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Boston Marathon — Track Amanda

My girlfriend is running in the Boston Marathon for the second year in a row now. Quite inspirational and if you come across this blog today, see how she is doing by plugging in her bib number at www.baa.org. Her number is 20878.

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Donnie & Joe Emerson — “Give Me A Chance”

Buy their album Dreamin Wild

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Top 25 Songs of 2007

While I enjoy looking back at the songs and albums that got me through another year, the actual posting is quite time consuming. So time consuming that I’m not able to include a little blurb about each song. However, I’m sure I don’t need to explain why these songs made it in the top tier…

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Best Albums of 2006: Part 3

And the list continues… As noted before, no more commentary, just the facts. Please make comments where necessary. Like if you don’t think that Comets on Fire is helping to revive rock then say so. After this post I will be coming out with my Top Ten for 2006.

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Boston Artist: TW Walsh — Songs of Pain and Leisure

TW Walsh (Tim Walsh) is a local Boston artist who use to play with David Bazan in Pedro the Lion. But when TW left Bazan in 2005, he relocated here in the Boston area. He continued to both record his own music under the solo project, The…

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Dear Yankee fans, let me introduce myself

My name is Phillie Phanatic and I was born in the 1977 NLCS out of the hatred and dislike that the Philadelphia Phillies fan base had for the opposing team’s players. The Dodgers pitcher, Burt Hooton, became so irrate about the booing and name calling that…

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Stream the new The xx album — Coexist

These Brits know how to write extremely catchy melodies and unlike some hooky music, these hooks stick around for awhile.

They also have a pretty cool site that’s tracking the viral effect of just giving the link to their streaming album to one fan. Check it out here.

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Mixtape Friday

Download: Make Out Mix

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Today’s mix is a single MP3 mix from a British Columbia DJ, My!Gay!Husbad!. Don’t ask, I have no idea. All I know is that this mix kicks ass if you enjoy extremely cheesy 80’s music perfectly mixed…

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New Junior Boys Track — “Banana Ripple”

This nine minute long jam from Junior Boys has some quality funky grooves. Sounds like it’s going to be the final track on their upcoming album It’s All True. I haven’t listened to much of these guys since their 2006 release, So This Is Goodbye. This new one…

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Hello from Iceland

Ever wonder what it’s like to take a shower in a stink bomb? Well, come to Iceland and you’ll be close to the experience. I thought there may be something wrong with the pipes in our hotel, Leif Erickkson. Nope, that’s just the natural smell when you run hot water. The ground here is alive with…

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