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		<title>The Hold Steady - Stay Positive</title>
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(three briefs out of five)
Few albums captured so perfectly the guilty pleasures of perpetual inebriation and the lust experienced most often by the 18-to-25 demographic as Boys and Girls in America, a masterpiece released by The Hold Steady in 2006. Whether it had been decades or mere days since you last shared a drunken smooch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Greatest “Greatest Hits” Album Ever?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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There I was – Fourth of July weekend.  I had just mounted (oh, behave) the elliptical machine at my fitness center and I was looking for something on my mp3 player to motivate me.  Most times I just go with the shuffle, but on this day, I felt like a whole album, start [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flight of the Conchords – Flight of the Conchords</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
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(three briefs out of five)
“Underpants” is an inherently funny word – funnier than synonyms like “jockeys” or “briefs.” I don’t know why this is the case; it simply is. There’s also something inherently funny about the The Flight of the Concords, both the show and the band. Again, I’m not sure why, but you’ll have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>She &#038; Him - Volume One</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mk</dc:creator>
		
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(five briefs out of five)
Sometimes an album manages to perfectly capture a feeling.  And sometimes that album will catch you by surprise and hit you over the head just at the right moment.  Dare I say this is what happened to me the instant I popped She &#38; Him&#8217;s debut disc, Volume One, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Hiatt: Same Old Man</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mk</dc:creator>
		
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(four briefs out of five)
Okay, let&#8217;s all just admit it.  John Hiatt is one of the unsung heroes of rock music - he&#8217;s written great songs for years, some made famous by others (Bonnie Raitt&#8217;s cover of &#8220;Thing Called Love&#8221; being the best-known example), but most criminally ignored.  Album after album after album, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Father&#8217;s Day Brief</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catch that Train]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dan Zanes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Del Fuegos]]></category>

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It&#8217;s Father&#8217;s Day, and it occurs to me that the last two live musical performances I&#8217;ve seen were both Dan Zanes &#38; Friends. But while most kiddie acts are either cloyingly sweet or artistically bankrupt (ahem, Kidz Bop), my wife and I were instant fans of the eclectic mix of rock &#38; roll, American folk, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Shins Are Overrated</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mk</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Wincing the Night Away]]></category>

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It&#8217;s tough for me to listen to all of the music stacked up in our house, but I do the best I can.  My primo listening is done in the car on the way to and from work - no distractions, interruptions, phones, teenager, dog, etc.  I&#8217;ve got a six disc changer in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Put Some Glam Back In Rock</title>
		<link>http://www.albumbriefs.com/2008/06/lets-put-some-glam-back-in-rock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mk</dc:creator>
		
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I borrow lots of CDs from our local libraries.  I go fairly often and always find something to fit my mood.  I&#8217;ll borrow a couple of discs, bring &#8216;em home, burn &#8216;em, and return &#8216;em.  I&#8217;ve actually discovered quite a few classic CDs that have passed me by for one reason or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely</title>
		<link>http://www.albumbriefs.com/2008/06/the-raconteurs-consolers-of-the-lonely/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cg</dc:creator>
		
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(Four briefs out of five)
I’ve been trying to figure out what differentiates Jack White’s two bands – the White Stripes and the Raconteurs. Besides the obvious, of course: in the Raconteurs, he is surrounded by crack musicians, and in the White Stripes, he’s surrounded by Meg White – who, as I think I’ve mentioned in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mudcrutch</title>
		<link>http://www.albumbriefs.com/2008/06/mudcrutch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[(three briefs out of five)
Okay, this will be a very brief Brief.  This CD marks the reunion of the band Tom Petty led before he gained fame and fortune with the Heartbreakers.  Including Petty, Mudcrutch is comprised of three fifths of the Heartbreakers, and this disc is about three fifths as good as [...]]]></description>
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