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The Stand Ins

Band: Okkervil RiverAlbum: The Stand InsBest song: “Lost Coastlines” is one of the best songs of recent vintage.Worst song: “Blue Tulip” isn’t great. God, I love language. I love the intricacies in the way we use language. I love the way we describe certain things. I got into this fray on my old RS project […]

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    I'm Ross Jordan Gianfortune. I am not a writer, but I sometimes write here about music and my life. I live in Washington, DC.

    I used to review each of Rolling Stone Magazine's top 500 albums of all time. Now I'm writing about albums I own.

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