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InterMedia Arts Center 2/2/08
Huntington, NY

Most shows are purely about entertainment, and audiences rarely expect more. If we come away feeling exhilarated by a ...read more

Interplay
John Coltrane

If you aren’t already a completely geeked-out jazzophile, then you might have some difficulty understanding just how ...read more

It Won’t Be Soon Before Long
Maroon 5

Normally (although not deliberately), the American Hit Network tends to ignore bands like Maroon 5. A bluntly commercial ...read more

I Love You
Diana Ross

…or “Diana Ross sings karaoke for Valentine’s Day”. Never in my life have I ever heard an album as insipid, ...read more

I Say a Little Prayer
Aretha Franklin

Charted: #10 in August 1968 “I just lost my song. That girl took it away from me.” These were Otis ...read more

I Wish It Would Rain
The Temptations

Chart Position = #4 on January 1968 Norman Whitfield was fast becoming the top dog at Motown for his production ...read more

I'm Like A Bird
Nelly Furtado

Okay, here is a hit single from 2001 that some may have overlooked. Take a look and listen, then click on the "YOUR ...read more

Images 1966-1967
David Bowie

On first or second listen, you might be tempted to dismiss this record as silly, campy showbiz, or in any other number ...read more

In Our Gun
Gomez

Since their debut a few years ago, Gomez have continually stretched themselves to make music that is both challenging ...read more

Inside Job
Don Henley

I just can’t seem to leave this guy alone. Whatever it is that bothers me must be as much (or more) my fault than his, ...read more

Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis

Well, it only took the world about thirty years to come around and listen to Shuggie, so don’t expect to fall in love ...read more

Is This It?
The Strokes

The advance hype that surrounded the Strokes caused my bullshit detector to shift into high alert. Admittedly, I was ...read more

Isolation Drills
Guided By Voices

Big guitars, big drums…big production! Holy mackerel! What’s going on here? I thought Guided By Voices were supposed to ...read more

It’s a Wonderful Life
Sparklehorse

No doubt about it, this is a CD that takes some getting used to. I spent a few evenings playing it as I puttered around ...read more

I Can't Get No Satisfaction
Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones were the first real English rock-and-roll band with as much authority as the Beatles, but their ...read more

I Feel Fine
Beatles

It's amusing today to think how the executives at Capitol Records complained about the feedback at the top of "I Feel ...read more

I Try
Macy Gray

Sometimes, I try to imagine what might have happened if Macy Gray attempted to obtain a recording contract in 1950. Can ...read more

I Walk The Line
Cash, Johnny

In his autobiography, The Man In Black, Johnny Cash said, "I never did a concert that I didn't sing 'I Walk The Line.' ...read more

I Want To Hold Your Hand
Beatles

Before the Beatles can be discussed properly, a bit of historical updating is in order. Americans were struck so ...read more

I Wish
Wonder, Stevie

Soon after completing the Innervisions album in 1973, Stevie Wonder was almost killed by a serious car accident that ...read more

I'm Like A Bird
Nelly Furtado

From my perspective as a longtime fan of pop music, the new millennium at first looked more like a new Dark Age than a ...read more

If You're Gone
Matchbox Twenty

“I think I’ve already lost you, I think you’re already gone I think I’m finally scared now, You think I’m weak, but I ...read more

Idlewild - AHN Movie Review

After the huge success of ‘Speakerboxx/The Love Below’, it seemed only natural that Outkast would bust a move and branch ...read more