I love it when I stumble across records I never knew existed. Especially when I learn that it is connected to one of my favorite groups of all-time. I speak — without…
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LOST: “The Substitute” In Numbers, Free Will, And Candidates
Spoilers Ahead: If you are not currently up to speed on all this LOST stuff — that is, if you have not completed Season 6 Episode 3 — you will not want…
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Velvert Turner Group – Velvert Turner Group
“Velvert Turner was apparently a friend of Jimi Hendrix’s, and the Hendrix vibe on the album Velvert Turner Group is almost overpowering, right down to the fish-eye photo on the back cover.…
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My Church Of Scientology Free Personality & Stress Test
Nearly one year ago I dedicated a Friday Top Ten list to the afternoon I spent at one of the Church Of Scientology test centers. It was called The Top Ten Hilarious…
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Sunday Mix Tape – A SIlver Mt. Zion’s “Old Thund’rous Mixtape #1”
Rather than return to the hackneyed formula of scouring one of my hard drives for some new tunes you haven’t heard, I figured I would take tonight off. It’s Valentine’s Day, after…
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Michael Yonkers – Grimwood
My first exposure to Yonkers came in my early music journalism days in college, when Sub Pop sent me a re-issue of the cult-classic LP Microminiature Love. This was back in, what,…
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The Top Ten Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas
As if I could write about anything else for this week’s installment of the Friday Top Ten list. It’s Valentine’s Day…again. And nothing says Valentine’s Day like MONSTER TRUCK RALLY! Sorry, where…
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San Dimas High School Football Rules!
Unexpected day trip alert! I drove out to Covina today to see if their IKEA had the computer desk I’ve been looking for since last week. It was looking like a boring…
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LOST: Theories On The Oceanic 815 Reboot And Hurley’s Sanity
It’s Tuesday again, which for the next four months or so will be known as “LOSTday” to a community of television nerds to which I belong. Rather than make some bold predictions…
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W. Park Richardson, M.D. – A Psychiatrist’s Advice To The Worried And Depressed
Every once in a while, I happen upon something at the store that consumes me. At the beginning of this year, I came across a copy of Jerry Garcia’s “classic” 1972 album…