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Queen and Bowie's "Under Pressure" and Five More Isolated Vocal Tracks We'd Love to Hear
June 17, 2013 in County Grind
Last week, the internet was abuzz with a found relic, an isolated vocal track from 1981 of Freddy Mercury and David Bowie singing "Under Pressure." There's none of Brian May's...
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Donavon Frankenreiter - Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale - June 15
June 17, 2013 in County Grind
It had been many a Cinco de Mayo since I'd seen the number of girls wearing fake mustaches as were in the parking lot outside the Culture Club on Saturday...
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Kim Deal Quits the Pixies and Other Meaningless Reports
June 14, 2013 in County Grind
Music writers all over the world were awakened today by this press release put out by the seminal alternative rock ban, the Pixies. "We are sad to say that Kim Deal...
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Donavon Frankenreiter: "The Main Thing Is to Enjoy the Journey"
June 12, 2013 in County Grind
facebook.comAt age 16, Donavon Frankenreiter fulfilled every teenaged fantasy by moving to Hawaii and becoming a professional surfer. Then a decade ago, he one-upped that fantasy by signing to a...
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Jean Stapleton: A Look Back at Edith Bunker Through "Those Were the Days"
June 11, 2013 in County Grind
"Boy the way Glenn Miller played songs that made the hit parade." From the first line of "Those Were the Days," the opening theme song from the TV series All In...
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Music to Look Forward to This Summer in South Florida
June 06, 2013 in County Grind
Jessica DalyThat sweat on your back and the afternoon thunderstorm can only mean one thing: Spring is over. With summer upon us, it's time to look at what music awaits...
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Top Ten Rap Lyrics About Superheroes
June 06, 2013 in County Grind
With Iron Man 3 already in the theaters and new editions of Superman and Wolverine soon to be released, it can seem like every movie coming out this summer stars...
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Marilyn Manson and Gucci Mane, and Ten Other Weirdest Musical Collaborations of All Time
June 03, 2013 in County Grind
Not only did Harmony Korine's new movie Spring Breakers give us the unholy image of James Franco in cornrows, it also inspired one of modern music's strangest team-ups, a song...
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10 Bands That Made Music and Love with Each Other
May 31, 2013 in County Grind
Plenty of bands don't only make funky jams, they also get some funkin' done in the bedroom, and possibly tour bus with each other. Bands like Fleetwood Mac whose members...
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Wish My Baby's First Song Wasn't Sung by Richard Marx
May 29, 2013 in County Grind
There is another description for the job of music writer: music snob. When you are repeatedly forced to form opinions on what makes music good or terrible, it becomes easy...
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Chicago Bulls Joakim Noah in the Worst Bob Marley Cover of All Time (Video)
May 14, 2013 in County Grind
Back in 2006, the Miami Heat's crowd won the team the championship. The Heat were down two games to zero against the Dallas Mavericks, when the series came to Miami....
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Crosby, Stills & Nash - Hard Rock Live, Hollywood - May 10
May 13, 2013 in County Grind
Eleanor Stills If you want to feel young, go to a Crosby, Stills & Nash concert where the generation that coined "never trust anyone over thirty" are all now in their...
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Ten Songs That Could Be Used in Marijuana Commercials
May 10, 2013 in County Grind
The SimpsonsIt's coming. Medical marijuana is legal in California. Colorado has decriminalized it. It's only a matter of time before marijuana is legal throughout this fine land. Like any other...
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David Crosby, Stoner Time Machine, History Lesson
May 09, 2013 in County Grind
davidcrosby.com David Crosby is the Forrest Gump of rock n' roll. I'm not saying Mr. Crosby isn't very bright, nor that he's very fast or adept at ping pong. But...
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Top Ten Rapper Movie Cameos of All Time
May 07, 2013 in County Grind
A thousand eulogies were written last week for Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly, the rapper, who shot to fame with the rap duo Kriss Kross. Very few of those notices eulogized...
What's in a Name? Smashing Pumpkins Will Play SunFest on Wednesday, Kind Of
April 30, 2013 in County Grind
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Rush - BB&T Center, Sunrise - April 26
April 29, 2013 in County Grind
Sayre BermanWhile you could argue that there are two types of people in the world, those who like Rush and those who don't, I don't think that's quite right. There...
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Mad Men: Ten Potential Rock and Roll Tie-Ins for Season Six
April 26, 2013 in County Grind
AMCI wouldn't dare make any suggestions to the brilliant minds behind the AMC tv series Mad Men. They're doing just fine on their own, blowing our minds each week with...
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Justin Bieber's Message to Anne Frank and Five Others We're Sure Drop on This European Vacation
April 15, 2013 in County Grind
On singer Justin Bieber's travels to Amsterdam, perhaps after a visit to a local coffee shop and maybe before checking out the red light district, he visited the Anne Frank...
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Jimi Hendrix Albums Possibly to Be Released in the Future
April 10, 2013 in County Grind
Jimi Hendrix has a new album out. And no, we're not talking about Jimi Hendrix, the Korean YouTube dance sensation, but the Jimi Hendrix from Woodstock who lit his guitar...
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Top Five Nastiest Songs About Margaret Thatcher
April 09, 2013 in County Grind
When Britain's first female prime minister Margaret Thatcher died Monday from a stroke, her death seemed more a political story than a cultural one. But that wasn't really the case....
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Roger Ebert, the Screenwriter Turned Critic and Philosopher, Lives on in Us All
April 05, 2013 in County Grind
via whyevolutionistrue.blogspot.com"You will drink the black sperm of my vengeance." -- Ronnie Barzell in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.That line of dialogue, by itself, would have been enough to...
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Top Five Documentaries About Obscure Musicians
March 25, 2013 in County Grind
It was a triumphant moment for music when Searching for Sugar Man won the Academy Award for best documentary last month. Yes, it was nice that after decades of anonymity,...
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David Bowie, a Quiet Master of Self-Promotion, Might Tour Again, According to Iman
March 16, 2013 in County Grind
David Bowie quietly put out his first album in ten years on Tuesday. The Next Day sold about 90,000 copies in its first week of release which might give Bowie the...
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Tommy Dalton Knows, "Being Into Country Music Is a Little Different" in South Florida
March 14, 2013 in County Grind
South Florida isn't known as a breeding ground for country music, but our climate did inspire at least one country singer in Tommy Dalton to pick up a guitar and...
