Bruce Springsteen Archive

Vampire Weekend Covers Springsteen’s “I’m Going Down”

Posted on September 3, 2010 | View Comments
A few weeks back, Pitchfork spoke with Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend for their 5-10-15-20 series, and for an album he enjoyed in his 25th year of life, he lists Bruce Springsteen‘s Born in the USA. Of “I’m Going Down” he says, “For a while,...
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Jimmy Fallon Opens 2010 Emmy Awards with “Born to Run”

Posted on August 30, 2010 | View Comments
Bruce Springsteen is awesome… “Born to Run” is awesome… I’m guessing that most everyone here knows this, but how do you reach those poor unfortunate souls that don’t know this awesomeness? Well, you do something like this… last night Jimmy Fallon, along with Tina Fey,...
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Bruce Springsteen Darkness On The Edge Of Town Box Set Coming Soon

Posted on August 27, 2010 | View Comments
I remember sitting in my backyard with Bruce Springsteen sometime ago… we sat there enjoying the sunset, just chewing the fat and downing a few Fat Tires. I asked him what his plans were now that the Dream Tour had ended. He looked me square...
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The Most Important Music Links on the Web EVER (Right Now)

Posted on July 23, 2010 | View Comments
It’s been a while since I’ve done a links page like this. I started posting these because there’s SO much out there on the web to check out, it’s near impossible to see it all. A buddy of mine, John Beard, always jokes how one...
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Is There Such A Thing As “Too Much” Music?

Posted on July 22, 2010 | View Comments
A couple of days ago I wrote a not-so-positive post regarding two new tracks by Panda Bear. I mentioned how I didn’t “get it” when it came to the songs “Tomboy” and “Slow Motion,” and then remarked how I believe that music can grow on...
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Cowboy Junkies: Live at Vic Theater 5-19-89

Posted on July 21, 2010 | View Comments
I remember standing in line at my UCSD college record store… I handed the cashier a used copy of the Cowboy Junkies‘ classic album, The Trinity Session… he looked at the jewel case and remarked how he fell asleep at a Junkies show. I looked...
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Sight in Sound I: Bruce Springsteen Acoustic in Barcelona, Spain 06-01-2005

Posted on July 11, 2010 | View Comments
Sight in Sound: Find a photograph and put a soundtrack of one or multiple songs to it. All pictures were taken by Swapmeet Louie unless otherwise noted. There’s a clarity that comes with desperation, a clarity that some say reveals one’s true self. Desperation can...
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Bruce Springsteen: Solo Acoustic at the Rosemont Theater in Chicago, 1995

Posted on June 7, 2010 | View Comments
It’s amazing, but this is the first Bruce Springsteen post I’ve done this year. Frankly, I can’t believe it, yet it’s true. That’s ok, though, because it’s never too late to talk about Springsteen. He’s simply the most popular cheese in the world, and he...
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Sunday Song Selection Sans Significance

Posted on June 6, 2010 | View Comments
Like you, I get a ton of emails that go straight to my “Trash” folder. Like you, I check that folder at times just to make sure that I didn’t miss an important email. Every now and then I get an email that makes me...
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The Most Important Music Links EVER (Right Now): Black Friday Edition

Posted on November 27, 2009 | View Comments
How are you spending Black Friday? Like this? Or maybe like this? Or quite possibly making this? YUM!! (in case you were wondering, yes, that is, in fact, leftover turkey in that dish) Well, no matter how you spend it, we hope that your Thanksgiving...
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