When I was a whippersnapper, I’d always spend some time in August at my grandparent’s blueberry farm in Hammonton, NJ. In the heart of the Pine Barrens, as you drive into town, a sign proclaims “Hammonton! Blueberry Capital of the World.” Not sure what the standards were for that statement, but whatever. It was very [...]

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So I didn’t think I liked the Black Keys. Too gimmicky, I thought, too much like The White Stripes except called the Black Keys. It didn’t help that the first time I actually heard them was at 3 am while driving to the airport. Nothing sounds good for the first time at 3 am. BUT, [...]

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