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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:16:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wasteland Bait & Tackle / James McMurtry</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5981/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

We Can't Make it Here
(including the iPhone)
&nbsp;
By James McMurtry
&nbsp;
Sometimes
my song, "We Can't Make it Here," seems a bit naive. It's still a pretty good
song, and songs don't have time to be fair and balanced. Songs are mostly about
emotion. So I still sing it. But I read the New York Times a couple of Sundays ago, and I
now understand why we can't competitively produce iPhones here. It seems that
Steve Jobs was not happy with the easy to scratch plastic screen on his
prototype iphone and demanded that the screen be made of scratch resistant
glass. Making good glass is not a problem in the U.S.,
Corning has
been doing it forever. Cutting glass to specs at a competitive pace is a
different matter. After the meeting at which Jobs expressed his
dissatisfaction, one of his execs booked a flight to China, where he knew there
was a factory that could mobilize three thousand workers on a moments notice,
by which I mean, waking them up in their dorm beds ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5981/</guid>
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<title>BATTLE READY / OTEP SHAMAYA</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5971/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

Which side are you on, gal? Straight Talk with Cynthia Nixon
&nbsp;
By Otep
Shamaya
&nbsp;
It is
with deep regret that I find myself scribing this, a retort, to the festering
homophobic twaddle spewed by the heretic, Cynthia Nixon. My initial (atomic)
reaction was to target my riposte directly to Ms. Nixon in hopes of reducing
her to a symbolic smoldering lump of charcoal and ash. But after a week
furiously writing a rancorous volume of jibes, aspersions, and insults all
briared within a pummeling of common sense by endless Shiva fists, it occurred
to me that this might be a rather meaningless effort. It may well be
entertaining for some, and definitely uplifting for me (to vaporize her to
cinder), but in all probability will never reach the yuppie fields Cynthia
Nixon pollinates nor will it dissolve the veil of invincible ignorance she
burqas herself in. She has released an update (of sorts) to her original
statement but it's just a bunch of condescending ho ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>I DON’T WANNA GROW UP / JOHN MOORE</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5751/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;
&nbsp;

La Dispute
&nbsp;
By John B. Moore
&nbsp;
Post-hardcore
rockers La Dispute could have easily churned out a paint-by-numbers collection
of distorted guitars and aggressive vocals for their second full length and
chalked it up to the clich&eacute;d sophomore slump. But in the three years between
their debut full length (Somewhere at the
Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair) and Wildlife, the band faced a slew of life changes.
&nbsp;
They managed to
fill the three year gap with a handful of EPs, 7 inches and splits (seven in
all), but quickly realized their next proper follow up would have to be more
than just a collection of disparate songs. And it is.
&nbsp;
The complex Wildlife has a conceptual theme that
connects the songs together and rather than screwing it up with my own
half-assed explanation, La Dispute vocalist Jordan
Dreyer was kind enough to explain it to me, along with answering a few other
questions about these Grand Rapids, MI-ba ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wasteland Bait & Tackle / James McMurtry</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5714/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

Occupy: "It's common feeling and common conviction
that makes a movement."
&nbsp;
By James McMurtry
&nbsp;
About a week ago, at the end of a short solo tour of Southwest Alaska, I wandered down to Occupy Anchorage.
The camp was only a block from my hotel.
&nbsp;
The temperature was in the single digits with a light
snow. There were three tents, the first of which was wide open. Inside were
four young men, two white and two native, a dog, and a propane heater.&nbsp; I offered them some smoked salmon and some
CDs. They took great interest in the salmon and it was quickly consumed. The
white guys introduced themselves. The natives did not.
&nbsp;
I guess I should have introduced myself to all of
them, but I felt sheepish and shy, like an interloper or a tourist. They all
seemed to handle the cold pretty well. I asked them if they had any tips to
help Occupiers in the lower forty eight get through the winter. They shrugged.
John, the dog's owner, said, "It's pre ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5714/</guid>
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<title>THREE MONTHS IN L.A. PHOTO BLOG / SCOTT DUDELSON</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5626/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

