Name: Glen Boyd
Dateline: Seattle, WA
Weblog: theglenblog.blogspot.com
Articles: 353
First Published: Sunday, February 26, 2006
Last Published: Monday, December 1, 2008
Currently listing articles 353-301:
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New Album Releases 12/02/08: Britney Spears, Neil Young, Akon, Cadillac Records— She's tanned, she's rested, she's sober, she's sane, and she's back.
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Music Review: Steven Wilson - Insurgentes— The anticipation for Steven Wilson's solo album exceeds that of Christmas itself. Well, for me at least...
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New Album Releases 11/25/08: Guns N' Roses, Kanye West, The Killers, Scott Weiland, Jeff Beck, Coldplay, Hall & Oates, Ludacris, Cynic & More— Chinese Democracy is honest to God, really out. And Kanye has entered the building...
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Book Review: John Lennon - The Life by Philip Norman— Author Philip Norman attempts — and succeeds — in writing the final, definitive word on one of the twentieth century's most iconic figures.
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New Album Releases 11/18/08: Beyonce, Belle & Sebastian, David Cook, Jason Mraz, Isobel Campbell/Mark Lanegan, Sammy Hagar, Mudvayne, Nickelback, The Fireman, Tuatara & More — Three for the price of one.
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Book Review: UFO, Conspiracy & Beyond by Undisclosed Sources (Donald Ryles PhD) — In rehashing most of the garden variety conspiracy theories out there, this book does little to add or subtract from them.
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The Rockologist Makes An Urgent Plea To Steven Wilson— Please don't make me steal your new solo album.
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New Album Releases 11/11/08: Cheap Trick, Genesis, Christina Aguilera, Flaming Lips, Tracy Chapman, Mudcrutch, T-Pain, Taylor Swift, New Order, Vance Gilbert & More— Now, this is more like it.
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Music Review: Jeff Beck - Performing This Week... Live at Ronnie Scott's— Man, does Jeff Beck put on a guitar clinic here.
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DVD Review: The House Of The Rising Punk— The House Of The Rising Punk covers the key points and players of the brief supernova that was New York's seventies punk-rock scene.
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Music DVD Review: The Who At Kilburn 1977— The Who At Kilburn 1977 is, for a variety of reasons, a must-see, must-have DVD for Who fans. It just isn't perfect.
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New Album Releases 11/04/08: Q-Tip, Brad Paisley, Peter Brötzmann, Lou Reed, Travis, ZZ Top— No way around it. This is gonna' be a short column.
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The Rockologist: Got My Cheap Trick Records Out!— For a brief time, Cheap Trick were not only one of the biggest bands in the world, they were also arguably the best.
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DVD Review: Wrestling Underground— As the box proudly says, "there are no sanctions, no rules, and insanity reigns supreme" on Wrestling Underground.
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New Album Releases 10/28/08: Ryan Adams, The Cure, Eagles Of Death Metal, Kaiser Chiefs, Pink, Snow Patrol, Cradle Of Filth, Toby Keith, John Legend, Squarepusher & More— The floodgates have opened.
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The Rockologist: Why Its Okay To Like AC/DC Again— AC/DC. It's whats for dinner.
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New Album Releases 10/21/08: AC/DC, Kiss, High School Musical 3, Gary Louris, Dave Carter, Hank Williams III & More— Close your eyes for a minute and you could almost imagine it was the late seventies.
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President Barack Obama: Get Used To It— In a few short weeks America is going to elect a brand new president who is named Barack Hussein Obama. Get used to it.
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Book Review: He Is... I Say - How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Neil Diamond by David Wild— This love letter to Neil Diamond is also in many ways a book about music criticism itself. Damn you, David Wild!
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New Album Releases 10/14/08: Kenny Chesney, Keane, Nikka Costa, Lucinda Williams, David Bowie, Johnny Cash, Buena Vista Social Club, Sean Noonan Brewed by Noon & More — Two notable collections of previously released music really stand out from the pack this week.
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Music Review: Marillion - Happiness Is The Road— Containing nearly two hours of great new Marillion music, I've fallen in love with this record.
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DVD Review: A Technicolor Dream (Featuring Performances By Syd Barrett And Pink Floyd) — It was only natural that the media voice of London's sixties underground would team up with the band providing its soundtrack — Pink Floyd.
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New Album Releases 10/07/08: Bob Dylan, Oasis, The Clash, Wu-Tang Clan, Pretenders, & More— Dylan's essential new outtakes collection, plus Josh Hathaway on Oasis and Mark Saleski on the Clash.
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Book Review: Crosby Stills & Nash - The Biography (Updated 40th Anniversary Edition) by Dave Zimmer With Photographs by Henry Diltz— For both CSN&Y fans and students of American music history, the updated version of CSN's biography is an essential read.
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Music Review: The Clash - Live At Shea Stadium— Live at Shea Stadium isn't just a great live album, it's one that is worthy of the group once deemed the only band that matters.
