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Matt Springer in My Summer of Bruce

Sep 10, 2020

I Pulled That Bothersome Thread

The idea that “art” is somehow separate from “commerce” seems quaint when viewed through the lens of the…

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Matt Springer in My Summer of Bruce

Oct 23, 2020

The Way That I Know Her Style

In May 1979, Bruce Springsteen rolled tape on rehearsal at his property in Holmdel, New Jersey. The…

Matt Springer in My Summer of Bruce

Sep 24, 2020

By the End of the Set, We Leave No One Alive

I have this fist-pump thing I do when I get excited.

Matt Springer in My Summer of Bruce

Sep 8, 2020

An Ice Cream Truck on a Deserted Street

This is not my first foray into blogging about one of the most widely reviled songs in the Springsteen canon.

Today, I come to bury “Waiting on a Sunny Day,” not to praise it.

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Matt Springer in My Summer of Bruce

Oct 13, 2020

That Ragged, Jagged Melody

I’ve written before about Coliseum Night, which was my first Bruceleg (Bruce Springsteen bootleg, dontcha know). It’s a soundboard recording of the December 29, 1980 show at Nassau Coliseum in New York. Since I last wrote, this show’s been released officially as part of…

Matt Springer in My Summer of Bruce

Sep 2, 2020

“That’s rock ’n’ roll…”: My First Bruce Gig, 25 Years On

Matt Springer in My Summer of Bruce

Sep 1, 2020

Who We Are; What We’ll Do And What We Won’t

I don’t recognize America anymore.

I realize I’m not alone in this. It hasn’t happened overnight and it hasn’t happened in secret. It’s not my fault but I’m as complicit as anyone who has sat in front of a screen and watched…