Thursday, March 21, 2013

The Pixies - Surfer Rosa (RS500 - #315)

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I was driving home from work today and listening to WBRU, when the DJ made a statement that made me feel very, very old: The Pixies...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Ratcat - "Tingles" EP

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Another great memory from my days in the Washington DC area in the early '90s . . . I first heard Ratcat's "That Ain't...
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Monday, January 28, 2013

The Beatles - The Complete BBC Sessions (Purple Chick) (10 Discs plus Bonus Disc)

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January is always the slowest month for me, in terms of putting up new posts on this blog. Coming down off the highs of the run-up to C...
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Friday, January 11, 2013

National Public Radio (NPR) - The Sunshine Hotel and Charlie's Story

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In my opinion, this is the single best story EVER presented on National Public Radio. I heard this show when it was first aired in the la...
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Monday, January 7, 2013

Poll results: "There have been a lot of questionable film remakes recently ("Red Dawn" and "Total Recall" are the ones that immediately come to mind). Which of these classics should/will never, ever be remade?

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Thanks for the participation in this poll conducted last month. Here are the results: Pulp Fiction : 38% Blade Runner : 38% Back To The...

Poll results: ". . . And along those same lines, there are some old movies that are crying out for a remake. Which one would you most want to see remade?"

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Well, this was no contest: Westworld : 62% Dune : 37% Fantastic Voyage : 37% The Running Man : 25% A Clockwork Orange : 12% Close Enc...
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Monday, December 31, 2012

Happy New Year!

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Just wanted to leave a special note to all of my readers out there, both the old troupers who've been with me from the beginning, and th...
Saturday, December 22, 2012

Joe Strummer - Earthquake Westher

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The Clash posts this week were all lead-ups to today, the tenth anniversary of the death of Joe Strummer. I remember exactly where I wa...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

The Clash - Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo, Japan (1982-01-28) (Discs 1 & 2)

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More Clash bootlegs . . . Here's the two-disc version of The Clash burning down the Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo as part of their Far Ea...
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Saturday, December 15, 2012

The Clash - D.O.A. (Demos, Outtakes, Alternates) (Discs 1 & 2)

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Starting with this post, I'm kicking off what I'm calling "Clash Week '12" - nothing but Clash-related albums f...
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Monday, December 10, 2012

Various Artists - The Time-Life Treasury Of Christmas: Holiday Memories

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Well, I thought it over . . . and figured, heck, it's no use in offering half of something. Here's The Time-Life Treasury of Chr...
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Saturday, December 8, 2012

Various Artists - The Time-Life Treasury Of Christmas (Christmas Spirit and Christmas Memories)

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Here it is - the Christmas collection by which all others should be measured: the classic and legendary Time-Life Treasury Of Christmas . I ...
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Further Out

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I don't usually write timely posts related to recent news items . . . but in this worthy case, I'll make an exception. Dave Brubec...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

The Beatles - From Then To You (Purple Chick)

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More Christmas-related rarities for you . . . Between 1963 and 1969, The Beatles sent out annual Christmas songs and messages on flexi...
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