Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Well, This is Interesting! Even Without the Vegetables!

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The irrepressible (wacky?) Tori Amos dropped this track -- which had apparently been languishing in the vaults since 2001 -- on Youtube thi...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Honk Honk!!! Who's There?

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A crappy rock band called Geese . That's who. I bring them up because a) the other day we were having a discussion of the rampant medio...
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Monday, December 15, 2025

Brent McLachlan 1967-2025

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I lost a very good friend this past Thursday. Brent was a lovely, sweet, funny guy and a brilliant engineer who ran a NYC recording s...
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Friday, December 12, 2025

La Fin de La Semaine Essay Question: Special "If I Hear One More of These New Waif Bands, I Swear to God I'm Gonna Take a Hostage" Edition

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From 2025, please enjoy (if possible) HAIM (pronounced like "L'Chaim," if you know what I mean) and "All Over Me." ...
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Thursday, December 11, 2025

Your Thursday Moment of Words Fail Me: Special "They Lose Me After the Bunker Scene" Edition

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Okay, this is real. Swear to god. The short version -- it's from an actual 1971 major label (RCA) album by heavy-metal/psych band T...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Raul Malo 1965 - 2025

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My favorite thing of his/theirs. And maybe the best version of the song ever, IMHO. Have I mentioned that this death shit...oh hell, yo...
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Tuesday, December 09, 2025

Hey -- I Thought It Was 4000 Holes in Blackburn, Not Blackpool!!!

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Okay, I hadn't seen this before last weekend; apologies to the hardcore Beatles fans amongst our readers for whom it may be old news. ...
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Monday, December 08, 2025

Songs I'd Forgotten Existed, Let Alone Loved (An Occasional Series): Special "The World is My Mollusk" Edition

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From their 1992 album Deserters , please enjoy Irish folk-rockers Oysterband and their gloriously anthemic ode to existential disillusionme...
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Friday, December 05, 2025

La Fin de La Semaine Essay Question: Special "Everybody Needs an Editor" Edition

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So speaking, as we were on Wednesday just passed, of Lou Reed 's classic "Sweet Jane"... As you are doubtless aware, the song...
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Thursday, December 04, 2025

Okay, I Couldn't Resist

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A gentleman named Jamie Williams put together this great seasonal tribute to the Motörhead bass legend. Ice Ice Lemmy, maybe? 😎 In ...
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