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Joe Higgs :: Life of Contradiction (2008 Reissue)

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As the vintage newspaper clipping above infers, those interested in early roots reggae most definitely need this 1975 album in their collection; it's just a seminal and essential listen.

Reissued in March by the folks at Pressure Sounds, Joe Higgs' Life of Contradiction had, until now, been out-of-print stateside for years. In its stead an import version had been available with an alternate tracklisting, including several additional tracks. The . . .

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Celebrity Vinyl :: A Book By Tom Hamling

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He's doing it "Reynolds style." Author/collector Tom Hamling suffers from a condition that drives him to hunt down the very most obscure in vinyl records. Granted, this in and of itself would describe half of my friends, but Hamling strictly hunts only the horrible, wretched, thing that is celebrities cutting albums. Yup, Burt Reynolds did one, so did Mr. Spock, Ed McMahon, John Travolta, Don Johnson, Alyssa Milano, and Goldie Hawn. I could go on, and the book does. I've known Hamling for awhile now, and am pretty sure the guy actually has multiple copies . . .

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Garage Rock Tales :: Jackson, MS

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"A preachment, dear friend, you are about to receive on John Barleycorn nicotine and the temptations of Eve..." - The Hombres - Let It All Hang Out

Really, you never know who you're going to meet up with out there. Six or so weeks ago, while in Jackson, MS, I stopped by the legendary Malaco Records to do some coverage for the book and take a quick run through the old recording studio. If you know your southern soul and gospel history, then you know the Malaco pedigree . . .

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Silver Jews :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Earlier this week Aquarium Drunkard caught up with Silver Jews’ David Berman whose new album Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea drops June 17th via the Drag City label. Here, in part one of the interview, Berman discusses his faith, recovery, the documentary film Silver Jew, songwriting and his fairly recent role as bandleader in a live setting after years of non-touring, and what effect that has on one’s creative process. Stay tuned for part two of the interview which digs into the new LP and more . . .

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Off The Record :: American Princes (Little Rock, AR)

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Off The Record is a recurring feature, here on the Drunkard, that marries two of my greatest interests; music and travel. Having a locals perspective when visiting a new locale is the difference between experiencing it through the lens of a tourist and of that of a native.

Off The Record gathers some of my favorite artists, asks them to reflect on their city of residence, and choose a handful of places they could not live without, be them bookstores, bars, restaurants or vistas.

Today's installment of Off The Record catches up with . . .

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SIRIUS Radio :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS, channel 26 Left Of Center, can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST and then an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist.

SIRIUS 50: (Intro) Jean-Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Centro-matic - Patience For The Ride ++ Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation ++ Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Easy Does It ++ J. Tillman . . .

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Last Night :: Whigs/Le Switch/Henry Clay People

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Sometimes a rock ‘n’ roller needs to howl to be heard. Last night Athens, GA’s, The Whigs ripped through tracks from their Dave Matthews-label-approved Mission Control for a devoted crowd at the Echo, abandoning any of the subtlety that marks the record in favor of . . .

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Playboy After Dark :: Grateful Dead (January 1969)

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Back in the late sixties CBS used to broadcast Playboy After Dark, Hugh Hefner's swinging variety show featuring artists, actors, beat poets, comics and, of particular interest, great musical guest performances from the likes James Brown, The Grateful Dead, Marvin Gaye, Harry Nilsson, The Byrds, and Ike & Tina Turner. Today we have become a member or log in.

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Midnight Oil :: The Politics of Diesel and Dust

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Politics in music is a tricky business. If it's so pointed and obvious, it can often make the politics, and the music, insufferable, no matter how much you might agree. The results are a compromised song. On the other hand, if you're subtle and thoughtful, your message sometimes gets lost. Just ask the Boss about "Born in the U.S.A." Similarly ask Midnight Oil about "Beds are Burning . . .

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Sevens :: Califone: “The Orchids”

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(Sevens, a new feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.)

What starts in a daze often ends in clarity. That’s the way things seem to be and that’s the way of “The Orchids,” from Califone’s excellent 2006 album Roots and Crowns. In the same way that Johnny Cash made “

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Jon Spencer :: Theremin Demonstration (Must See)

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Hey kids, ever wonder how Jon Spencer gets all those wacky sounds out of that box on stage? Me too. It's called a Theremin, and here he demonstrates it for a group of school children in a room that looks, unsettlingly, like The Black Lodge. Yeah, he humps it.

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Bo Diddley :: December 30, 1928 — June 2, 2008

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Sunday morning, I was flipping through Rolling Stone's latest issue, specifically, its feature, 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time. The magazine has, over the years, loved to compile extensive and arbitrary "greatest" lists--greatest songs, greatest albums, greatest artists, you name it. They're impossibly constructed, primarily because, with the exception of a handful of automatics, the notion of "great" is largely subjective and endlessly debatable. Still, they're fair, inclusive and as accurate as anything so discretionary could be.

Monday morning, I woke . . .

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American Princes :: Other People

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Here is a classic case of better late than never. It took me a good two years to finally catch an American Princes show after a friend turned me onto their last album Less And Less at SXSW 2006. And even then it happened purely by chance as the band just happened to have a Monday night residency at the

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AD Presents :: The Whigs @ The Echo, 6-4

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Aquarium Drunkard is once again proud to present our favorite Athens, GA export, The Whigs, at the Echo Wednesday June 4th with very special guests L.A.'s Henry Clay People and Le Switch.

We have five sets of tickets to giveaway to AD readers. To get your hands on a pair, leave your full name, a valid email address that we can contact you at, and of course, yer . . .

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Off The Record :: Matthew Ryan (Nashville, TN)

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Off The Record is a recurring feature, here on the Drunkard, that marries two of my greatest interests; music and travel. Having a locals perspective when visiting a new locale is the difference between experiencing it through the lens of a tourist and of that of a native.

Off The Record gathers some of my favorite artists, asks them to reflect on their city of residence, and choose a handful of places they could not live without, be them bookstores, bars, restaurants or vistas.

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