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Tag Archives: The Black Keys
Juxtaposin’: Lies
Blowhard, Esq. writes:
Our Favorite Things from 2014
Blowhard, Esq. writes: For approximately the 14th year in a row my pop music taste slid into middling mediocrity, but I’m perfectly OK with that. I long ago abandoned caring about or following new music. I loved The Black Keys’ “Turn … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books Publishing and Writing, Food and health, Linkathons, Media, Movies, Music, Performers, Personal reflections
Tagged 2014 year in review, Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Amazon, Amazon Music, beer, Belle & Sebastian, Bill Burr, Chvrches, Cohen Film Collection, D. W. Griffith, Darwyn Cooke, donald westlake, emily browning, ESPN, Eva Green, Facebook, George V. Higgins, Ginger Baker, goses, Hachette, Hayao Miyazaki, John Milius, John Turturro, Karina Longworth, Marc Maron, Marco Bellocchio, Meghan Trainor, Michael Connelly, Natalie Moore, Pawel Pawlikowski, Penny Dreadful, podcasts, Sarah Polley, Steve Sailer, Stuart Murdoch, Taylor Swift, The Black Keys, The Cloisters, The Nerdist, Tom Stoppard, Vanessa Paradis, Winsor McCay, Yik Yak, Zishy
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Music Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: What makes for a good guitar solo? Lord knows it’s easy for them to slip into self-indulgence, but it seems to me a good solo functions a lot like a good bridge — it elaborates on the melody … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Dan Auerbach, Freebird, guitar solos, rock 'n roll will never die, The Black Keys
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Let’s Go to a Rock Show!
Blowhard, Esq. writes: The band I blogged about here was in town last night so I headed off to my first concert in two years.
Posted in Music, Photography
Tagged Honda Center, live music, Orange County, rock 'n roll will never die, Tegan & Sara, The Black Keys
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What’s Wrong with White Boys Playing the Blues?
Blowhard, Esq. writes: The L.A. Weekly recently ran a feature on the “20 Worst Hipster Bands.” Here’s the entry for No. 20: Fifty years after the Rolling Stones and we’re still upset about this? They “lack authenticity,” you see, b/c they aren’t black. … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Personal reflections
Tagged blues, Keef, music critics, Rolling Stones, stuff white people like, The Black Keys
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