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Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Lost and Found Playlist...

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The kind folks at the Detroit Institute of Arts asked me if I could provide a soundtrack to their current Lost and Found exhibit, highlight...
Tuesday, July 31, 2018

The Future of Vinyl Discussion with Anthony Fantano...58 Excruciating Minutes of It

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Seems like Fantano "The Internet's Busiest Music Nerd" has a bit of a following. Also seems like I need to figure out whethe...
Saturday, June 30, 2018

My Recommendations from 20 Years Ago Are Still Rock Solid...

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Junior year of high school, Spring of 1998, a classmate named Al told me that he'd found a record store that sold local music. In one...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

How A Letter From A Failing Independant Record Label Buoyed The Self-Esteem of a Clueless 15-year-old Virgin and Set Him on a Path of Vinyl Righteousness...

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Pulled this one out of the basement recently and was shocked at how responsive, thoughtful and courteous the entire conversation was. Whe...
Monday, April 30, 2018

The Dirtbombs Live, University of Toronto radio, July 31st, 1997

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A garage rock time capsule to say the least. Unheard since 1997, please relish in a time in the not-too-distant past where I was actually...
Saturday, March 31, 2018

The Beauty of La Vice and Company's "Two Sisters From Bagdad"

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La Vice and Company  happily upload to YouTube if it happens. La Vice and Company  Two Sisters from Bagdad Jazzman reissue, li...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

15 Years Later I Can Reveal...Ben Blackwell is Nick Zinner

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     Just shy of 15 years ago, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs did a quick West Coast tour opening for the White Stripes. Towards the end of the tr...
Monday, January 01, 2018

How Michigan is the Fifth Member of the Stooges – OR – A Cultural Cycling Through Three-Hundred Years of Bullshit Historical Anecdotes and Arbitrary Facts to Argue that Geographic Demarcation Can Be Personified as a the Embodiment of a Musician

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Regardless of my job, I was asked to write an essay for the "Total Chaos" book with the suggested topic of "How Detroit Was ...
Thursday, November 30, 2017

The Unusual Sound of Chris Crown...

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  Chris Crown “I Need Lovin” b/w “Hug Me” Damn. This one is just straight-up odd. Listening to it yesterday, from one roo...
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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Ain’t No Radio Stations Getting Blown Up On My Watch

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In remembrance of the legendary Fats Domino, here’s a collage I did a few years back for the Johnny Brewton Kut-Up zine. Utilizing almo...
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Saturday, September 30, 2017

Record of the Week: Mattiel

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Mattiel self-titled Burger Records scum stats: limited quantities on cloudy-clear semi-transparent vinyl, a shit ton on black I d...
Thursday, August 31, 2017

Record of the Week: The 5.6.7.8's go ska

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The 5.6.7.8’s “Mothra” b/w “Dream Boy” Time Bomb Records Limited to 500 copies Sometimes I marvel when I consider the multiple inte...
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Monday, July 31, 2017

Dissecting the White Stripes First Ever Live Performance...

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The White Stripes “The First Show: Live on Bastille Day” All of this is from memory. Sometimes memories are false. But anything here is...
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