Monday, December 30, 2024

More Proof, As If Any Were Needed, That You Should Never Let a Senile Old Guy Mess With Your Tech Stuff: Special "A Desperate Cry for Help" Edition

Okay -- as long time/attentive readers are doubtless aware, over on the left hand side of our homepage, directly underneath the section dedicated to Bands We Love, there has always been a listing of recommended music blogs. And a rather lengthy one at that -- close to twenty or 30 links, if my geezer memory serves.

The aforementioned long time/attentive readers, however, will have noticed that the listings are now down to a rather feeble two.

Why is that?

The short version: Late last week, I was trying to add a link to the blog recommendations, and given my level of internet illiteracy -- seriously, I still think Myspace and Napster are hot stuff -- it should surprise nobody that I accidentally deleted the whole fucking thing.

I mean -- this was a list that dated back to the days before NYMary gave me the metaphorical keys to the car around here, and I totally trashed it. On the other hand, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the recommended blogs were ghost sites and no longer worth accessing.

Bottom line: over the weekend, I figured out how to restore the mega-link, but not the ones to the vanished individual blogs themselves. For the simple reason that I've forgotten what they were.

Therefore -- I'm asking you guys to send me recommendations for music blogs YOU like, complete with links (or not, if you're lazy), and thus enabling me to restore some semblance of a similar list. Only now updated to reflect more contemporary sensibilities.

Thanking you all in advance, I remain yours truly etc.

11 comments:

  1. Dave Leonatti12/30/2024 9:27 AM

    Steve: I feel your ageismistic pain. No blogs, but another link from the site Boing Boing - an AI music entry. Rubber Soul AI refabricated into 'soul'. very catchy and alarming. Thanks for this here blog. Happy New Year.
    https://boingboing.net/2024/12/27/an-ai-generated-beatles-album-i-will-actually-listen-to-rubber-soul-but-its-motown.html

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  2. https://everybodysdummy.blogspot.com/
    http://butterboycompilations.blogspot.com/

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  3. Everybody's Dummy. https://everybodysdummy.blogspot.com/
    Aphoristic Album Reviews. https://albumreviews.blog/
    False Memory Foam. https://falsememoryfoam.blogspot.com/

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  4. I've attached a link from the web archive site here:https://web.archive.org/web/20241202075632/https://powerpop.blogspot.com/
    It's from the last week in November. It may help recover some of the lost links.

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  5. I know this blog is principally about music but you should do a special Listomania some Friday about "Time A Computer Made Me Scream". Cuz it's happened to ALL of us.

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  6. it was blckdgrd.com that told me about this site

    he typically has one or two music videos listed each time he posts although the problems of the world in which we live in - seen through an anti-establishment political perspective - are the major focus

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  7. Steve: Here is a list of the sites copied from the Dec. 19, 2024 page of the PowerPop blog archived at the Internet Archive.

    Music Resources & Blogs
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    Absolute Power Pop
    AMG
    Aversion.com
    Basshead
    Bedazzled!
    Dewey Beach PopFest
    Fingertips
    fluxblog
    For the Records
    Glorious Noise
    Hooks and Harmony
    IPO Festival
    Little Hits
    Lost Bands of the New Wave Era
    Music Web Express 3000
    New Wave Outpost
    New York Power Pop
    Obsessed with Music
    Perfect Sound Forever
    Pitchfork Media
    Pop Narcotic
    PopMatters
    Post Punk Junk
    Power Pop Lovers
    Powerpopaholic
    Powerpopulist
    Ready Steady Go
    Rick Redux
    Seattle Power Pop
    Sheer Golden Hooks
    Smother.net
    The 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s of Power Pop!
    The Cure for Bedbugs
    The Mod Pop Punk Archive
    the old punks blog (inactive, but great archives)
    Trouser Press Online
    TweeNet

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  8. Steve- sent you an email with links from the archive list above.

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  9. Burning Wood - http://burnwoodtonite.blogspot.com
    Dollar Bin - https://dollarbin.tumblr.com
    Talk From The Rock Room - https://talkfromtherockroom.com

    All three concentrate on discussing music over out of control downloading.

    Captain Al

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  10. Not sure if this is too much "inside baseball" or not....
    Sound On Sound
    https://www.soundonsound.com/
    Most is way over my head but I like the Classic Tracks section.....
    https://www.soundonsound.com/classic-tracks?f%5B0%5D=node%253Afield_section%3A6971&f%5B1%5D=node%253Apublished_at%3A2022

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