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Girls want to be Zooey Deschanel, and guys want to do her. If there’s another reason for She & Him’s popularity, I haven’t been able to figure it out, and their new album just reinforces that — it’s the kind of record that deserves to be titled Volume Two. About the only thing that stands out is their cover of NRBQ’s “Ridin’ in My Car,” and that’s only because it’s such an inappropriate choice; Deschanel isn’t a bad singer, per[...]

I’ll be a tad scarce around the Web over the next few days, as my sister is visiting with her boyfriend (who brought me two bottles of bourbon — score!), but I’m still keeping busy. In the meantime, snuggle up with my latest Rotten Tomatoes feature, which takes a look at Matt Damon’s ten best-reviewed movies.

At the beginning of 1996, my life was the kind of half-mess, half-awesome blend that only makes sense when you’re cruising through your early 20s. I was living in my buddy Rahul’s spare bedroom and working a pair of nowhere part-time jobs, but I was also in the studio working on my first album and goofing my way (along with Rahul) through a late-night time slot at a local college radio station. It was a tumultuous period during an unserious[...]

Much as I dread the symphony of bloodsucking bugs that comes with spring and summer, there’s something about the first few days after the mercury rises above 40 out here. Jackets off, windows down…and that snow on the ground melts away, a few centimeters at a time.

My first experience with the band was reviewing their new kids’ album, Ranky Tanky, due out at the end of the month. They’ve got some pretty righteous roots music for grownups, too: Big Old Life – Rani Arbo & Dai…

Yes, I’m still here, even though this space hasn’t been updated since October, due to a glitch between my WordPress installation and Twitter Tools (one which I haven’t been able to fix no matter what I do, so I’m giving up). After a year of forwarding this URL to Popdose, I reactivated Jefitoblog because, although I’m always writing for one site or another, there’s always stuff that doesn’t fit anywhere else — mostly observations and remembrances that I think are[...]

I love the new Dean Jones record even more than @jasonhare loves New England clam chowder.

Just pulled the Dean Jones/Felice Brothers CD out of my mailbox. YES.

What with all the bubble bathing and white wining with @KellySkittles, I forgot to finish my bourbon last night. Damn.

RT @idolator: Why Owl City, the one-man band with the current No. 1 on the pop charts, is a rare bird indeed: http://bit.ly/2Jdfz8