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Author Archives: jnagle4
The Bill Isn’t That Good This Year
Teenagers have a habit of revealing too much about themselves. In the twenty minutes my friend Clyde and I had been in line for the Virgin Mobile FreeFest, we learned the following things about the freshly scrubbed young people behind … Continue reading
Aerosmith: Rocks
“My favorite band is Aerosmith.” When I hear this sentence, I cringe. Not because I dislike Aerosmith, but because I can recite the coming exchange word for word. “Cool. What’s your favorite album?” I ask, knowing the answer. “Pump.” We … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Music
Tagged Aerosmith, Back in the Saddle, Boston, cocaine, Combination, Rocks, sleaze, stadium rock, Toxic Twins, Yves St. Laurent
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Public Relations
Photo Credit: AMC Who is Don Draper? Don has been asked this question dozens of times over the course of the series, so he gives the reporter the same oblique answers he’s given everyone else. He looks him dead in … Continue reading
Posted in Essays
Tagged 1964, Don Draper, John & Marsha, Mad Men, Public Relations, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, Tobacco Road
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Rocks
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Tagged Aerosmith, Joe Perry, Rocks, Sick as a Dog, Steven Tyler
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Budokan!
Cheap Trick’s At Budokan has one of the greatest album covers in the history of rock n’ roll. Lead singer Robin Zander and bassist Tom Peterson are standing next to each other, grinning from ear to ear. They are smiling … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Music
Tagged At Budokan, Cheap Trick, I Want You to Want Me, Japan, power pop, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Surrender
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RIP Harvey Pekar
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Tagged alternative comics, American Splendor, Cleveland, Harvey Pekar, hospital clerk, Ohio
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Coming Attractions
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Tagged At Budokan, Budokan, Cheap Trick, ELO Kiddies, Heaven Tonight
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The Gaslight Anthem: American Slang
“We were always waiting for something to happen.” -The Gaslight Anthem, “Great Expectations” Something has happened. The Gaslight Anthem has gone from a promising young rock band to the Next Big Thing. They have gone from playing small clubs … Continue reading
Happy Early 4th!
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Tagged Aloha From Hawaii, An American Trilogy, Elvis Presley, jumpsuir, The King
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