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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

SADE WILL RETURN IN NOVEMBER

Sade has a new album coming out in November, it's her first album in nine years. A lot of people love her first album, 1984's Diamond Life, and I do too. But my favorite is her last album, 2000's Lovers Rock. "By Your Side"... I don't even know what to say about that one. I remember working at Video Hits One, and once a week, someone from music programming would come to a meeting that I attended and show new videos - it was a fun part of the meeting, everyone talked and laughed during the videos. When they played "By Your Side" it just kind of floored everyone -- the beauty of the song just knocked everyone out. That's the power of music, not hype. Welcome back, Sade.

About Me

Who's on tour? What are they playing? Who's still in the band these days? What's on that box set? Don't I have all of that stuff already? That's the stuff NO EXPIRATION sorts out for you. So you don't end up being the loudmouth at the Neil Young show who yells out "Heart Of Gold" when he's only doing garage rock with Crazy Horse. Or you're not the person complaining at George Clinton's shows because Bootsy isn't there (but odds are, he won't be there). You get the idea - I'll let you know what's up, and you won't have to weed through stories about lame celebs or (many) bands you haven't heard of.