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Author: J. J.

  • A blues primer

    A coworker of mine has never heard of B.B. King. This must be remedied. In response, I’ve created “An Evolution of Blues” compilation. It’s not a definitive list and I had to question if certain songs could truly be considered blues tracks (when they’d likely first be catalogued as jazz, rock ballad, folk, country or downtempo,…

  • Hibernating

    The Tuesday Zep was a good 43 week experiment. I will continue to blog, but not likely on a weekly basis. As I mentioned in November, I’m going to use the “winter blues” excuse to take a break for a little while and return reinvigorated for the spring! As always, if you have topics that…

  • Robyn – Body Talk review

    It’s been a while since I’ve listened to an album that everyone I know instantly loves. Robyn’s Body Talk trilogy is easily one of the best dance albums of the year. One could compare it to Hot Chip, Madonna, Sean Paul and a host of other high-energy artists, but Body Talk stands on its own…

  • The best long, live Zeppelin tracks

    While there are only seven official CDs of live Led Zeppelin material, many of the tracks are over 10 minutes long.  I’ve picked 5 of the best pieces for your listening pleasure—listen via the Grooveshark widget embedded below.

  • A review of Lulu’s book-publishing service

    Over the past eight or nine months, I’ve gotten a taste of what I imagine a book editor goes through. My grandpa and I have been secretly working on his memoirs since earlier this year and we’ve finally printed copies of it using Lulu.com. We rushed to get it done so he could purchase 24…

  • Spreading Christmas cheer

    “The best way to spread Christmas Cheer, is singing loud for all to hear.” – Buddy the Elf. These are a few of my favorite things: