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Jonathan Richman

I Was Delighted That The World Would Wanna Smell Like This

May 15, 2009

Let us now remember that we live in this world with Jonathan Richman.
It can be easy to lose sight of that sometimes, but Jonathan is there for you now, although he might not always be.
Jonathan Richman – The World Is Showing Its Hand from Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love

[Photo by Quique [...]

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They Didn’t Bring No Change Of Clothes

June 23, 2008

Last week I was fortunate enough to spend an evening in the audience of American treasure, crackpot idol, and should-be MacArthur grant recipient Jonathan Richman.
Billions of words have been written on his influence on rock and songwriting, (as well as on his eccentricities), so I’ll just tell you that if you aren’t tuned in to [...]

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Do We Know Any Other Fucking People’s Songs?

October 4, 2007

Another classic song I first heard as a cover. It would be years until I heard the original Modern Lovers version of Road Runner, which would prove to be so mighty it would stand on its own — despite the fact that I had heard the Pistols make a beautiful mess of it [...]

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