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Thirty Years Without Kurt Cobain

I miss Kurt Cobain.  Has it really been thirty years?

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My 2023 in Music

As 2023 comes to a close, I would like to continue another tradition in showing some of the music that I listened to in the past year.To cover a few things I have shared in past annual music post, I wanted to share a few particular items here. First, I still aim to purchase rather … Read more

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My 2022 In Music

Once again, I am happy to share my annual post on the music that I found in 2022, and share some of my favorites. I found I purchased about as much music as I did last year, and my friend readership should know by now that my tastes gravitate to indie rock and related genres. … Read more

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My 2021 In Music

After covering my 2021 in Photography, I wanted to take a moment to look at some of my favorite music from the year.I didn’t purchase a lot of music earlier in the year, before I picked up the pace in the second half. Previous Years In MusicBandcamp Rules – Spotify Still SucksWhat follows is an … Read more

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30 Years: Nirvana’s Nevermind

One of the truly remarkable things about Nirvana is how brief their journey with us was.  After a quiet debut on Sub Pop, they emerged 30 years ago today and were launched into reluctant superstardom, with that star fading with Kurt Cobain‘s death in 1994, just 2.5 years later.

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25 Years: DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing…..

Endtroducing Album Cover

25 years ago today, DJ Shadow released Endtroducing….. and it forever changed what I thought was possible listening to music.

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35 Years of Master of Puppets

35 years ago today, Metallica released the greatest Metal album of all time, Master of Puppets.

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My 2020 In Music

The Main Thing, by Real Estate (My 2020 In Music)

As part of wrapping up the year, I have again made my list of the music that has had the greatest impact on me that was released this year. This isn’t a “Best of” list, per se, because I didn’t listen to everything released in 2020.

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Thank You, Mad Platter

The Mad Platter, my favorite record store back home in the Inland Empire, is now closing permanently due to consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.  I am very sad about this, and I wanted to take a few moments to thank the store and its employees for nurturing my interest in music.

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20 Years Of Kid A

Kid A By Radiohead

I don’t remember if I purchased Radiohead’s Kid A on exactly October 2, 2000.  I probably did.  Back then, it was a quick lunch-time trip to Best Buy to browse their massive Compact Disc layout that took up most of the retail floor space.  On an end-cap, you would find the displays with all the “New Releases.”  I would have paid in cash.  Probably after I made the trip to the bank to cash my paycheck. I don’t think I even had a credit card in 2000.  I am not sure if I even had a checking account.

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