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Put It In Your Pantry With Your Cupcakes

nobody@vox.com(Emma Peel) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:44:06 -0400

Mark my words, 2009 can be summed up in two ways. The Year in Music: Pet Sounds. The Year in Food: Cupcakes. Seems like every band these days is drawing inspiration from Pet Sounds (read lots of harmonies, studio trickery). At the same time, the ...

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Camel Tones

nobody@vox.com(Emma Peel) — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:16:25 -0400

New Wilco album out this summer:

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Let's Hear It For The Boys

nobody@vox.com(Emma Peel) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:08:23 -0400

I drive a very beat up 1997 Toyota that could graciously be described as extremely low-tech. It does not have a built-in system for an iPod, nor a CD player. No Twitter feed of its own, or any of that nonsense. It does play tapes really well. Call...

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I Was Blown Out At A Ripe Old Age, When I Turned 17

nobody@vox.com(Emma Peel) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:46:27 -0400

With one foot stuck unapologetically in the past, a review of what I've been listening to lately: What: Come Back to The Five and Dime, Bobby Dee, Bobby Dee Who: Benjy Ferree, DC local and inexplicable wig wearer. Likely frets that he was born ...

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I'm A Man Eater (Watch Out Boy)

nobody@vox.com(Emma Peel) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:37:31 -0500

I got the rare pleasure of seeing some great talent in a small venue Saturday night at Comet Ping Pong in DC. Perhaps it was the two cans of Sea Hag I'd had that led me to describe the show in a text message that night as "truly grand," as well as...

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Songs: Ohia

nobody@vox.com(Emma Peel) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:18:05 -0500

Saw Chrissie Hynde play with her Pretenders last night at the 9:30. Not a lot to say about the show, except that she still rocks and she's about the only woman her age who pretty much looks today like she did in the 1970s. Maybe it's all the veggi...

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Not Fade Away

nobody@vox.com(Emma Peel) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:55:24 -0500

If you want to trace the origins of "indie rock" (whatever that means these days) take your index finger and move it over the U.S. map to Lubbock, Texas. That's where Buddy Holly was from. He was a badass who made it acceptable for all the preciou...

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Got The Things To Rock Your Soul

nobody@vox.com(Emma Peel) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:38:04 -0500

You could say I am an innovator and a pioneer, being on the bleeding edge of this "slow blogging" movement. What's slow blogging you say? Educate yourself. Google it. Throw it around in company meetings with terms like "social media." Because my ...

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I’m Just Soothsayin’

nobody@vox.com(Emma Peel) — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:32:39 -0500

Oh, hi, yeah, remember me? I write intermittently on this space. Prediction for 2009: I will post once per week. Don’t expect more. My writing is in direct proportion to my happiness. It’s a meter of sorts. The more I write, the less satisfied wit...

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Preserving The Old Ways From Being Abused

nobody@vox.com(Emma Peel) — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:41:28 -0500

I got my first library card two weeks ago after a long hiatus from public libraries. It was college the last time I spent any significant time in a library. Before that, it was either my high school's library or the Herndon Fortnightly, a little t...

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