The Vig

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Dear KGON

March 28th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s all well and good that you want to advertise to we unfortunate souls waiting o get inside the Rose Garden for the Springsteen show. And your video truck is really cool. But could you please put something other than your 30-second ad on the continuous loop? We don’t really enjoy hearing the chorus to […]

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Tags: Local · Music · My American Life

Radio Free Bean

March 28th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ll be on Rick Emerson’s show this afternoon sometime between 1:30 and 2 discussing the top-five Bruce Springsteen songs you’re not likely to hear on the radio.  Rick can be heard on AM 970.  Or, if, God forbid, you’re stuck in Astoria, Queens, you can listen to the live stream here.

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Tags: Music · My American Life

Bruce and the Bean

March 28th, 2008 · No Comments

I was a month out of jail in May of 2000. Still scared and still under surveillance, I did my best to move on with my life. There was no telling when or if the bullet I’d dodged would boomerang and I’d end right back in the pokey. My brother came down […]

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Tags: Music · My American Life