Kate Sullivan

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Tickled Pink!

Kate Sullivan
? I REALLY THINK YOU SHOULD go see Earl Greyhound play next week. They have two shows, so it shouldn’t be a problem. The reason? Mainly, they rock like motherfuckers. Earl Greyhound is a blues-rock outfit from New York, flaunting a massive guitar sound. It’s appropriate for listeners who were......
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Oh My. Oh No. O.C.!

Kate Sullivan
? SO, THEY’RE KILLINGTHE O.C.This is not good. I say that as an emo-bashing rock fan. I watched The O.C. from the beginning and have been consistently loyal to it — in sickness and in health, through the good shows and the bad, at 8 p.m. or 9; through every......
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Oops! Year-Ended Again!

Kate Sullivan
Looking back at my rock & roll ’06, employing a list of lists . . . So, 2006 was a decent year for songs, but not as great for albums. As you know, this has been the case for quite some time. Nevertheless, there were some outstanding rock & roll......
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All I Want for Christmas Is a New Music Industry

Kate Sullivan
On Christmas Eve, I had a fever of 103. In a state of half-waking delirium, I was visited by an angel calling itself the Ghost of Music Yet to Come. He chain-smoked and wore white jeans. His wings were beautiful. In this fever-dream, I was allowed to glimpse what life......
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Super Fun Music Hour

Kate Sullivan
Two hours of Christmasy (but not all Christmas) musical goodness: A Salute to the Sleighbell (non-Christmas sleighbell hits from Iggy, Ramones et al); vintage Fats Waller; delicious festive rock & and Joan Jett! Ho Ho Ho! Click below to listen, or download the files for your MP3 player Kate Sullivan's......
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And So This Is Christmas

Kate Sullivan
?MERRY CHRISTMAS, PARTY PEOPLE! I know I tend to ramble on about the Beatles, but this time I have an excuse. It’s Christmas, for Kringle’s sake.And there is no more Beatlesy time of year than Christmas. (There’s also no more Phil Spectory time, but that’s another story.) When I was......
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Drake Bell, Mick Jagger & Me

Kate Sullivan
? THE KID IS ALL RIGHT: Drake Bell is a heck of a talent, a genuine kid (20 years old!) whose musical instincts belong squarely in the sweetest poetic cockles of the 1970s, as displayed on his winning new album, It’s Only Time (Universal Motown). This is power pop, I......
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L.A. Music '06: Welcome to Indie Land

Kate Sullivan
{mosimage}L.A.’s independent music scene is kinda like Disneyland, in a good way: It’s not a single scene, but a collection of vaguely overlapping, inherently interconnected worlds with their own attractions. The Magic Kingdom has Tomorrowland; we’ve got Spaceland. And so, in a highly unscientific, pretty tongue-in-cheek manner, we pay tribute......
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Happy Thanksgiving, Beautifuls!

Kate Sullivan
? DID YOU NOTICE what happened this year the day after Halloween? In the stores and on TV ads, everything went overnight from Halloween to Christmas. Just like that. I reckon this is the quickest jump we’ve ever had, marketingwise, from spooks to snowflakes. The advertising powers-that-be steamrolled over Thanksgiving......
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Laser-Guided Melodies and a Boy Named George

Kate Sullivan
? WOW, SUCKERPUNCH! I’ve been waiting years for the Griffith Observatory to reopen — years! — and when it does, I find out they’re not bringing back Laserium. I’m sorry to have to break it to you. But it’s best that you hear it from someone who cares, and who......