Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Broadcast News

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From 1987, and their fab gear album 13 Ghosts , please enjoy the most blues-wailing The Broadcasters and their meisterwork "Down in t...
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Monday, November 24, 2025

Tales from the Crypt

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So I was looking at a 1993 issue of the Magazine Formerly Known as Stereo Review over the weekend, and chanced across a bit of snark I'd...
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Friday, November 21, 2025

La Fin de La Semaine Essay Question: Special "I am Not a Number -- I'm a Free Man! Oh, Wait...Actually I AM a Number" Edition

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And now, from some time post-COVID, please enjoy my current fave cover act, the delightful Middle Aged Dad Jam Band and their spirited versi...
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Thursday, November 20, 2025

Today's Cartoon (and Photo) Chuckles

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The Plant and Page one absolutely kills me. 😎 A droll new Weekend Essay Question on the morrow, promise.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2025

The Most Mediocre Thing I've Heard Lately (An Occasional Series): Special "These Kids Today With Their Loud Hair and Long Music" Edition

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And speaking of rock critics performing fellatio, here's the extremely irksome Amanda Petrusich servicing Tame Impala auteur Kevin Par...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Songs I'd Forgotten Existed, Let Alone Loved (An Occasional Series): Special "The Godmother of Punk" Edition

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From a surprisingly terrific piece in the NY Times the other day, about the 50th anniversary deluxe reissue of Patti Smith 's debut alb...
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Monday, November 17, 2025

Todd Snider 1966 - 2025

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To paraphrase Jack Nicholson 's famous remark about Bob Dylan -- this guy was a riot. Have I mentioned that this death shit is rea...
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Friday, November 14, 2025

Weekend Listomania: Special "If Music is the Universal Language, How Come There Aren't Any Hit Songs in Esperanto?" Edition

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Okay, so here's the deal. As you guys know, my alternate watering hole here in Forest Hills, Queens is a wonderful Mexican joint called ...
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Thursday, November 13, 2025

Closed for Monkey Business

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Real life problems, sorry. A fun Listomania on the morrow, promise.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Our Incurably Romantic Friends to the North

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Okay, as attentitve readers will recall, a few weeks ago I had nice things to say about the first track from the new EP The Completely Fict...
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