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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

Oct 2, 2014

Trouble In The Heartland

“I don’t know what you guys think about what happened last night, but I think it´s pretty frightening…”

Matt Springer in My Summer of Bruce

Aug 22, 2013

Connectin’ Baby Your Heart To Mine

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Connections — a long dark highway, a thin white line. The sinew that gathers up bones and keeps them whole — a country, a family, a couple.

Matt Springer in My Summer of Bruce

Jun 19, 2012

You Can’t Touch Me Now

Fathers loom large in Bruce Springsteen’s songs, and in his own personal mythology. Rosalita’s father is blowing his last chance to get his daughter in a fine romance. A father puts his boy up on his lap behind the steering wheel and says, “Son, take a good look around…this is your…

Matt Springer in My Summer of Bruce

Jun 14, 2012

Roll Yer Tapes: Coliseum Night, 12/29/80

Coliseum Night was my first Bruceleg (aka “Bruce Springsteen bootleg,” yes I know the lingo, no that doesn’t make me sad, why do you ask?). There may have been others; I remember tape trees around the time of Tom Joad, but I don’t remember actually listening…

Matt Springer in My Summer of Bruce

Jun 12, 2012

Don’t Make No Difference What Nobody Says

I’ve written about my high school speech coach, unwitting mentor, and fellow Springsteen fan Mike Woolley before…

Mike Woolley looms large on the south side of Chicago.

Matt Springer in My Summer of Bruce

Jun 1, 2012

You Choose The Chance You Take

Springsteen’s characters are most often poised in a battle to the death against inevitability.

The inevitable can change based on the story being told, or the themes being explored — sometimes it’s inevitable that you’ll drink too much Tanqueray and…