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		<title>Battle of the Stars Part 1 &#8211; The Bands</title>
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Part one of a 3 part Series &#8211; 1st half of the Bands
When I was young, there was a show on Saturday afternoons called; Battle of the Stars.  It normally aired about this time of year…in the late winter or early spring when there was little competition from the NFL or MLB.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video of the Week &#8211; Otis Gibbs &#8211; Everyday People</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Singer/songwriter Otis Gibbs is one of my favorite musicians.  I love what he stands for and I think he writes a great song.  Check him out singing &#8220;Everyday People&#8221; off of his album &#8220;Grandpa Walked a Picketline&#8221;.  

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		<link>http://www.rockminutes.com/rock/2010/03/08/video-of-the-week-otis-gibbs-everyday-people/</link>
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		<title>Mellencamp vs. Springsteen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me start out by saying I am not trying to say that John Mellencamp is better than Bruce Springsteen I am not looking to sway your opinion on either one of these artists.  I am sure there are some of you that will read this story and think that you could care less [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rockminutes.com/rock/2010/03/04/mellencamp-vs-springsteen/</link>
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		<title>The Sad State of Music and American Idol</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My first fear about writing this article is that I will come off as “too” old school…not current…stale.  That my age has caught up with me and I have become my dad.  We all remember as youths our parents talking about how great Elvis and Johnny Cash were and the crap I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video of the Week &#8211; Lou Reed and Metallica &#8211; Sweet Jane</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I would never think that Metallica and Lou Reed would be a good fit but they kill this version of &#8220;Sweet Jane&#8221;.  This is one of my favorite songs of all time and Metallica does a great job including great backing vocals from James Hetfield.  Lou Reed proves he can still bring it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Album of the Minute &#8211; The Black Crowes &#8211; The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot of bands make great debut albums and then promptly crap their pants on their second release.  That was not the case with this band. 
The Crowes were on the road for 2 years after releasing &#8220;Shake Your Money Maker&#8221;.  The album sold over 3 million copies and had monster radio hits [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rockminutes.com/rock/2010/02/26/album-of-the-minute-the-black-crowes-the-southern-harmony-and-musical-companion/</link>
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		<title>The Second Best Decade for Music</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine e-mailed me the other day stating that the 1960&#8217;s were the greatest decade for music.  He wanted to know what I thought was the next best decade for music assuming the 60&#8217;s were in fact the greatest decade in music history.  That really got me thinking so I thought [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rockminutes.com/rock/2010/02/25/the-second-best-decade-for-music/</link>
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		<title>RM Shuffle for February 24, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of My Favorite Forgotten Classic Tunes:
Isn’t it Time &#8211; The Baby’s
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The Baby’ are one of those bands that only made music for a short period of time in the late 70’s, but what they did in the brief period was pretty amazing.  Over the years they have been forgotten by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Songs and Smiles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago Nick wrote a great article about the best movie moments that were interwoven with great music.  It’s a rare combination with music and movie come together so perfectly that every time you hear that song, you think about that movie scene…they co-exist in a perfect symbiotic relationship like the conjoined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VOTW &#8211; Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Eddie Vedder &#8211; The Waiting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out this great video of Tom Petty performing his classic song &#8220;The Waiting&#8221; with Eddie Vedder.  It is not often you get to hear Petty sing back up for Eddie Vedder.  You can also get a taste of how nasty Mike Campbell is on guitar.  

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		<link>http://www.rockminutes.com/rock/2010/02/22/votw-tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-with-eddie-vedder-the-waiting/</link>
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