2008

The Prentenders, I’m From Barcelona, Pink

The Shotgun is a monthly column of "shotgun" CD reviews by Glide contributor Eric Saeger. The Pretenders, Break Up the Concrete (Shangri-La Records) The only whiz-bang epithet for this occasion

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Golden Animals – Dawn Of A New Era

Golden Animals aren’t your typical California by way of Brooklyn duo.  With a sound that’s more reminiscent of The Doors than Television, the duo comprised of Tommy Eisner and Linda Beecroft released their full-length debut (Free Your Mind and Win a Pony) earlier this year and have been opening their ears with their “groovy blues” sound.

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Televised Tune: On The Tube This Week

Sacred steel ensemble The Lee Boys visit Late Night with Conan O’Brien tonight where they will perform Come On, Help Me Lift Him Up capping off a phenomenal year for

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Leftovers: Glide’s Top 20 Albums of 2008

Earlier today, our friends and partners at Glide Magazine released this year’s Glide 20 featuring their top albums of 2008. Most of my favorites have made honorable mention, but Invisible

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LoC: Black Clouds > Restless Wind

May 3, 1999 might not be an important date to many of you, but it is to me. On this day, Oklahoma saw some of the worst tornadoes known to man. Along with my family and friends, I survived. But not everyone was so lucky…

The following day I traveled from Oklahoma City to Tulsa to catch a show of the String Cheese Incident and Gov’t Mule co-headline tour. Along I-44, I saw more destruction than I had ever witnessed — with the exception of the Federal Building. An entire outlet mall was demolished along with gas stations, homes, and everything else that was in the way of the F5 that struck that day.

Wind has an awesome power. I think we can all agree on that. My grandfather once told me a joke that goes something like this:

Question: Why is it so windy in Oklahoma?

Answer: Because Texas blows and Kansas sucks.

If you don’t get it, then you either know nothing about geograpy, or Big 12 sports. (Side note: I’m a OSU Cowboys fan, big props to the Pokes for almost handing it to the Sooners yet again — better luck next year!)

READ ON for more of Land of Confusion – Black Clouds > Restless Wind…

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