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:

steve simels said...

This is great, thanks.

Dave Leonatti said...

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

Sal Nunziato said...

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

Cleveland Jeff said...

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

JB said...

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.

ChrisE said...

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.

mistah charley, sb, ma, phd, jsps said...

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

Anonymous said...

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

MJConroy said...

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

Allan Rosenberg said...

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

getawaygoober said...

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