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Cloud Factory Christmas

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Music is like pizza.  If it's really good and it's different than the stuff you had yesterday you have no problem consuming it today.  And by you I mean me. 1 star pizza.  Not really worth your time or effort.  Only good for free. 2 stars pizza.  Sure you can feed the family but is a chain-za good enough? 3 stars pizza.  Now it's turning into a party.  Might even be worth an extra tip. 4 stars pizza.  This is the stuff that restaurants are made of! 5 stars pizza.  You will want to lock yourself in the house alone.  Way too good to share! Kevin Hearn "Cloud Maintenance" 1.5 star pizza.  Warm, gooey, but kinda bland. Kevin Hearn is better know as the keyboard/multi-instrumentalist member of the Barenaked Ladies.  Like the band he calls home this solo album shows some weak spots.  He is a good keyboard player.  I will give him that.  However the lyrics, vocals, and overall songwriting are all a little too weak to make this a good record.  He likes the Beac

Christmas is coming...RUN!!!

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Christmas is around the corner...ready to mug you for your cash and credit cards. I listen to some streaming "records".  I give my opinion.  You reap rewards a-plenty. Goofy rating scale: 1 Christmas present. Probably not worth the time it takes to open it. 2 Chrismas presents. Okay but c'mon Mom...where's the rest??? 3 Christmas presents. Cool.  It's gonna be an okay Christmas after all. 4 Christmas presents.  Wow.  You shouldn't have!  No.  You should have. 5 Christmas presents.  Santa Claus came to town and left his bag in your house! The Lower 48 "Where All Maps End" 2 Christmas presents.  Weak sauce. This band tends to get compared to the Arcade Fire but isn't that really like comparing stepped on peanuts to crunchy Jiff?  It's nothing like the real thing.  This is mediocre, strummy, wandering acousticana songs that don't get close to jumping off the record.  Boring is a more accurate description.  Not everyone with a