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Tag Archives: music

Ask Alex: How to make friends and… That’s it.

Posted on April 25, 2013 by alexsteed

Posted in Portland | Tagged advice, alex steed, auntie mame, bayside bowl, bowling, Bull Moose, bullmoose, casco bay weekly, friends, friendship, greendrinks, how to make friends, http://www.okcupid.com/, kickball, maine, Mark Granovetter, music, newbury comics, portland, portsports, relationships, social anxiety, social sports, sports, Tandem Coffee Roasters, The Strength of Weak Ties, videoport, volunteer, volunteerism

Mike “Brass Cankles” Cunnane on local music

Posted on April 12, 2013 by alexsteed

Posted in Portland | Tagged awaas, brass cankles, coalsack in crux, geno's, local music, maine, Mike Cunnane, music, portland, rustic overtones, the beatles

Casey McCurry on Sunset Hearts, digital music and more

Posted on April 2, 2013 by alexsteed

Posted in Portland | Tagged 90s, beach boys, bullmoose music, david foster wallace, daydream nation, deco tech, devandra banhart, dfw, dr octagon, ep, erik tasker, food coma tv, ironic, irony, itunes, jacob augustine, kate beever, lauren wayne, maine, mr bungle, music, musician, new sincerity, nineties, northface, old port festival, pitchfork, portland, songwriting, sonic youth, state theater, sunset hearts, the deadbeats, trauma, uncle acid, westbrook

My review of Busby’s review of Schroeder’s review of the new Metal Feathers record

Posted on March 8, 2013 by alexsteed

Posted in Portland | Tagged aimsel ponti, bangor daily news, bdn, blog, chris busby, curmudgeon, kevin steeves, local music, maine, metal feathers, music, nicholas Schroeder, Ouroboros, portland, portland phoenix, post modern, post modernism, sunset hearts, walter benjamin

Mike Cunnane’s Brass Cankles is like MTV minus reality TV, plus Portland and music

Posted on September 17, 2012 by alexsteed

Posted in Portland | Tagged a severe joy, brass cankles, butcher boy, Correspondences, glass fingers, holy donut, jesse Gertz, maine, Mike Cunnane, music, picnic, poland street, portland, rattlesnakes, sunset hearts, whip hands

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