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UPDATED: JANUARY 23, 2010
Conan says goodbye
It's far too soon, but Conan O'Brien has signed off for the last time from behind the Tonight Show desk. And he did it with class ... and the skeleton of a giant sloth spraying an original Picasso with Beluga caviar. STORY
NICK TAVARES | POSITIVELY BLAKE ST.
In the midst of an all-out Jimi Hendrix listening binge, Nick was lucky enough to be given a copy of six demos Jimi recorded in his apartment. Of course, they were a revelation.
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NICK TAVARES | POSITIVELY BLAKE ST.
It was a year packed with excitement, disappointment and more than a couple of sweet box sets. Nick takes a look back at his favorite everything from 2009.
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MATT BERRY | ALMOST RELEVENT
In another edition of Random Notes, Matt Berry explores the live side of rock and the disappearing state of our treasured, original bluesmen, all through the magic of iTunes.
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THE BEST OF THE 2000s
Artist of the decade: Jack White
In a fractured and, really, just plain weird decade, one artist's own weird, fractured style rose up and somehow defined the 2000s. That artist, according to our own Matt Berry, was Jack White.
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10 albums you might've missed
Nick Tavares runs through his collection and highlights 10 fantastic albums that, for whatever reason, flew under the radar in the past decade.
Enjoy.
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Year by year, 10 more albums that sum up the decade
Joshua Lieberson does not enjoy the fantastic powers of those in the podcast universe, so to make up for that, he recounts 10 of his favorite albums of the decade, year by year.
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Radio Static: The best of the decade
In a two-part podcast, Nick Tavares, Matt Berry and Christine Angi recount their favorite albums of the Double Zeros, and, of course, argue each other's picks until everyone else is pretty much sick of it. Podcast!
PART 1 | PART 2
REVIEWS
Presenting Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' concert manifesto
When was the last time you thought of Tom Petty, the live artist, the same way you thought of, say, Bruce Springsteen? Never? Well, because of The Live Anthology, Nick Tavares thinks its time to change that tune.
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The Flaming Lips' 'Embryonic' isn't just daring, it's stunning
Honestly, the Flaming Lips have no business being this good anymore. But they might just be better than that. As Nick Tavares will tell you, their new double album, Embryonic, is daring, courageous and intense.
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The Beatles at their finest, finally
The Beatles' catalogue is already the most daunting and impressive in all of popular music, so the discovery that their albums and songs could somehow become more powerful was a bit shocking for Nick Tavares.
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CONCERT REPORTS
Sonic Youth: Not to be taken for granted
Nick Tavares caught Sonic Youth over two nights at Boston's Wilbur Theatre, and would like to remind everyone that, yes, they are still awesome.
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Them Crooked Vultures are more than just hype
Super groups are typically a dicey proposition, but Them Crooked Vultures — Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones — more than live up to their reputations, according to Nick Tavares.
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Bruce brings the wrecking ball to Giants Stadium
Delivering a front-to-back reading of his Born in the U.S.A. album was just one part of another legendary show in New Jersey's Giants Stadium, as Joshua Lieberson reports.
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