Editorial: Just Being A Kid (Just Say J-Hey)

There are moments in life that bind age, creed, color into one unforgettable experience. When the moment called, Jason Heyward delivered.

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Editorial: Summer of ’93

1993: The year that forms the hazy, golden memory that I will forever look back on fondly. Good and bad, the music of that summer is a huge part of the reason why.

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Editorial: Re-Thinking Baseball in Seven Steps

In this editorial, I outline seven step to bring excitement back to baseball. From adding a new League to an All-Star Game draft, my ideas may be a shock to traditional baseball fans everywhere.

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Editorial: The Curious Case of the Missing ’90s

Whether the forgotten ’90s? Now that we are a generation removed from the time-frame, it seems that most music-heads, journalists and fans seem to focus on Grunge, Brit-Pop or Indie/College Rock of the era. But why does no one remember (or play) the other great music from that time-frame?

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Writer’s Block? Not With Music Around

I’ve been trying to come up with something to write about in today other tour updates or album releases. Damn original content writer’s block. Here goes nothing …

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Editorial: We and Steroids McGee

With Mark McGwire’s admission of his use of steroids yesterday there seems to be an overwhelming admonishment of his behavior. I, by no means, am excusing his behavior. However, I believe that he, and the players like him, are all suffering from double-standard by both the media and baseball fans.

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No Best of Lists for Me

Earlier this year, I started a “Music of the 2000′s” series that highlighted albums that I enjoyed throughout the decade. That lasted about eight albums. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized “Best of” lists just aren’t for me.

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Editorial: This Ain’t No Thank Piece

Thanksgiving is only a couple of days away and I’m sure there will be a ton of “what I’m thankful for articles” populating newspapers and the Web in the next couple of days. If memory serves me, I’ve written a few of them myself over the years, so it’s a topic that – excuse the pun – is ripe for the picking.

This year, as we move toward a holiday that I, myself, have always favored, I’m not so sure there’s as much to be cheerful about.

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Editorial: Kyle Keyser and the Atlanta Mayoral race

I’ve been having an internal debate for some time now about how to approach commenting on the Atlanta mayoral election and specifically Kyle Keyser and his unlikely candidacy for the position. Talking about local politics on a site like this is akin to talking about religion on a first date, you just don’t do it unless your are ready to deal with the fall-out. Additionally, the vast majority of the readership of this site is outside of the state of Georgia, much less Atlanta. Would someone from New York or Los Angeles or London care about local Atlanta politics?

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Goodbye 99X

Fifteen years ago 99X became the first commercial “Alternative” station in the Atlanta market. It was announced yesterday that the station’s key personnel has been let go, and that a it’s signal will be taken over by a pop station. While I haven’t listened to 99X in years, it is sad to see it go [...]

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I Believe in Consonants: My Life Without an iPod

Rather than work on my second interview with Nyles Lannon (which will be one of the best interviews to date), I decided to do something I had not done in quite a while: attempt to write an actual article. I Believe in Consonants: My Life Without an iPod Today, as I was looking through a [...]

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final friday

i’ve been waiting for today for months – the friday before the holiday weekend. while my excitement has been tempered because my time off isn’t as long has was first planned, having four days away is still … a relief. i wrote a blog on here back in may about the letdown of vacations and [...]

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