Pages tagged “jeremy fisher”

Tales of the Coffin Nail: 27 Smoking Songs That'll leave you Breathless

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Aside from that one weekend on the eve of 7th grade, when my parents left me with my older sister, I’ve never been a smoker. When I actually inhaled, it always tore my throat up so bad I couldn’t even finish a whole cigarette. Still, that weekend, a random, inconsequential moment occurred that I still—for some strange reason—remember in astonishing detail.  It was the night before the first day of school—late August 1991 in the Atlanta suburbs—and an intense thunderstorm had just rolled through. My sister was already asleep in her basement apartment, so I took my boombox down to...  read more

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4 To Watch: Jeremy Fisher

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Most independent musicians look forward to selling enough CDs, concert tickets and T-shirts to finally quit their day jobs. Canadian singer/songwriter Jeremy Fisher decided to skip that step—he just didn’t bother getting one...  read more

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The Tour of Mr. Jeremy Fisher

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Didgeridoo-attics and Folkies collide when Canadian troubadour Jeremy Fisher--not to be confused with this Jeremy Fisher--tours the Australian mainland in the company of native blonde-shell Xavier Rudd. Catch Fisher first, touring the US on a 20 city turn with Jenny Owen Youngs, Sanders Bohike, The Weakerthans and The Last Town Chorus. He'll no doubt be singing farewells to blue Mondays, jigs to girls running guns, and pseudo-warnings about how he may or may not* metaphorically be a cigarette of an addictive and flamable nature. * The US Surgeon General did not respond to our calls and has not released an...  read more

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