Guitars, Drums, Tones, and Saxophones

I feel like it would be a good time to give a shout-out to some sites that I quite like. First up, the music-related blogs and things!

• Rocket Fuel Podcast – Jeff over at Rocket Fuel is a good dude, with great taste in music, awesome contests and giveaways, and cool interviews. He takes advice received to heart, and it makes for a great show. Definitely something to check out!
• Switchboard Sessions – New to my reading, this blog has some awesome stories about musicians, plus exclusive tracks, recorded over the phone. Lo-fi and awesome. Check it out.
• unsolicited. – Pete reviews things. Dude is really funny, so this is a worthwhile read.
• Bad Sandwich Chronicles – Brendan Kelly’s (of the Lawrence Arms) blog. Filled with stories of being a musician, observations, and scatological humor. Good times.
• Cassettes in the Mailbox – Brian Fallon’s blog. He doesn’t post much, and when he does it’s odd recommendations for music and things. Dude loves Clapton. Anyway, Gaslight fans will like this.
• Punknews – The obvious. I read this more than I read world news. That’s sad to admit.

And some friends, who enjoy writing on the internets:

• Gunter Glieben Glauchen Globen – Daniel Brockman is the bass player for OwlWatcher, as well as formerly playing guitar in the Hidden and Medea Connection. In addition to rocking hard, he writes for the Boston Phoenix, a weekly free alternative paper of some renown. Dude has a crazy knowledge of music, and tastes ranging from thrash to pop.
• Turn Off Your Cell Phone! – A group movie blog that I sometimes contribute to, though as one might guess, my time is more often spent listening to music than watching movies.
• Ambitious Outsider – It hasn’t been updated in a while, but my dear friend Maura’s blog is dedicated to exploring wonderful, fascinating documentaries. There’s some good stuff to be found there.
• Mencken Was Right - My friend Jeff blogs about politics. He’s well-read and a thinker, so his analysis is often interesting to read, agree or disagree.
• Shameless! (Pomp & Circumstance) – Christa here is an artist and designer in the Boston area. She likes great music, and makes great art. She’s worked with Mark Lind and Far From Finished. And she’s funny to boot!
• Empty Port – Brian here is the Content & Community Manager over at HubSpot, and blogs about things related to online marketing and tech stuff. Also a fellow UMass All-Star. His other blog identifies lizard people. It is not a marketing tie-in for ABC’s V.

So these are all pretty great, and worth your time! What about you, dear readers? Got any awesome blogs- music-related or otherwise- that you’d like to share? Post ‘em in the comments!

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