New Order – 1981-Factus 8-1982
My New Order records were all (as far as I can remember) a gift from my friend, former roommate and companion on our five-year musical journey, after he had moved across the country. I...
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John & Brittany — Stories To Be Told
One of the great pleasures of moving to our little town has been getting to know a number of local musicians, some of whom have absolutely legendary Philly music scene pedigrees. There’s an incredible...
Frontier Records — Diamonds at a Discount
This was an odd decision made at a house concert, where the host had brought in not only a an artist to play but a few small vendors, all of whom are friends or...
Florence + The Machine — Dance Fever
I generally don’t get very excited about new releases. Sometimes I’ll check out something new by an artist close to when it’s released, sometimes I won’t – depends on my mood and what I’m...
Florence + The Machine — Ceremonials
I bought the follow-up to Florence + the Machine’s debut pretty much as soon as it came out in 2011, and listened to it a lot back then. The songs are excellent, and I...
Florence + The Machine — Lungs
There’s plenty of stuff in my iTunes collection from my kids’ teen years that I hadn’t the slightest interest in, and there are huge swaths of my creaky old collection you couldn’t pay them...
Fake Fruit – Fake Fruit
Remember when Twitter stopped being any kind of fun and became a complete hellscape? Looking to fill a social media void, I decamped to Mastodon, and set about filling up my timeline with posts...
The Clash – If Music Could Talk
(Still catching up on relatively recent acquisitions, still struggling with doing anything in alphabetical order) Delighting in this Father’s Day gift from my kid – a Record Store Day release from 2021 of a...
The Clash – Combat Rock, The People’s Hall Special Edition
By the time The Clash actually hit it big, I was completely uninterested. I had listened obsessively to “London Calling”, “Black Market Clash,” and “Sandinista,” but you couldn’t have paid me to listen to...
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