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Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
In October 1995, the Recording Industry Association of America was making great advancements in building a wall between music fans and their beloved live music bootlegs. But was it just a battle won by the industry in a war destined for failure? We all know the answer to that now, ...
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Thursday, July 8th, 2010
July 12 Update: Live! Music Review is now at Facebook. Click here. All comments welcome. He's also on Twitter [LMRonTwit]
Bootleg releases might have circulated via vinyl in the early days but by 1999, the technology of the Internet and CD-R burners was already creating a boon for collectors. Record labels ...
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Ray Davies of The Kinks is an English rock 'n' roller while Charles Dickens was a writer from the Victorian era. Yet, according to Bill Glahn, editor of Live! Music Review, a case could probably be made that Ray Davies is the Charles Dickens of rock 'n' roll.
Ray Davies and ...
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Sunday, June 13th, 2010
It's been nine months since Labor Day (first Monday of September) and things are still as tough as ever. As Bill Glahn, editor of Live! Music Review, says, Ash Grove, Missouri isn't just a “sleepy” community. It's in a coma. Pictures by Bill Glahn and Kathryn Long.
They're stocking shirts in ...
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
One of the great pleasures of editing Live! Music Review was reading the letters it generated from readers every month. Many offered reviews of their favorite artists - often releases we hadn't covered. While some of these reviews fell into the trappings of “fandom” - where every performance was “spectacular” ...
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
After Live! Music Review closed, editor Bill Glahn wrote a series of articles for Counterpunch called RIAA Watch. Bill notes: "For purposes of relevance, I'll defer to one of those articles for this edition of The Best of Live! Music Review. Many updates follow which should be of interest to ...
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Drivin' N Cryin's The American Bubble Factory is a thoughtful look at American business and its betrayal of the common worker. And find out what the RIAA is up to. As LMR's editor Bill Glahn says, "That doesn't sound artist friendly to me."
No MAFIAA needed: Download of the Week
Drivin' N ...
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
A 14-year-old boy needs a heart transplant and the cost of half a million dollars is an ungodly sum for any working family, what more someone who is of "undocumented status". As Live! Music Review editor Bill Glahn says, "many people just finished celebrating Christmas and I can't seem to ...
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
There was a time when roots rock ruled, where bands such as the Long Ryders and Green On Red (remember No Free Lunch and Gee Ain't It Funny How Time Slips Away?) outplayed most things in the record stores. And for Live! Music Review editor Bill Glahn, there's just no ...
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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
A look at Deep Purple, through the pages of Live! Music Review, edited by Bill Glahn... from Richie Blackmore's beautiful, quiet, Hendrix-like intro to Smoke on the Water to Into the Fire which Ian Gillan introduces as “Rock 'n' roll with its trousers down...”
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