Out &lsquo;n' about in the City of Angels
with Blurt's roving shutterbug - Fall, 2011.
&nbsp;
By Scott Dudelson
  Blurt contributing concert photographer Scott
Dudelson hit some of the West Coast's biggest festivals these past few
months and brought back these shots to prove it   (above) Andrew Dice Clay - Live
@ The Roxy 
  Common - Live @ Rock the Bells Festival
&nbsp; 
&nbsp;
  Cypress Hill - Lice @ Rock the Bells Festival
&nbsp; 
&nbsp;
  Descendents - Live @ FYF Fest
&nbsp; 
&nbsp;
  Guided By Voices - Live @ FYF Fest
&nbsp; 
&nbsp;
  Guy Clark - Live @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
&nbsp; 
&nbsp;
  John Fogerty - Live @ Outside Lands
&nbsp; 
&nbsp;
  John Prine - Live @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
&nbsp; 
&nbsp;
  Kid Dynamite - Live @ FYF Fest
&nbsp; 
&nbsp;
  Mavis Staples &amp; Win Butler (of Arcade Fire) - Live @ Outside Lands
&nbsp; 
&nbsp;
  Merle Haggard &amp; Kris Kristofferson - Live @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
&nbsp; 
&nbsp;
  M ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5626/</guid>
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<title>Wasteland Bait & Tackle / James McMurtry</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5543/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

What Happened to the Border?
&nbsp;
By James
McMurtry
&nbsp;
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Late in the summer of 1992, my tour manager and I
crossed into the United States
from Emerson, Manitoba,
after a tour of Western Canada. We were tired
and disheveled. The U.S. Border Patrol agent at the gate was a big man with a
handle bar mustache and a big nickel plated revolver, with nice custom stag
horn grips, hanging from his hip. He wore the green uniform of the era, and had
a sense of humor, though a rather twisted one. He told me to pull into the bay
on the left and park on the orange tarp. I did as I was told, he had a gun
after all. Another officer, I think from U.S. Customs, met us at the open bay,
took the customs form on which I had listed descriptions of our instruments
complete with serial numbers prior to entering Canada, and told us to go into
the building while he performed the inspection. The building was full of
students yelling about their rights ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5543/</guid>
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<title>BEATS WORKING / DOMINIC UMILE</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5512/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

Our latest look at dusty
instrumental hip-hop, techno and bass includes Martyn (pictured above), HTRK,
Walls, I Break Horses, and more.
&nbsp;
By Dominic Umile
&nbsp;
Disparate
nuances and textures meet in a distinctive manner on several recent records
that have had me thinking about what music I've been drawn to in 2011 overall.
Just as the dour noisepop of Belong's Common Era or Andy Stott's stark,
shadowy techno on Passed Me By presents a challenge to categorize other
than "I've really been blown away by these," the releases discussed
here - their repetition of colorful sonic themes, matched with a fusion of
electronics and sampled instruments - aren't easily articulated in
conversation. And there are similarly heady, much chatted-about albums on the
horizon: M83's Hurry Up, We're Dreaming sees an October release; a
"next level" Nathan Fake album is in the can, according to James
Holden's interview at ClubbersGuideNewYork.com and Kompakt's catalog of
expe ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5512/</guid>
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<title>I DON’T WANNA GROW UP / JOHN MOORE</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5285/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

Bomb the Music Industry! Interview
&nbsp;
By John B. Moore
&nbsp;
For a whole
generation of punks, the phrase "DIY" is little more than a t-shirt slogan hanging
on the wall at Hot Topic down the street at the mall.
&nbsp;
It's refreshing
then to see a music collective like Bomb the Music Industry! not only understand
the meaning of Do It Yourself, but have that concept as the band's ethos. DIY
and fairness to fans have been part of BTMI! Since the group's beginnings in 2004.
From spray-painting stenciled t-shirts to fans behind show venues (free of
charge, of course) to playing only all-ages shows that agree to cap ticket
prices at $10, this New York
collection of punk rockers, led by founder Jeff
Rosenstock, have a reputation even the guys in Fugazi would envy.
&nbsp;
The band - using the term loosely as dozen of musicians come and go at
any given time - is also behind the label Quote Unquote Records, which has been
offering "name your own price" download ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5285/</guid>
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<title>LOOK AT LIFE / COCO HAMES</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5226/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hot Time, Summer in the City
&nbsp;
By Coco Hames
&nbsp;
No sooner did my old friend, the sun, and I start spending
time together again, did a man come and taketh away from our times. There is a
swimming hole on the Harpeth
 River where I, the Ettes,
our friends, and all the other teenagers go (with dogs) and swim and frolic
about. It is HOT in Nashville in the summer, and swimmin' holes (and ca-brewing
trips) are necessary to not pack up and leave due to sweltering heat, terrible
tourist traffic, general relentless bugginess (not even counting the cicadas,
but that was intense) and just straight up boredom. That is why the Lord gave
us swimmin' holes. And now this guy done come took it away!
&nbsp;
Thing is, like all good things, it was not to last, our
absolute rule of that swimmin' hole. Absolute rule corrupts absolutely. I think
maybe some people got sloppy. Maybe some people got noisy. Maybe some people
left too many beer cans and garbage behind. Either way, we b ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5226/</guid>
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<title>THREE MONTHS IN L.A. PHOTO BLOG / SCOTT DUDELSON</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5208/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

