It’s that time of year ago. Each year as we approach my least favorite holiday* Halloween I share with you a list of ten new and exciting costume ideas. I’ve got these…
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The Best Of Sunday Mix Tapes: Volumes 51 – 100
The other day I began to describe the origins of the Sunday Mix Tape feature. Today, I’ll describe the end of an era. The second fifty mix tapes, which commenced on January…
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The Distinguished Gourmand: Corkbar
Me and my new food-blogger burger buddy decided to meet for lunch again today. He had heard some rumblings in the burger community about the variation on the theme conceived and executed…
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The Best Of Sunday Mix Tapes: Volumes 1 Through 50
In celebration of the upcoming 200th Sunday Mix Tape, I’ve decided to spend a few days this week taking a leisurely stroll down memory lane. My memory’s lane. I’ve compiled 199 official…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 199
What a weekend. Friday night I got to see Emeralds and drink some good beers, last night I saw Enter The Void, and tonight I am watching Best Worst Movie as I…
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McDonalds Monopoly, Craft Beer Week, Emeralds Live & More!
McDonald’s Monopoly game started this week, and my friend and I couldn’t be more excited. Within the first twenty-four hours of the promotion, we’d made half a dozen trips to our local…
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Giorgio Moroder – Einzelganger (Oasis, 1975)
My co-worker Mark has been on the hunt for this record for some time now, and a few weeks ago he finally found a sealed original copy of the LP. He was…
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Hailu Mergia & The Walias Band (with Mulatu Astatké) – Tche Belew
Did you know that during the 1970s — a span of ten years! — there were only three instrumental Ethiopian albums recorded and released on vinyl? It’s true. Well, if the Internet…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 198
Did you see that Giants game tonight? Talk about a futile effort. Neither of those teams really seemed to comprehend the ideas behind the game of football. I’m happy the Giants won,…
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Susan Pillsbury – Susan Pillsbury (Sweet Fortune, 1973)
A lot of times I post albums that are exceedingly rare, and thus too expensive for casual music fans to afford. Today I’ve decided to post something that is in the vein…