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Jason Bracelin
Jason Bracelin once went on tour with Kid Rock so you don’t have to. Prior to first being named the R-J’s music writer in 2006, Bracelin was the music editor for the Cleveland Scene alt-weekly. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois. A Decatur, Ill. native, Bracelin has lived in Las Vegas since 2006.
The organic meets the synthetic on “I’ll Be Your Girl,” the latest album from Portland, Oregon’s the Decemberists, who leaven their earthy indie folk with swirling keyboards on their New Wave-influenced eighth record.
Another day, another Shakespeare-indebted starlet with “Hopeless” tattooed across her derriere and songs about swallowing lit matches.
No one would have blamed him if he never came back.
How an unassuming 28-year-old became one of hip-hop’s most unlikely stars.
The turning point was all the strangers shedding tears in the backseat.
No scrubs, no dresses: The two big no’s in the TLC canon.
No “Closer,” no deal.
In front, it’s date night. In back, it’s date-with-doom night.
The traffic lights continued to work at the corner of Third Street and Bridger Avenue, though they did little to alleviate the gridlock of bodies.
It’s a heavenly kind of hell, the Warped Tour experience.