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"Everything I ever lost now has been returned. The most beautiful sound I'd ever heard."
Opening up about my U2 fandom and playing another round of Fantasy A&R with U2's two most recent albums.
Thomas Bevilacqua
Feb 23
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Concert Review: Bruce Springsteen, 2/3/23, State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA
My first concert in more than 3 years is getting to see my favorite musician of all-time, and he did not disappoint.
Thomas Bevilacqua
Feb 6
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January 2023
Top 25 Grateful Dead Songs: Solo Jerry and Misc.
To get this exercise started, in which I identify my Top 25 favorite songs by the Grateful Dead, I’m going to start with some songs from Jerry Garcia’s…
Thomas Bevilacqua
Jan 31
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"I’ve been broken, shattered like an empty cup. I’m just waiting on the Lord to rebuild and fill me up."
My attempt to boil down the (explicitly) Christian phase of Dylan's career into one album entitled Get Saved!
Thomas Bevilacqua
Jan 24
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My Top 25 Grateful Dead Songs
Starting an ongoing series in which I count down my 25 favorite Dead songs, beginning with a list of honorable mentions featuring songs associated with…
Thomas Bevilacqua
Jan 22
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December 2022
Review: Only The Strong Survive
You knew I was going to have some thoughts about Bruce Springsteen's latest record, which is one full of soul and R&B covers.
Thomas Bevilacqua
Dec 17, 2022
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Everyday I Read The Book-- Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation by Steven Hyden
My favorite music writer takes on one of the great rock bands of the 90s and beyond
Thomas Bevilacqua
Dec 1, 2022
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Everyday I Read The Book-- Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation by Steven Hyden
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November 2022
"Searching for my beautiful reward"
Putting together a single album from the multiple releases of the Boss' lost 90s years.
Thomas Bevilacqua
Nov 20, 2022
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Dylan's Rough and Rowdy Ways
"Mother of Muses, unleash your wrath. Things I can't see, they're blocking my path."
Thomas Bevilacqua
Nov 7, 2022
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October 2022
Playing With the Other Band
For my first post about my favorite musician, Bruce Springsteen, I go back and listen to a concert from one of the under-considered stretches of his…
Thomas Bevilacqua
Oct 27, 2022
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What's my genre again?
With a reunion and new album in the works, I think about how Blink-182's power pop tendencies put them a cut above other 2000s pop punk acts.
Thomas Bevilacqua
Oct 19, 2022
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Everyday I Read The Book-- A Song for Everyone: The Story of Creedence Clearwater Revival by John Lingan
Reading about a band whose songs are profoundly ubiquitous and yet whose story I really did not know until now.
Thomas Bevilacqua
Oct 15, 2022
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