Rocco, the cat who let’s me live in his house, talks a lot for a cat. And I respond, which leads to a cross-phylum kind of conversation of his meowing and my matter-of-fact patter.
Frank De Blase
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The F Word: Eating the ALPO
The question I get
asked the most is whether or not I like everything I hear. The criterion is
simple: I don’t have to love it, but I have to believe it. It’s easy to like a
band because it sounds good or plays in a style you inexplicably love. However,
hating a band or style of music is a much more complex thing.
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The F Word: Laughing Through Tears
If you see me crying on the street, chances are I’m actually laughing. Yet when something is sad, I cry…then laugh.
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The F Word: I was there. Were you?
It was June 1986, and my hair was perfect. I was a 20-year-old rock ‘n’ roller working on my hustle
outside the club Rumours on South Avenue. And even though I had played in this joint with my band,
there was a chance I wasn’t going to get in to see what is still my favorite band, The Blasters.
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Jazz Fest 2018: CITY’s Daily Jazz Blogs
And that’s it for the 2018 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival. The festival reported more than 208,000 people in attendance. Catch up on the nine days of action with our reviews of 79 acts
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The F Word: Occupy Jazz Fest
Logistically speaking, the Jazz Fest bigwigs do a phenomenal job. But there are still some things music fans have to do on their own to keep things running smoothly.
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The F Word: The look, sound, and taste of words
Art that can be interpreted by other art is more durable and accessible
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The F Word: Anthony Bourdain
The rock star of the culinary world lived to rile up the curiosity and wanderlust lurking in us all.
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The F Word: Sing, sing, sing
The F Word. An online column for Frank De Blase to pontificate, ruminate, placate, and salivate. We’ll have reviews and previews, we’ll discuss trends in local and national music scenes, and we’ll try to do it as reverently as possible. Yup. Let’s get started. For this week’s F Word, we’re coming up with songs that […]
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The F Word: One Step Beyond
The F Word. An online column for Frank De Blase to pontificate, ruminate, placate, and salivate. We’ll have reviews and previews, we’ll discuss trends in local and national music scenes, and we’ll try to do it as reverently as possible. Yup. Let’s get started. This F word is gonna deal with lyrics, real and non-existent. […]
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The F Word: He ain’t heavy
The F Word. An online column for Frank De Blase to pontificate, ruminate, placate, and salivate.
