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	<title>Matablog &#187; rock history</title>
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		<title>Boston&#8217;s #2 Daily Newspaper&#8217;s Right To Annoy Tom Scholz Upheld By Judge</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2011/09/16/bostons-2-daily-newspapers-right-to-annoy-tom-scholz-upheld-by-judge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[rock history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the people's court]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(funny, when you type &#8220;Boston the band&#8221; into Google Image Search, the above Negative FX jpg comes up pretty close to the top of the entries) Though I have MORE THAN A FEELING (sorry) we&#8217;ve not seen the last of this dispute, the Boston Herald&#8217;s Joe Dwinell reported yesterday a Superior Court judge rejected claims [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Matablog&#8217;s 5th Anniversary : Celebrating 5 Years Of Blatant Self-Promotion</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2011/07/14/the-matablogs-5th-anniversary-celebrating-5-years-of-blatant-self-promotion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[label bizness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[matador artifacts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rock history]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[July 26  marks the 5th anniversary of the Matablog&#8217;s public debut (after MONTHS of beta-testing), truly a day in that will go down in rock / internet history as the moment blogging finally came to fruition as letting you know about record release parties in cities thousands of miles away a force for social change.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Greatest Piece of (Rock) Historical Revisionism Ever Committed To Video</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/10/21/the-greatest-piece-of-rock-historical-revisionism-ever-committed-to-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pussy Galore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rock history]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You know the old saying, &#8220;those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it?&#8221; No? Well, it&#8217;s a pretty good saying. The above Pussy Galore bio pic by Michele O&#8217;Mara, however brings to mind the truism &#8220;history is best retold by persons who don&#8217;t give a shit about accuracy or likenesses&#8221; (OK, I made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magic Kids new video &#8220;Superball&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/08/26/magic-kids-new-video-superball/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>truepanthersounds</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[rock history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[true panther sounds]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[video games]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week Magic Kids released their record, played a symphony accompanied show for 500 of their hometown friends and fans, and left for a week-long instore tour. But the news doesn&#8217;t stop here. Happy to share this new video for &#8220;Superball&#8221; directed by Jack Ferry. Evokes some simple classic vids, faces, instruments, soft-focus lights&#8230;eternally into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matador Archival Madness Pt. II &#8211; A TFUL 282 Video We Can&#8217;t Recall Commissioning</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/06/01/matador-archival-madness-pt-ii-a-tful-282-video-we-cant-recall-commissioning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[rock history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thinking Fellers Union Local 282]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;.which doesn&#8217;t make it any less fantastic. Thinking Fellers Union Local 282&#8242;s &#8220;2X4&#8242;s&#8221; from 1991&#8242;s &#8216;Lovelyville&#8217;, directed by N. Markowski. Not seen on &#8220;120 Minutes&#8221;, but if we said otherwise, someone might believe it.]]></description>
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		<title>Pavement Best Of Track Listing and Contest Winner</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/25/pavement-best-of-track-listing-and-contest-winner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/25/pavement-best-of-track-listing-and-contest-winner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pavement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So we got more than 1200 entries to the Pavement Guess The Track Listing contest for the Quarantine The Past best-of collection. As you may recall, first prize was for the track listing closest to the actual track listing. The actual track listing is: 1. Gold Soundz (CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN) 2. Frontwards (WATERY, DOMESTIC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pavement &#8211; Quarantine The Past</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/05/pavement-quarantine-the-past/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/05/pavement-quarantine-the-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pavement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[releases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rock history]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement comes out on March 9, 2010. This fully remastered 23-track compilation will be available on MID-PRICED double LP, CD and digital album formats. The tracks span the entirety of Pavement&#8217;s career from 1989 to 1999, from the scratchy and mysterious sounds of their early vinyl-only releases to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Decade Can&#8217;t End Soon Enough (Unless You&#8217;re Having Fun) &#8211; Matador Artists, Staff And Associates Remember 2009 (Before It&#8217;s Done)</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/16/the-decade-cant-end-soon-enough-unless-youre-having-fun-matador-artists-staff-and-associates-remember-2009-before-its-done/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/16/the-decade-cant-end-soon-enough-unless-youre-having-fun-matador-artists-staff-and-associates-remember-2009-before-its-done/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[is everyone having a good time out there?