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DYRT90s? // Collective Soul: Shine

In college, my friend Tim and I started a semi-comedic acoustic cover band called Bad Sneakers.  Even though he possessed 98% of the combined musical talent of the group, he graciously let me pick all...

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DYRT90s? // Soul Asylum: Black Gold

Not only is this song one of the catchiest protest songs of any decade, it may be the only thing from the 1990s that has actually become more relevant since its original heyday. Even such beloved and...

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DYRT90s? // Spacehog: In The Meantime

If only this masterpiece was recorded 20 years sooner, Spacehog might be mentioned in the same sentence as Marc Bolan and Mott The Hoople instead of being mentioned in the same sentence as Deep Blue...

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DYRT90s? // Jill Sobule: I Kissed A Girl

With WTUL and WWOZ on the local dial, there is really no excuse to ever listen to commercial FM radio in New Orleans.  Even if the Crescent City wasn’t blessed with two of the greatest...

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DYRT90s? // Red Hot Chili Peppers: Aeroplane

I chose not to choose lyrics that make any sense. I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you’ve got heroin? MP3: Red Hot Chili Peppers: “Aeroplane”

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DYRT90s? // Counting Crows: Mr. Jones

In a decade infamous for songwriters who laughably overreached in their attempts to craft earnest, deep, clever or otherwise emotionally resonant lyrics, Adam Duritz is in a class by himself.  Even...

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DYRT90s? // Beck: Where It’s At

No matter how often I requested it, the DJ that worked my middle school dances refused to play this song, citing its alleged offensive content.  I could certainly tell the song was “weird”, with the...

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DYRT90s? // Soundgarden: Black Hole Sun

Almost 13 years after calling it quits following a worldwide tour in support of their fifth studio album, Down On The Upside, Soundgarden announced on New Year’s Day, 2010 they were reuniting and...

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DYRT90s // Better Than Ezra: Good

As a young teenager growing up in the greater suburbs of Chicago, my knowledge of Better Than Ezra’s catalog started and ended with their 1993 breakthrough Deluxe, which didn’t come to my attention...

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DYRT90s // Foo Fighters: Big Me

Even those, such as myself, who wouldn’t necessarily consider themselves Foo Fighter fanatics would have a hard time arguing that Dave Grohl is one of the true modern day G-ds of Rock and Roll.  He’s...

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