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"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" — variously attributed to Martin Mull, Frank Zappa, Elvis Costello, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, Laurie Anderson, and Steve Martin, among several others. There are 600 entries here. You can use the Search This Blog box or check out the Labels on the lower right to find something of interest.

Saturday, August 31, 2013

The Kinks Everybody's In Showbiz 1972

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This one starts to show some very real weakness at the end of their 1966-72 run, but also features a few very fine Ray Davies tunes in the...
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Saturday, August 24, 2013

Portishead Third 2008

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I know little or nothing about music classified as electronica, let alone the trip hop genre. But I'd heard so much about Portishead, ...
Sunday, August 11, 2013

Blake Babies / Juliana Hatfield

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A friend recently let me borrow her Juliana Hatfield collection, most of which is from the 90s, and does not include Ms. Hatfield's more...
Saturday, August 3, 2013

World Party Goodbye Jumbo 1990

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World Party, aka Karl Wallinger, made some darn good music, and this one tops the list. The blended influences are melded together into ...
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Thursday, July 25, 2013

Elvis Costello This Year's Model 1978

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Here's something I like. I had to buy it twice, import and domestic, when it was originally  released. The UK version, which came out ...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The Kinks The Kink Kronikles 1972

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After The Kinks left Reprise for RCA to record 1971's Muswell Hillbillies , Reprise went to work on this 1972 kompilation for US-only ...
Friday, July 12, 2013

Spinning Vinyl

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It's been a while since I've documented a trip through the stacks. In the interest of transparency, this "session" took pl...
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