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JonPareles

  1. Thus endeth #SXSW 2012. Thanks Mohawk for the indelible eagle or whatever it is. #cardedinTexas twitter.com/JonPareles/sta… 12:08 AM Mar 18th via Twitter for Android
  2. Things I do not want to hear at #Sxsw: 1) "Jump! Jump!" 2) Cover versions. You've got 40 minutes max. Use it. 1:16 PM Mar 17th via Twitter for Android
  3. Idle #Sxsw thought: At day parties, by what multiplier is booze and branding budget greater than band budget? #priorities$ 8:55 AM Mar 16th via Twitter for Android
  4. #Springsteen's #SXSW speech said he stole everything from Animals' "We Gotta Get Out..."Eric Burdon in town, sings with E St tonight. 8:49 PM Mar 15th via Twitter for Android
  5. R.I.P. #WhitneyHouston. A great voice, such a sad story. tinyurl.com/whobit-jp 1:23 PM Feb 12th via web
  6. #Grammys, get it together. Trying to watch the preshow stream where most awards are given, and it's a stuttering mess. #buymorebandwidth 1:19 PM Feb 12th via web
  7. It's #top10 time: tinyurl.com/jptopten #Feist, #tuneyards, #jayz, #tomwaits,#liturgy.Explaining on WNYC #Soundcheck, Friday 12/23 at 2 p.m. 8:13 PM Dec 21st, 2011 via web
  8. Welcome #cmj trendlet: multiple drummers and drums across the spectrum. . Caveman, Polica, Gotye...more #rhythm always works for me. 5:28 PM Oct 21st, 2011 via Twitter for Android
  9. #AlabamaShakes playing flat out moaning, wailing,i screaming--and wait-for-it dramatic--Southern soul. Very un-#cmj, and all the better. 5:39 PM Oct 20th, 2011 via Twitter for Android
  10. Fast hands at #CMJ : #AraabMuzik barraging trancey synth bits with drum samples, fingers ablur, like a court reporter faced w/ an auctioneer 11:43 PM Oct 19th, 2011 via Twitter for Android
  11. Watchword for my #cmj so far: arpeggiator abuse. Trite makes wrong. 3:31 PM Oct 19th, 2011 via Twitter for Android
  12. Four years later, the next album by #Feist: deeper, sadder, more #pentationic, sometimes louder, definitely not "1234." tinyurl.com/lfmet-jp 8:04 PM Sep 21st, 2011 via web
  13. Toot toot. #Beep beep. Who's got the keys to #gridlock #aleatory? nytimes.com/2011/08/11/art… 10:34 PM Aug 9th, 2011 via web
  14. #Aretha has still got it. tinyurl.com/afjb-jp And she promised a different set when she plays Coney Island free on Aug. 4. 7:26 AM Jul 29th, 2011 via web
  15. R.I.P. Amy Winehouse, whose voice and songs knew so much. TinyURL.com/awrip-jp 11:25 PM Jul 23rd, 2011 via web
  16. #LAMC hangs in there, with #XimenaSariñana, #LaVidaBoheme, #ElyGuerra, #GabyMoreno, #HelloSeahorse. And más Inglés. tinyurl.com/lamc11-jp 4:28 PM Jul 10th, 2011 via web
  17. Getting interactive with #Bjork, #iPad, the #Sharpsichord and #Biophilia. nytimes.com/2011/07/02/art… 5:28 PM Jul 2nd, 2011 via web
  18. Can I evaporate my CD's into the cloud yet? Is the smartphone the new transistor radio? Promises, promises. tinyurl.com/geek-jp 12:00 PM Jun 23rd, 2011 via web
  19. R.I.P. #ClarenceClemons, soul and symbol for the E Street Band. tinyurl.com/ccrip-jp 7:09 PM Jun 22nd, 2011 via web