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Butch Walker Gets It

By From http://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Jul 18th, 2002 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Famous James insisted that all his readers check out the new Butch Walker CD, so I did. The CD rocks (surprise 1), sort of a Blink 182 / Sum 41 vibe with songwriting aimed at listeners that are actually beyond the age of consent. He actually wrote musi…



All-Star Thoughts

By From http://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Jul 9th, 2002 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I fell asleep in the 7th inning, so I missed all the excitement surrounding the unnatural end of the game. However, I don’t have any real problem with them calling it. It is an exhibition game after all. They could have handled to announcement better t…



The Lost Coin

By From http://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Jun 13th, 2002 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I picked this up in a used bookstore over Memorial day weekend, we were waiting out some inclimate weather on a camping trip. I wasn’t familiar with Blaylock, something about the book just caught my attention. It may be the best $2 expenditure of my li…



Become You

By From http://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • May 1st, 2002 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

A used CD shop just opened about a mile from my house. This is a dangerous thing. I made my first trip there tonight and came away with the Indigo Girls “Become You” and Kasey Chambers, “Barricades and Brickwalls”. A Kasey Chambers review will be forth…



Broken Parts and Auto Parts

By From http://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • May 1st, 2002 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Kevin Kinney, for those of you that don’t know, is / was the lead singer of Drivin N Cryin. This CD, just like his previous solo efforts, is a rootsy, folksy album. It won’t go Gold, it probably won’t even sell 100,000 copies. However, if you apprecite…



Scott McClatchy Redemption

By From http://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Jan 10th, 2002 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Scott McClatchy is a Philadelphia based singer / songwriter with a real cool early Springsteen / Mellencamp / CCR with just a touch of country twang vibe happening in the tunes. The CD includes a very cool cover of The Band’s The Weight with Willie Nil…



Bobby Knight is bad stuff

By From http://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Jan 1st, 2002 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Sports

Breck: Mommy, can I watch Sportscenter?
Michelle: Yes, but turn it off if any bad stuff comes on.
Breck: Mommy, the only bad stuff I ever see on Sportscenter is Bobby Knight, and he isn’t on much anymore.
We win at parenting.



Christmas CD Reviews

By From http://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Dec 27th, 2001 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Yeah, its a little late but since I bought these for Michelle, I just got a chance to listen to them!
The Beach Boys Christmas Album is a classic. I remember playing this record over and over as a kid when my parents pulled it for the Christmas season….



Fear Not The Obvious

By From http://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Dec 15th, 2001 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Down and dirty, sloppy and raunchy, blues based rock and roll done right. The lead singer Dan Baird, the former frontman for The Georgia Satellites.



American Express Doesn’t Get It

By From http://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Nov 12th, 2001 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I surfed on over to American Express this evening to pay my bill online. Clicking on the “Pay Bill” link yielded a 404 file not found error. The URL is below – see anything funny about it?
http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3539453;6578810;s?https://www.ame…