with the band was “An Evening with Dream Theater,” a 2 1/2 hour show celebrating their 20th anniversary. They formed in 1985, although their first album wasn’t released until 1989. So, take [...]

About the Dream Theater show. Obviously I’m saving most of it for my column, but it’s easier to write it fresh on my mind and run with it later. Anyway, the show was “An Evening With…”, if anyone out there has seen those particular types of DT shows before. 2 1/2 hours with an intermission. [...]

Definition of geek: updating LJ during the intermission of a Dream Theater concert. GIVE ME DORK PRIZE!!!

Did it all start with Mariah Carey? Oh, it would be so unfair to pin it all on one person. I would like to somehow force Destiny’s Child to share the blame, but they’re merely copycats. And Christina Aguilera? Merely following a trend. The early ’90s brought with it a change in the style of [...]

Here’s the situation: we have a computer/server here on which we plan to add all of my albums. It’s going to take forever as I have somewhere around 7500. I briefly discussed with John what he thought the best method of organization would be, and he responded, “I’m inclined to just let iTunes handle it.” [...]

Opeth. OPETH. Opeth. I’ve been listening to the band for only maybe five years. Considering they’ve been around for sixteen (although their first album was recorded eleven years ago), I’m not really all that oldschool. Still, I adored their last album, Ghost Reveries, and was enthused when my dahhhling boyfriend actually suggested getting tickets to [...]