Crazy.

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Saturday, 11:30 at the Florida Theater of Gainesville

Ted Leo never disappoints live. Well he has never disappointed me anyway. I haven’t seen him live since like 2007, and would like to fix that.

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Yes, “Hurt” is a better song and “Rusty Cage” is sillier, but “Solitary Man” is pretty damn great. I actually have spent a fair amount of time this month trying to pick the right Cash cover to post. The American albums are full of covers, many of them good, but not that many really stick with me. “Solitary Man,“ “Hurt,” and “One” do.

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All posts in the month of August will be covers.

I know everybody gets all wet and bothered about Jawbreaker, but for me, this is a Lucero song. It’s too the point with me, that Jawbreaker’s original doesn’t sound right, that’s the cover for me.

Every single one of the dozen or so times I’ve seen Lucero, they’ve played this. Hell, I think Ben even played when I saw him solo. They own this now, sorry Blake. 

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All posts in the month of August will be covers.

There is a collection of bands that I appreciate what they did, but would be thrilled if I never heard them again. The Beatles, The Velvet Underground (or any Lou Reed for that matter), and The Rolling Stones, among others. 

I completely understand why these bands are important. I do, I swear, but I’ve moved on. 

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All posts in the month of August will be covers.

I remember seeing the band after Jupiter came out, and they played this live. They played a 15 to 20-minute version. It sounded so huge and epic. 

This covers fits perfectly in the time frame they recorded it. So spacey and prog.

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Then a friend became a Larry Arms die-hard. Well, die-hard might not be a strong enough term; dude was in deeeeep. And because I’m a dick, this turned me off the band. It’s hard to keep perspective when someone says every song and every album Larry Arms has is better than any other song or album ever. No one had any perspective, he thought they were Jesus with a guitar, and I thought they were just another ok, but so what band.

The fact is, they are a great band, and I slept on them. Probably not god-like, but good.

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