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		<title>the end of the line?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In case it wasn&#8217;t readily obvious by the span of dates on the front page of this blog alone, this site has become more of an archive of my writing than any sort of ongoing blogging experience. What can I say.  I burned out, I guess. A decade of writing about music can do that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gloomchen.com/blog/2010/07/19/the-end-of-the-line/</link>
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		<title>dream theater has a new video you guise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I apologize for my lack of updates.  I&#8217;m easily distracted. But whatever. Dream Theater has a new video, and I had to write about it. I knew &#8220;Wither&#8221; was going to be a single. I&#8217;m full aware Dream Theater has yet to ever make one video that isn&#8217;t lulzy. But this one, well&#8230; uhhh, video [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gloomchen.com/blog/2009/11/18/dream-theater-has-a-new-video-you-guise/</link>
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		<title>possibly the saddest thing ever.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now, obviously, I&#8217;m a Dream Theater nerd of the highest order. I&#8217;ve made no bones about it, I don&#8217;t care, I have a tattoo. Sad or awesome, really, it&#8217;s all good. I get excited for every album, even if it doesn&#8217;t turn out all that great cough*cough*Octavarium*cough because I&#8217;m a hopeless fangirl. I&#8217;ve seen them [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gloomchen.com/blog/2009/05/04/possibly-the-saddest-thing-ever/</link>
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		<title>VH1, where would you be without lists?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As most writers and editors will tell you, lists are a double-edged sword. For whatever reason, they&#8217;re like magnets for readers, they&#8217;re easy to put together, and they&#8217;re guaranteed to start discussion. But they&#8217;re also the bottom-of-the-barrel when it comes to creativity and intellectual stimulation. Any moron can make a list. Any moron can pretend [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gloomchen.com/blog/2009/03/15/vh1-where-would-you-be-without-lists/</link>
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		<title>c&#8217;mon, c&#8217;mon, c&#8217;mon&#8230; ha ha, WOAW</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night we went to the Motley Crue concert at the Xcel Energy Center. There were three openers. We missed Last Vegas completely (such a shame) and caught the last two songs from Theory of a Deadman&#8217;s set. ToaD was most unimpressive, I have to say. I&#8217;ve seen more lively and engaging local bands at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gloomchen.com/blog/2009/02/19/cmon-cmon-cmon-ha-ha-woaw/</link>
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		<title>dear idiots: don&#8217;t write books.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been reading Taboo Tunes: A History of Banned Bands &#38; Censored Songs by Peter Blecha for the last couple of months. Let me restate that: this book is only 185 pages long, and I&#8217;ve been reading it for the last couple of months. That should tell you volumes about the writer&#8217;s ability to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gloomchen.com/blog/2009/01/25/dear-idiots-dont-write-books/</link>
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		<title>Must have clogged my ears with too much Aqua Net.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether or not the world at large is aware, I have been on a vinyl mission for quite some time. My husband got me a really nice turntable for the holidays a couple of years ago, and reading up on things like Guns &#8216;n&#8217; Roses&#8217; Appetite For Destruction &#8212; one of the last &#8220;classic&#8221; rock [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gloomchen.com/blog/2008/12/04/must-have-clogged-my-ears-with-too-much-aqua-net/</link>
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		<title>Well, I Guess Chinese Democracy Is Finally Out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a couple of years since demos from Chinese Democracy managed to find their way into the hands of happy pirates. At that time, there was much debate: is this good? Does it suck? Can we even tell? There was a lot of buzz, and at that time I had said Axl would be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gloomchen.com/blog/2008/11/25/well-i-guess-chinese-democracy-is-finally-out/</link>
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		<title>The 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums of All Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although my friends have long since beat me to this, Out Magazine recently posted an article entitled, &#8220;The 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums of All Time.&#8221; So, as my friends wondered&#8230; how gay am I? As Mr. Owl would say, &#8220;Let&#8217;s find out.&#8221; 100 The Beatles &#8211; Sgt. Pepper&#8217;s Lonely Hearts Club Band (CD, digital) 99 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gloomchen.com/blog/2008/09/11/the-100-greatest-gayest-albums-of-all-time/</link>
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		<title>I have thoughts on Death Magnetic.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight there was a satellite feed where Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters were hosting a first-airing of Metallica&#8217;s new opus, Death Magnetic, on the radio.  I had actually received text messages from our local rock station, 93x, alerting us to this occasion; I set an alarm on my Centro so I would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gloomchen.com/blog/2008/09/04/i-have-thoughts-on-death-magnetic/</link>
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