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Douglas Newman Let me start off by saying that I love my wife. She’s the light of my life and the most beautiful woman I have ever laid eyes on. I’m pretty sure she has similar feelings towards me. Even so, we’re not beyond a good fantasy once in a while. In that spirit we each compiled [...]  The editors at JamsBio like to think of ourselves as music fans first, not critics, and that’s the sensibility we strive for at JamsBio and that we seek in other sites as well. That’s why we’re so jazzed about Damn Fine Day, a site that each day profiles a deep album cut that’s been [...]  Rather than sounding the death knell of British independent music, the quick decline of punk set the stage for post-punk, one of the most feverishly creative moments in rock history. This first in a series of post-punk primers focuses on the birthplace of the genre: London. |
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