The Mongrel Dogs Who Teach

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  • If I Were an Angel (30 Days of Marc Cohn — Day 7)

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    “If I Were an Angel” Join the Parade Yet one more in Marc Cohn’s intermittent series of relationships that are just bad news.  (Others include “Giving Up the Ghost” and “Shadow“.)  At least this time he takes some responsibility. Well you probably think I’m foolin’ myself That I just want to have my fun But…

  • 29 Ways (30 Days of Marc Cohn — Day 6)

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    “29 Ways” Marc Cohn This is the first song on my list drawn from Marc Cohn’s self-titled debut album, but it won’t be the last: Every one makes it eventually. To be honest, it didn’t nearly make it. The album version isn’t much to talk about. But in concert, this is one of the most…

  • Shadow (30 Days of Marc Cohn — Day 5)

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    “Shadow” Marc Cohn Live 04-05 This is a slow sultry jazz-y tune that seems like it’d be fun to sing.  In keeping with a developing theme, it’s an anthem for a dysfunctional and probably unhealthy relationship.  After all, lines like You’re a shadow Over my soul You’re the heart of darkness An unfillable hole do…

  • The Calling (30 Days of Marc Cohn — Day 3)

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    “The Calling (The Ghost of Charlie Christian”) Join the Parade This is a song that sort of snuck up on me.  I first heard it in concert (in at least 2007, though I think it was earlier), and it initially underwhelmed me.  The guitar is amazing, but that’s Shayne Fontane and to be expected.  It…

  • PNC Virtual Wallet: Worst Banking Experience EVER

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    Recently, I and my fiancee signed up for a PNC joint account to manage our wedding expenses.  Little did I know I was signing up for the positively worst online banking experience I have ever encountered, perhaps the worst online experience period.  PNC drives new users into something they call “Virtual Wallet”, which is supposed…

  • Review: Transformers: Dark of the Moon

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    Rating: 3 out of 5 (meh) Transformers: Dark of the Moon is a Michael Bay film.  That pretty much sums up exactly what the movie is, and you don’t really need to know any more about it.  It’s not a bad film, exactly, and it’s not a good film (definitely).  It’s a film, a Michael…

  • Review: Perdido Street Station

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    Rating: 3 out of 5 I picked up Perdido Street Station because I was looking for a good steampunk novel, especially after Dreadnought, and the reviews were strong. This book was supposed to be amazing, sweeping, and alluring – a detaile new world to explore. After finishing it, I felt the praise was overblown. The…

  • Tron: Legacy — soundtrack

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    Being a geek of a certain age, I of course went out to see Tron: Legacy as soon as it opened in the theaters. And being a geek of a certain type, and having listened to Wendy Carlos‘ ethereal soundtrack to the original Tron, I also purchased the soundtrack to this one as soon as…

  • Marc Cohn at the Town Hall NYC : 2011 0108

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    Last night, Annie and I attended a show by Marc Cohn with Suzanna Vega at the Town Hall NYC. Playlist Ghost Train Perfect Love The Calling (Charlie Christian’s Tune) Dance Back From the Grave 29 Ways Listening to Levon My Sanctuary Walking in Memphis Into the Mystic Only Living Boy in New York We stayed…

  • Review: Billy Goat Tavern, Chicago

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    Billy Goat Tavern 430 N Michigan Ave., Chicago IL Billed on several sites as home of “Chicago’s best cheeseburger” and made famous by a skit on early Saturday Night Live (“cheezborger! cheezborger! cheezborger!”). As part of our very-intermittent plan of sampling “the best of…” in Chicago eateries, Annie and I decided to stop at the…