Out &lsquo;n' about in the City of Angels
with Blurt's roving shutterbug (April, May &amp; June 2010)
&nbsp;
By Scott Dudelson
  (above)Slightly Stoopid - Live @ The Greek Theatre - 4/20
&nbsp;
Bad Brains - Live @ The Greek Theatre - 4/20
&nbsp; 
  Barrington
Levy&nbsp; - Live @ The Greek Theatre - 4/20
&nbsp; 
  Atomic Bomb Audition - Live @ Cobalt Cafe - 5/5
&nbsp; 
  The Raveonettes - Live @ Saint Rocke - 5/8
&nbsp; 
  Mogwai - Live @ The Mayan Theatre - 5/10
&nbsp; 
  Henry Clay People - Live @ Satellite - 5/13
&nbsp; 
  Little Dragon- &nbsp;Live @ UCLA Jazz &amp; Reggae Festival - 5/30
&nbsp; 
  Buffalo Springfield
- &nbsp;Live @ Santa Barbara Bowl - 6/9
&nbsp; 
  Flaming Lips- &nbsp;Live @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery - 6/14
&nbsp; 
  Morning Benders - &nbsp;Live @ Pasadena
Make Music Festival - 6/18
&nbsp; 
  NewVillager - &nbsp;Live @ Pasadena
Make Music Festival - 6/18
&nbsp; 
  La Sera- &nbsp;Live @ Pasadena Make Music Festival - 6/18 ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5208/</guid>
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<title>Watch: New Guthrie & Irion Video</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5122/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

Key track taken from
latest, awesome album.
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
Back in February we ran a feature on Sarah Lee Guthrie and
Johnny Irion, the Americana-tilting rock &lsquo;n' roll duo (and charter members of
the storied Guthrie Family as well), and followed that up not long after with a
review of their terrific new Andy Cabic/Thom Monahan-produced album Bright Examples. Now we've got their
latest video, for the album track "Speed of Light."
&nbsp;







