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You hear people describe some venues saying, “There’s not a bad seat in the place. That’s a perfect description for the Egg in Albany, NY. It’s all about the sound. The theater is like being inside the surface of a steel drum. As Patty Griffin herself said, it really doesn’t look like an egg. It [...]

Filed under: Music, Reviews on April 25th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I don’t know how James Carville and Mary Matalin do it. There’s no way I could be in a serious relationship with a Republican. Even if she was hot. A couple well-meaning friends once set me up with a Republican. We had fun until we started talking politics. She wasn’t very passionate about politics, and [...]

Filed under: Politics, Reviews on April 9th, 2007 | Add Comment! »

I love Patty Griffin. And just when I think she can’t top what she’s already done, she’s done it with “Children Running Through.” The CD is by far the most musically diverse of her CD’s and her incredible song writing shines through with every track. The CD opens with the first of the many new [...]

Filed under: Music, Reviews on March 31st, 2007 | 1 Comment »

My wife bought me a Creative Labs Zen Mp3 player for my birthday. It’s the most wonderful present I ever got, next to her and my children. She knew there were two criteria for me: a really good sounding mp3 player with enough memory to hold a substantial portion of my huge music collection. The [...]

Filed under: Reviews on March 27th, 2007 | Add Comment! »