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My Life in the Cutout Bins: The Ramones/Leave Home
My Life in the Cutout Bins is a book project that I’m working on based on the cutout records in my collection. The first two installments were published…
Jun 3
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May 2023
Harry Belafonte at Mill Run Playhouse, 1970s
When I say that Harry Belafonte has been a presence in my entire life since birth straight through to last month, when he passed on at the age of 96, I…
May 29
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April 2023
Here Comes Johnny Yen Again
John Cale's rare beauty and real sadness
Apr 25
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Two Sun Ra Artifacts, Joni at the LoC
Vintage Saturn synths & magic markers, Joni Mitchell revisits Gershwin
Apr 12
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March 2023
"She Brakes For Rainbows"
One from the happy drawer of songs
Mar 30
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My Life in the Cutout Bins: Sun Ra/Pathways To Unknown Worlds
It's a long story, but I was a seventh grader who was interested in free jazz. And I loved the weird and the 'out there' in the form of novelty pop…
Mar 17
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Wayne Shorter: Mysterious Traveler
A review of his solo and studio work in the '70s & '80s
Mar 12
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She Plays Her Bass Loud: Gina Birch
People forget that British punk, even at its most dour and political, always bristled with a sense of humor: the humor of the damned, perhaps. Punk…
Mar 4
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February 2023
The Other Side of Bacharach
I still have that other Burt in my head...
Feb 17
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My Life in the Cutout Bins: Lou Reed/Rock and Roll Heart
Welcome to the cutout bins...
Feb 17
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The dBs, Marti Jones, Don Dixon, Mitch Easter
Some classic, lost alt-rock sounds
Feb 10
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January 2023
Lin Brehmer: Farewell, Best Friend
"Where is my happy place? Wherever the music is.”
Jan 24
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