&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Also check them out performing "Target On Your
Heart" on NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly at this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DBgI6WLvcA . You
can also see them perform the song "Never Far From My Heart" on Carson
Daly here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPbxV9LCdOw .Guthrie and Irion will appear at Wilco's "Solid Sound" Festival
happening this weekend from June 24 - 26 at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA.
&nbsp;
Tour dates:Friday, June 24 - Sunday, June 26 - Solid Sound  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5122/</guid>
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<title>Pictures of Lily</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5083/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ I represent a small and unique niche of displaced persons . We are the aging rockers-the fans-the minor players-the aficionados-the believers. We went to the original Fillmore,Woodstock,the Electric Factory-Steve Pauls Scene, the Avalon Ballroom/The Troubadour/The Whisky/Max's Kansas City/CBGB's The Star Club &amp; the Cavern. We loitered on  Sunset Strip; the East Village; Warhol's Factory; the suburbs of Cleveland and anywhere music blared. We grew up on vinyl and remember it fondly-particularly the albums that had gatefold covers (which allowed us to make sure we lost no dope when we separated the stems &amp; the seeds from the good stuff). We marched for real causes-and we marched to meet girls. We were stupid enough to think we made a difference-and we are still stupid today as we look for a cause to champion. We believed in free love-and missed the concept! We are 5-10 years away from assisted living- and yet we still look as Tim Hardin once said, "for  a reason to believe."
&nb ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5083/</guid>
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<title>BEATS WORKING / DOMINIC UMILE</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5066/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;
&nbsp;
Our latest look at dusty instrumental hip-hop, techno and bass includes Alex Zavala (pictured, above), Paul White, Comma and TOKiMONSTA. 
&nbsp;
By Dominic Umile
&nbsp;
In September, instrumental hip hop pioneer DJ Shadow will issue his first artist album since 2006, and we've only just seen the release of producer/turntablist J-Rocc's debut, after more than a decade in the game. A couple of months ago, people went understandably bat shit for a chunk of Twitter-dealt rare tracks from New Jersey beatmaker extraordinaire Clams Casino, and as rapper Prodigy finishes up a prison sentence, talk of his crew Mobb Deep's landmark The Infamous is more prevalent than it's been in years, with conversation focusing on the grim, impenetrable mood of the critically revered production as often as its confrontational lyric content. The enthusiasm for intelligent new beat records is palpable, even as producers are more often nostalgic than not &mdash; referencing the hard boom bap o ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5066/</guid>
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<title>The hyper-promoting band next door? Probably not.</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5001/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The author taking a break from promotion.
&nbsp;
From decades of dealing with bands and artists as a
producer, one thing that has struck me is that there seems to be *less*
aggressive promotion going on these days - and certainly less than all the
commentary about new-media tools for artists would have one believe.
Could this be an illusion? I've been playing a lot more
live shows and touring with my own band than I was in the 80's, so that might
give me a different view. Here are some possible reasons, some of them
contradictory:
&nbsp;
There is simply now, more clear evidence of an artist's
lax promotion, than in the old days - ie: an official website that hasn't been
updated in a year.
So nothing has really changed, and the proportion of artists that actually hustle, is, and
has always been a minority.
&nbsp;
Record labels, small and large, used to do a lot of the
promotion - providing a division of labor.
Hence, even artists without a personality inclined to
pro ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/5001/</guid>
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<title>SONIC REDUCER / CARL HANNI</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/4984/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

The
History of Rock'n'Roll
&nbsp;
By Carl
Hanni
&nbsp;
Some
years back Time-Life put together and released the ten part series "The History of Rock'n'Roll," since
issued on five DVDs with two episodes per disc. I recently re-watched the entire
series, and started editorializing its pros and cons as I was watching it. For
what it's worth, here are some of my thoughts; quite a few of my thoughts,
actually. This is pretty self indulgent and definitely the ramblings of an
obsessive personality type; if you have no interest in rock'n'roll or fanish,
obsessive music chatter, you'd probably be wasting your time reading
this.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Using a
standard documentary format of talking-heads styled interviews with musicians,
producers, disc jockeys, record execs and others, combined with archival
footage and passable but hardly exceptional narration by Gary Busey, the series
runs more or less chronologically and is divided into episodes like "Guitar
Heroes," "Punk ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/4984/</guid>
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<title>Beats Working: New Blurt Blog Debuts</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/4842/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

New BLURT Column spotlighting
"dusty instrumental hip-hop, techno and bass artists" kicks off.
&nbsp;
By Dominic
Umile
&nbsp;
When I
pitched a column idea to my patient editor at BLURT, it was with the intention
of carving out a place for its readers to find an intimate discussion of
electronic music, or records that are largely beats-driven, be it dusty
instrumental hip hop, techno, or the subject of this first entry, happenings in
various bass artist circles. My initial idea
was in part informed by a reaction to the instantaneous one-offs and press
release re-posts that are occurring these days with unhealthy frequency. I hope
to offer what I consider a deep and more personal analysis of new (and maybe
older) releases in lieu of the immediate, short-form album appraisals and
so-called "criticism" of "leaked" MP3's that materialize
within 15 minutes of their mass distribution. I'm calling this endeavor Beats Working because there will be a
lot of talk of be ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/4842/</guid>
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<title>SONIC REDUCER / CARL HANNI</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/4810/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

