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Are you a Gee Bee?

Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes performs at Lollapalooza in Chicago on July 31. Alabama Shakes released their second album,
Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes performs at Lollapalooza in Chicago on July 31. Alabama Shakes released their second album, "Sound & Color," in April.

Some are boors, no doubt. But not all have closed minds – the pressure of jobs, kids and mortgages is what caused some Gee Bees to lose their musical adventurousness.

Fusilli, a music writer at the Wall Street Journal, has made it his mission to coax such folks back into the present day through his website, ReNewMusic.net and a focused collection of his stories in the book, “Catching Up.” We asked him to recommend five albums that Gee Bees might not know but should. Read more.



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.