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[label bizness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[our favorite sounds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recommended reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rock history]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(sure, we&#8217;re allowed to have an annual holiday party, but who&#8217;s supposed to pay for the cleanup?) Once upon a time &#8212; when the bulk of our internet activity was longer than 140 characters &#8212; the Matador website feature periodic news updates (almost all of &#8216;em brutally late in arrival), along with an informal selection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jon Spencer speaks</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/19/jon-spencer-speaks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/19/jon-spencer-speaks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Spencer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music journalists are people too]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rock history]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[File this under &#8220;totally fascinating blasts from the past&#8221;. Gerard is that a category? Jon Spencer talks to Ian Svenonius (I figured they&#8217;d be nemeses for the similar territory they mined during my youth) on VBS. Seriously interesting stuff:]]></description>
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		<title>Government Center Update : Sunday Officially Declared &#8220;Mission Of Burma Day&#8221; In Boston</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/10/02/government-center-update-sunday-officially-declared-mission-of-burma-day-in-boston/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/10/02/government-center-update-sunday-officially-declared-mission-of-burma-day-in-boston/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mission Of Burma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rock history]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In addition to Tuesday&#8217;s release of Mission Of Burma&#8217;s 5th (!) studio album, &#8216;The Sound, The Speed, The Light&#8217; and Sunday&#8217;s free outdoor concert at M.I.T., Boston&#8217;s City Council have wisely declared October 4, 2009, &#8220;Mission Of Burma Day&#8221;.  Y&#8217;know, the City Council gets a bad rap every now and then, but for one day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>London record shopping: still great</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/09/26/london-record-shopping-still-great/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/09/26/london-record-shopping-still-great/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[collector scum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[record shops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rock history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vinyl]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just got back from a trip to London and am happy to report that it is still one of the record shopping capitals of the world. I&#8217;ve had many memorable visits there before, especially to the great Beano&#8217;s in Croydon when it was still three stories of original UK &#8217;60s and &#8217;70s pressings at reasonable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fucked Up from the Pitchfork Festival</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/07/27/fucked-up-from-the-pitchfork-festival/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/07/27/fucked-up-from-the-pitchfork-festival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fucked Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rock history]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fucked Up, who by all accounts pulled together the most ferocious set of Pitchfork weekend (two of them if you happened to be at Subterranean on Friday night), also found time to interview fellow fourth-wall breakers the Jesus Lizard. Watch Pink Eyes hold his own with the heavyweights, and also see an outstanding version of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q: How Tough Were Things On The L.E.S. During The Early &#8217;90&#8242;s?</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/05/29/q-how-tough-were-things-on-the-les-during-the-early-90s/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/05/29/q-how-tough-were-things-on-the-les-during-the-early-90s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 05:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dustdevils]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rock history]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A : NOBODY COULD AFFORD LIGHTBULBS! The Duane/Delaney/Ibold/Reid Dustdevils, if not the band&#8217;s classic lineup,  certainly the only one with a clip (or two) on the YouTube.]]></description>
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		<title>Coming To A Multiplex Near You : The &#8220;Walk The Line&#8221; Of Movies That Feature A Ton Of Church-Burning</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/05/25/coming-to-a-multiplex-near-you-the-walk-the-line-of-movies-that-feature-a-ton-of-church-burning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/05/25/coming-to-a-multiplex-near-you-the-walk-the-line-of-movies-that-feature-a-ton-of-church-burning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 04:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rock history]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There have been reports of a dramatic interpretation of Michael Moynahin and Dirk Soderlind&#8217;s &#8220;Lords Of Chaos&#8221; hitting the big screen someday, and perhaps adding a mainstream movie star to the mix will help with the financing.  You&#8217;ve thrilled to Shane West as Darby Crash, tried to get your head around Elijah Wood as Iggy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>(Not So Random) Single From The Collection, March &#8217;09 Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/03/06/not-so-random-single-from-the-collection-march-09-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/03/06/not-so-random-single-from-the-collection-march-09-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[collector scum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[label bizness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rock history]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back in the way-back machine when Matador had our very first office (that wasn&#8217;t my apartment) we sold direct to stores in addition to selling our own singles and LP&#8217;s ; we started selling non matador records we liked, and soon-to-be matador related records. It was a way to keep the lights on with an [...]]]></description>
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