DJ LENGUA
&nbsp;
By Carl Hanni
&nbsp;
As the world turntables...
&nbsp;
Somewhere along the way &lsquo;dance music' became a genre, much like &lsquo;indie rock'
has become a genre; these terms no longer indicate that music is just for
dancing, or released by independent labels, but refer to wide but nonetheless
finite set of parameters. We know know dance music when we hear it, like we
know indie rock when we hear it. &nbsp;
&nbsp;
Dance
music now generally refers to that constantly shape shifting and morphing world
of electronic dance music, picking up and mixing and discarding sub genres
(drum &amp; bass, dubstep, jungle, whatever) that all originated, at one time
or another, out of what we used to call house music then eventually,
techno.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Let us
acknowledge and give a nod, then, to the makers of original music that subverts
the norms of electronic-based but still danceable music. Especially because,
for all of it's future-is-now a ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/4810/</guid>
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<title>I DON’T WANNA GROW UP / JOHN MOORE</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/4799/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

Steve Ignorant Interview (formerly with Crass)
&nbsp;
By John B. Moore
&nbsp;
Since this
interview was conducted, Steve Ignorant and his band mates have had to reschedule their much-anticipated shows in the U.S.
and Canada
after failing to secure Visas to enter the countries. Originally slated for March, the tour now starts in April. According to a press
statement: "As of&nbsp; (March 7th),
the band had not been issued US entry visas, despite months of preparation and
despite having delivered all of their documents to their visa agent well in
advance of usual guidelines. With only 3 days to go to the first show and no
hope left of getting the visas in time, the only decision that could be made
was to let the fans know and move the shows."
&nbsp;
***
&nbsp;
British anarcho-punks Crass certainly never stressed out over skinny
jeans and asymmetrical haircuts, nor did they go around comparing ironic
tattoos like many of today's punk rockers.
&nbsp;
Instead th ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/4799/</guid>
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<title>ONE MONTH IN L.A. PHOTO BLOG / SCOTT DUDELSON</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/4776/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Out &lsquo;n' about in the City of Angels with Blurt's
roving shutterbug (February 2010)
&nbsp;
By
Scott Dudelson
&nbsp;
(above) Hellride
(Mike Watt) - Live @ The Central (www.centralsapc.com) - 2/12
&nbsp;
(below) Hellride
(feat: Mike Watt, Stephen Perkins and Wayne Kramer) - Live @ The Central (www.centralsapc.com)
- 2/12 

  Hellride (Stephen Perkins) - Live @ The Central (www.centralsapc.com)
- 2/12
&nbsp; 
&nbsp;
  Hellride (Wayne Kramer) - Live @ The Central (www.centralsapc.com)
- 2/12
&nbsp; 
&nbsp;
  Linkin Park -&nbsp; Live @ Staples Center - 2/23
&nbsp; 
&nbsp;
  Linkin Park (Chester Bennington)
-&nbsp; Live @ Staples
 Center - 2/23
&nbsp; 
&nbsp;
  Linkin Park (Brad Delson) -&nbsp; Live @ Staples Center
- 2/23
&nbsp; 
&nbsp;
  Linkin Park (Mike Shinoda) -&nbsp; Live @ Staples Center
- 2/23
&nbsp; 
&nbsp;
  Linkin Park (Phoenix) -&nbsp; Live @ Staples Center - 2/23
&nbsp; 
&nbsp;
  Prodigy -&nbsp; Live @ Staples
 Center - 2/23
&nbsp; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/4776/</guid>
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<title>MUSIC JOURNALISM 101 / JOHNNY MNEMONIC</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/blogs/view/4723/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

Money for nothing, and MP3s for free.
&nbsp;
By Johnny Mnemonic
&nbsp;
I've been involved in music journalism
one way or another for a good long while, but since moving to England a year or
so ago to take a job in visual and online media and haven't been writing as much,
the deluge of free records and CDs I used to take for granted has become more like a
trickle. That's understandable; if you're not reviewing their product, record
labels won't keep sending it to you. And I'm not complaining: in this life,
most rational folks don't expect to get something for nothing.
&nbsp;
Still, after I recently decided to get
back into doing some occasional reviewing, I must admit I was more than a little
taken aback to learn that the aforementioned records and CDs had been
transformed, seemingly overnight, into digital ones and zeroes.
&nbsp;
I'm not talking about something like the
new Radiohead album, released last week and which at the moment only exists in
digital f ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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