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Listening In Live: Bumbershoot Day 2

Mon Sep 1, 2008 3:31 PM EDT

After an intentionally slow Saturday – besides Beck there were no absolute must sees – we headed back to Bumbershoot Sunday for a whammy of an evening. Everything we planned to see was packed into the last five hours of the day.

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entertainment, music, beck, bumbershoot, stone-temple-pilots, kimya, black-keys, thee-emergency, jakob-dylan

Listening In Live: Bumbershoot Day One

Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:17 PM EDT

We started the day refreshed, slept in, and took our sweet time getting to the festival. After the suck that was yesterday, we were stoked at the efficiency and consideration of the festival organizers, One Reel.

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entertainment, music, beck, saul-williams, music-festivals, neko-case, bumbershoot, kimya

So The Other Day...Bumbershoot Murphy's Law

Sat Aug 30, 2008 2:13 PM EDT

As you're reading this, realize we made it to Seattle. Oh, but was it an adventure.

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entertainment, bumbershoot, murphys-law, kimya

Record Store Day, Long Beach Style

Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:17 AM EDT

You already know by now that today is National Record Store Day. Evan announced it earlier and don't forget about Eric and his uncontrollable urges. We spent the afternoon at Fingerprints - Long Beach's premier (only?) independent record store.

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entertainment, music, fingerprints, independent-music, rob-halford, listen-in, record-store-day, kimya-music, limbeck

So the Other Day...Horrible Service Ruined Our Night

Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:12 PM EDT

Last weekend Tanya and I had the absolute worst restaurant experience we have ever had...EVER. It had been a really great day. I bought my first adult bed (another long story that I won't get into here...unless of course you insist) and we were hungry after an evening of shopping.

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entertainment, restaurants, dining, silly-and-stupid, tgi-fridays, kimya, so-the-other-day

What's the Big Deal with Radiohead?

Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:19 AM EDT

1993's ode to nihilism Creep may have put Radiohead on the map but the unspectacular song offered no indication of the direction this band's scope of vision.

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entertainment, music, radiohead, listenin, whats-the-big-deal, wtbd

Ragga Muffins Artist Profile: Queen Ifrica

Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:20 PM EST

Women of distinction are woefully lacking within the scope of popular reggae music. There have been a few notable exceptions including Lady Saw, also known as the "the first lady of dancehall," and Patra, a moderately popular artist from the '90s.

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entertainment, music, reggae, artist-profile, ragga-muffins-festival, listenin, kymlee-music, kimya, queen-ifrica

Ragga Muffins Festival 2008: Part 1

Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:07 PM EST

The 2008 Ragga Muffins Festival was an improvement on several fronts from festivals past. The increased presence of "earthy" people combined with the decrease in the poser/wannabe crowd (Matisyahu fans…grrrrr) was refreshing.

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entertainment, music, reggae, ragga-muffins-festival, listenin, listen-in, kymlee-music, beanie-man, capleton, kimya

So the Other Day...: Pushing the Boundaries of Tolerance

Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:47 AM EST

So the other day Tanya and I were walking from the store Sunday after the Ragga Muffins press conference. We were all excited about interviewing Queen Ifrica, Anthony B and Gentleman but wanted to go walk to the store a couple blocks away.

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