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It's Beginning To Sound Alot Like Christmas: Sonic Suggestions for Only the Most Musically Discriminating

by Gary Pig Gold

You bet, it's that time of year again! Time to get out the Best Buy gift certificates or, for you more technologically deviant out there, fire up the ol' burner in order to amuse and amaze all those annoying audiophiles upon yer Yule list.

For your humble columnist has just spent yet another sleepless night googlin' high and very low indeed on your behalves, and my virtual garage crawl has unearthed several rare true gems...

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Art Out Loud

by James Baumann

In this day and age it seems that anyone with a copy of Photoshop and a friend who works at Kinkos thinks he or she is a poster artist. Record store windows and utility polls on college campuses across the country are in danger of being overrun by these 8.5"x 11" creations. I'll even go so far as to presume there are currently hundreds of players who are holding onto their positions in a band just because; "Dude, if we kick Joey out, who's going to make...

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Perks of a Music Writer

by Mike Bennett

As one of the roughly 17 million North Americans who write music reviews on the Internet, according to latest figures from the same people who did the exit polls that had John Kerry becoming the United States president, there is one perk to slaving away at praising and dissing discs. It ain't the pay, it's the promos. You start writing enough, you get sent a lot of free music.

For some writers, this probably results in spending a lot less money on music. For others who, like me, are obsessive music fans, the...

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The World is Round: Radio, Schmadio Part Three: The Plot Thickens

by Alan Haber

We've been talking radio the last few months, about the medium's slow (migrating to fast) decline, and we've been leading up to the skinny on satellite radio and why that's such a big damn deal.

A decade ago, when I wrote for a radio trade newspaper and digital audio was one of my beats, I used to feel like the odd man out: there I was, the net in the center of the ping-pong table, feeling the lobs rush over my head as the satellite execs and the National...

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Further Observations of a Jangly Music Fan

by Eric Sorensen

It's hard to believe, but it is December again. Each year seems to pass by a little more quickly than the last. The month of November was filled with excellent live music … and plenty of new discs worthy of mention in this column. On successive Saturday evenings, we were able to see Tish Hinojosa (her first area performance in several years) and the Kennedys (their first area performance after the National elections; they opened with "Chimes Of Freedom," flashed "peace" signs, and shared some political sentiments with the mostly "blue" Fairfax County...

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So Much Music....So Little Time

by Kevin Mathews

Sorry, no time to chat…let's get right down to it, okay?

Blurb-O-Rama Unleashed!

Pleasant Grove The Art of Leaving (Badman)
Spine-tingling, expansive, atmospheric, emotive and ultimately arty indie jazz-folk-rock! Yes, I managed to find an all-encompassing label for Pleasant Grove's powerful musical expression. You want references? American Music Club, Red House Painters, Pernice Brothers and a little dash of the Zombies. Highly recommended. www.badmanrecordingco.com

Cheese Enlarge Your Johnson (Pink Hedgehog)
With better-known bands like Dogs

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Everyone at Fufkin extends our best wishes to all of our friends and visitors during the holidays and always. Look for our best of 2004 issue next month.

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