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Things I Like That Better People I Know Have Done

By On July 19, 2012 · 1 Comment

1. Alan Ilagan’s Jury Duty Journal

Local writer and artist Alan Ilagan recently served on the jury for the trial of the Albany teen who stabbed 17-year-old Tyler Rhodes to death during an altercation that was caught on video. He chronicled his journey and related not only his involvement in the process but the emotional […]

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So long, Davy Jones

By On February 29, 2012 · 3 Comments

Davy Jones has died from a heart attack. He was 66.

One of my first obsessions with any television show was “The Monkees.” I think it was either VH1 or MTV (or both) that showed them incessantly at one point in […]

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Fighting passiveness with Andrew Bird at the Troy Music Hall

By On October 17, 2011 · 3 Comments

I was excited when news broke a few months back that Andrew Bird would be playing at the Troy Music Hall, but I didn’t get tickets until mere hours before the event.

I was exposed to Bird through a review of 2009’s “Noble Beast,” which was to that point his […]

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From the blood-stained sands of Mali and Algeria, the familiar and fascinating music of Tinariwen

By On September 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Ibrahim ag Alhabib was only a toddler when he saw his father abducted and executed by Mali’s government forces, who were working to suppress a Touareg rebellion. The nomadic berber tribe had risen up against what they perceived as government tyranny and suppression against their way of life, and paid a steep and swift price.

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Rest Fest review, at long last: two days of fun, sweat, and affirmation of the local music scene

By On September 2, 2011 · 9 Comments
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Lost in the coverage of the hurricane and subsequent flooding that eviscerated small towns and big-city cynicism over media hype this past weekend, this year’s Restoration Festival at St. Joseph’s Church on Ten Broeck (behind the Palace) included a first day that saw a bigger and more enthusiastic […]

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Team Kevin Marshall’s America profile: Phil Nagle will write a song for you if you donate to Special Olympics

By On August 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment

This week will be focused on helping our team meet its goal of raising $5,000 for the Special Olympics of NY as part of their “Over the Edge” fundraising event.

Today and tomorrow I’ll be highlighting my two teammates in this effort and what they’re offering in exchange for your donation.

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Hello Pretty City, Goodbye Summer: come see Olivia Quillio and Viking Moses live TONIGHT at Valentine’s!

By On August 22, 2011 · 4 Comments

Hello, Kevin Marshall’s Americans! What’re you doing after work?

Why don’t you shut your mouth and let me tell you what you’re doing.

You’re going to leave work, maybe get dinner. Hopefully you’ll get it with the special someone in your life, but if you’re like me you’ll eat a can of hot chili alone. […]

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EMPAC announces Fall schedule, including appearance by Album of the Year candidate

By On August 16, 2011 · 4 Comments

 

EMPAC has released its schedule for the Fall of 2011. Check it out here.

Some of the things  that popped out to me:

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See Hair of the Dog for free at the 10th Annual Concert Under the Stars this Saturday 8/13/11 @ 3pm

By On August 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Tomorrow (Saturday, August 13th) is the 10th Annual Concert Under the Stars and Irish Festival at the Waterford waterfront from 3:0opm until 9:00pm.

The event is free and includes an Irish themed canal tour, food vendors, Irish merchants, family events, and performances by the Scotia Glenville Pipe Band, The Boys of Wexford, and Capital Region […]

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Bon Iver performs Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me”

By On May 24, 2011 · 3 Comments

In the winter of 2008, I bought an album that received so much play that I stopped counting the number of times my iPod’s battery died in the midst of listening to it, which is (thankfully) the closest thing we have in this day and age to wearing out the grooves in a vinyl record. The […]

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