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Vinyl Vlog 609
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A deeper look at the grooves pressed into the Wronger LP by Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys In The Campfire. While the breadth of musical styles that Tommy Stinson has approached in his career has not been small (beginning first with indie rock with The Replacements,...

Tuesday, 27 June 2023
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I Wanna Be Literated #266
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Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sandsby Kate Beaton Like many, I was completely smitten by Kate Beaton after being exposed to Hark! A Vagrant. Like many, I was also very intrigued by whatever project she had been working on since moving back to Nova Scotia and starting a...

Monday, 26 June 2023
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Vinyl Vlog 608
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A deeper look at the grooves pressed into The Hypnotist 12” EP by The Flaming Lips. 2023 marks the twentieth anniversary of Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots and, to celebrate, Warner Brothers has embarked on an impressive campaign to re-examine the album (stay...

Monday, 26 June 2023
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I Wanna Be Literated #265
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The Soviet Century: Archaeology of a Lost Worldby Karl Schlögel & Rodney Livingstone Soviet Russia is my jam. I’ve been reading about it for over ten years and am totally captivated by the politics and impact it had around the world. And the period spanning the...

Thursday, 15 June 2023
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The Classics 042
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Poe – “Trigger Happy Jack” – Hello LP A deeper look at the grooves pressed into the Hello vinyl reissue by Poe. The fact is that, by intention and not by accident, Poe (born Anne Decatur Danielewski) has always chosen to present herself in a...

Wednesday, 14 June 2023
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TV Party Tonight! #126
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The Maltese Falcon When the pandemic started, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to go through the AFI 100 list. Get some takeout, queue up a movie rental from the library, and get educated. I made it through all of them except Sophie’s Choice (I don’t...

Tuesday, 13 June 2023
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Fucked Up Live @ The Sinclair, Cambridge MA [06-05-23]
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Everyone should be listening to Fucked Up. That’s a fact. Unfortunately, hardly anyone does. That’s a sad fact. I mean this in the sense that this band should be much much bigger than they actually are. For one thing, they play glam punk, fuzzy and complex, and...

Tuesday, 06 June 2023
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TV Party Tonight! #125
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Rebel Without A Cause Wanna talk about the influence Rebel Without a Cause has had on pop culture? Phillip J Fry’s outfit in Futurama is a direct reference to James Dean in this movie. Tommy Wiseau’s “You’re tearing me apart, Lisa!” is fully copied from...

Monday, 29 May 2023
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I Wanna Be Literated #264
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DorohedoroThe Complete Collection (Vol 1-23)by Q Hayashida I’ll never stop singing Dorohedoro’s praises. Something about the 2020 anime struck a chord with me with its colorful characters, rich story, and peculiar setting. It’s been years and I still find myself...

Sunday, 28 May 2023
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VInyl Vlog 607
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Miles Davis Live: What it is Montreal 7/7/83 There’s this story of Miles David being confronted by a fan in the 80s or whatever and the fan saying to him that he can’t really get into the new style and direction of his music. Miles supposedly replies, “Should I...

Thursday, 25 May 2023
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