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New Album Releases 09/30/08: Creedence, U2, Roy Orbison, Jesus And Mary Chain, Tom Morello, Ben Folds, Todd Rundgren, Robin Thicke, T.I., James Taylor, Ani DeFranco, Dream Theater & More— Reissues, boxed sets, and holiday music galore.
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The Rockologist: Reconnecting With My Inner Creedence
— This Tuesday Fantasy Records is reissuing the first six of Creedence's original albums in new remastered editions with bonus unreleased tracks.
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New Album Releases 09/23/08: David Gilmour, Kings Of Leon, TV On The Radio, Cold War Kids, Plain White Ts, Pussycat Dolls, Jackson Browne, Replacements, McCoy Tyner & More— It's beginning to look a lot like...Christmas?
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Music Review: Santana - Multi Dimensional Warrior— For going on four decades now, Carlos Santana has been a national musical treasure.
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Music DVD Review: U2 - Live At Red Rocks (Remastered With Bonus Tracks)— It's hard to believe that the wide-eyed mulleted kid seen here is the same Bono who would later have private audiences with presidents and popes.
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DVD Review: Lucha Libre - Life Behind The Mask— Vince McMahon could learn a lot from watching this film.
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New Album Releases 09/16/08: Lindsey Buckingham, Buckcherry, Ne-Yo, Avenged Sevenfold, The Cure, Darius Rucker, Joy Harjo, Who Killed Thomas Newman & More— The word for the week is "interesting."
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Music Review: Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun— Did I mention that I absolutely love this record?
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New Album Releases 09/09/08: LL Cool J, Tricky, Jessica Simpson, Joan Baez, Patty Loveless, The Bittersweets, Dar Williams... Oh, and Metallica— It's that damned Friday thing.
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TV Review: The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards— A Britney sweep? What the hell went on here tonight? What happened to my "anything can happen" VMAs?
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Music Review: Al Stewart - Sparks Of Ancient Light— Talk about your Time Passages. On Sparks Of Ancient Light, Al Stewart is back in peak historical and literate form.
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New Album Releases 09/02/08: Brian Wilson, NKOTB, Terrence Howard, Young Jeezy, Chemical Brothers, Jefferson Starship, Rodney Crowell, Southside Johnny & More — The calm before the storm.
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The Rockologist: The Invincible And The Inevitable— A Thriller And A Killer.
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New Album Releases 08/26/08: The Game, B.B. King, Matthew Sweet, Slipknot, Mott The Hoople, Blues Traveler, Moody Blues, Motörhead, The Verve, Richard Bona & More— As summer winds down, the releases heat up.
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Music Review: ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits— With all the current nostalgic hoopla over Mamma Mia, isn't it time you took a chance on ABBA?
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New Album Releases 08/19/08: Staind, Stereolab, The Stills, Dandy Warhols, Juliana Hatfield, Glen Campbell, Ice Cube, David Byrne & More— Is there still a market for the sour power ballad?
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Music DVD Review: Marillion - Somewhere In London— Somewhere In London is just about as good of an introduction to the music of the present day Marillion as one could hope for.
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Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band To Play Super Bowl?— The reports are flying, but so far at least, the NFL's denying.
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New Album Releases 08/12/08: Jonas Brothers, NKOTB, David Sanborn, Bill Chinnock, SMV (Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten) & More— Today is J-Day...and the little girls understand.
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The Rockologist: Giving Bootlegs Some Love — As a music fan, you've gotta do what ya' gotta do.
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Music Review: Crosby Stills Nash & Young - CSNY/Deja Vu Live— Crosby Stills Nash & Young's second live recording ever — and their first since 1970's Four Way Street — is pretty much Neil Young's deal.
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New Album Releases 08/05/08: Hawthorne Heights, Randy Newman, Conor Oberst, Sarah McLachlan, Sic F**ks, Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band & More— Call me Nostradamus, and watch me pull a rabbit out of my ass...
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The Rockologist: Remembering Early U2 On Those Deluxe Reissues (Boy, October, and War) — Rediscovering when U2 was, above all else, a great rock band.
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New Album Releases 07/29/08: Alice Cooper, Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere, Rolling Stones, Rick Springfield, George Carlin & Not Much Else— Wake me up when it's August.
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Music DVD Review: Iggy And the Stooges - Escaped Maniacs— As a concert video, this kicks major ass. Don't ask me how he did it, but Iggy got through it.
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Music Review: Radiohead - The Best Of Radiohead (2 CD Special Edition/Single DVD Edition)— Far from being a label blowoff, the double CD and single DVD editions of The Best Of Radiohead are worthy additions to any fans collection.
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New Album Releases 07/22/08: U2, David Bowie, Miley Cyrus, Nine Inch Nails, Paul Weller, Black Sabbath, CSNY, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Fred Frith & More — Everything old is new again.
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Music Review: Alice Cooper - Along Came A Spider
— Before there was Kiss, before there was Marilyn Manson, there was Alice Cooper.
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