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J Simpson
@forestpunk.bsky.social
J Simpson is a prolific academic writer, journalist, creative and critic, specializing in "dark," experimental, and avant-garde art, idealistically believing that good art makes the world a better place.

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Album of the Day 318

Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell

Best of 2019 5/1000
561/10000 Greatest Albums of all Time
213/10000 Best Ever Albums

Too many thoughts for 300 characters.

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#albumoftheday #musicsky #musicchallenge #pop
Review of Norman Fucking Rockwell! by jsimpson - Musicboard
Review of Norman Fucking Rockwell! by Lana Del Rey. J Simpson rated the album 4.5 / 5 stars. Norman Fucking Rockwell is as American as apple pie. As mass shootings. As the Las Vegas strip, as rock 'n ...
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January 23, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Madison Beer returns to what she's always done on locket, and that's a good thing!

Read my album review on @popmatters.com

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Madison Beer Creates a Tasty R&B/Club Pop Hybrid » PopMatters
Locket is a slow-and-steady evolution of Madison Beer's best features. It's a highly satisfying, seductive, heartbreaking, heartbroken pop opus.
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January 21, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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Album of the Day 317

Janis Ian - Between the Lines

Best of 1975 299/1000
6155/10000 The Greatest Albums of all Time

Utterly sublime folk rock sophistipop. Somehow manages to be both earthy AND highly cerebral.

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#albumoftheday #musisky #musicchallenge #70smusic
Between the Lines (Remastered)
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January 21, 2026 at 1:56 AM
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Album of the Day 316

Lhase de Sala - La Llorona

Best of 1997 80/1000
4556/10000 Greatest Albums of all Time
6166/10000 BestEverAlbums

What a truly cosmopolitan record! A Mexican folk record with French arrangements & klezmer elements.

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#albumoftheday #musicsky
La Llorona
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January 20, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Copy limit? On a book i fucking OWN?!? Goddam, can big tech platforms PLEASE stop being so invasive?
January 19, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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Album of the Day 315

Blondie - Autoamerican

Best of 1980 555/1000

Utterly insane that this isn't ranked higher in 1980. What the heck is wrong with RYM users? A stone cold classic, effortlessly blending punk, new wave & ska.

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#albumoftheday #musicsky #80smusic
Autoamerican (Remastered 2001)
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January 19, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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Album of the Day 314

Bonnie Tyler - Goodbye to the Island

Been a watery kind of week. Perfect hard/soft rock jams for where the water meets the land. Ms. Tyler will always have one of the best voices in the rock game.

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Goodbye to the Island
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January 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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Album of the Day 313

Seduction - Nothing Matters Without Love

Seduction had a massive 3-way hit of r&b, dance music, and pop in 1989, yet it doesn't even crack internet best-of lists. Good New Jack Swing! Underappreciated.

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Nothing Matters Without Love
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January 16, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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Album of the Day 312

Laurie Spiegel - The Expanding Universe

Best of 1980 192/1000

Pure Ambient.

Spiegel's synth becomes particle physics, heating into neon firmaments of pulsing morse code, cooling into brittle inertness.

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#musicsky #albumoftheday #ambient
The Expanding Universe
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January 15, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Odessa A'zion is so good in Marty Supreme that she brought me back around to I Love L.A.
January 14, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Has WhatsApp been slow as shit for anyone else since the New Year?
January 14, 2026 at 6:15 AM
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Album of the Day 311

Elba Ramalho - Capim do Vale

Best of 1980 154/1000

What a bizarre, eclectic record! Northeastern Brazilian movie by way of 80s Kate Bush artpop.

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Capim do Vale
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January 14, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Wait, Pitch Perfect tried to turn ACAPELLA into a Battle of the Sexes? Is this a thing?
January 13, 2026 at 6:18 AM
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Album of the Day 310

Teena Marie - Irons in the Fire

Best of 1980 231/1000

Sultry femme disco funk pop from the Long '70s. Smoky, passionate, sultry, inspired.

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Irons In The Fire (Expanded Edition)
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January 13, 2026 at 3:11 AM
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Album of the Day 309

Joyce Moreno - Feminina

Best of 1980 73/1000
6327/10000 Greatest Albums of all Time

Truly a joyful noise! Her mixture of bossa nova, samba & MPB is opulent as one of Carmen Miranda's hats, as smooth as soft silk.

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#albumoftheday #musicsky
Feminina
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January 12, 2026 at 1:42 AM
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Album of the Day 308

Belinda Carlise - Heaven on Earth

Best of 1987 576/1000

Come for "Heaven Is a Place on Earth," stay for "Circle In The Sand."

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#albumoftheday #musicsky #musicchallenge #poptimism
Heaven On Earth (Deluxe Edition)
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January 11, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Reposted by J Simpson
Playing Uncle John’s Band, as one must.

2026, you are off to a terrible start.
January 11, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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Album of the Day 307

Junko - Communication

Best of 1985 73/1000
7181/10000 Best Albums of all Time

My first Junko! Jeez, this lady WORKS! She put out 3 ALBUMS in 1983 alone. This one's a little more plastic 80s club pop than your usual city pop.

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コミュニケーション (+3, 2012 Remaster)
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January 10, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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Album of the Day 306

Laura Branigan - Branigan

Best of 1982 743/1000

Pretty much why i do these silly lil listening assignments. I knew "Gloria" but was otherwise uninformed of the glory that is Ms. Branigan.

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Branigan
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January 8, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Album of the Day 305

Miss Margaret O'Hara - Miss America

Best of 1988 83/1000

Feels a lil distasteful posting bops while the world burns but im just going to keep up my silly little AOTD posting of fabulous femme albums nevertheless.

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#albumoftheday #musicsky
Miss America
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January 7, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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Album of the Day 305

Kylie Minogue - Kylie

Best of 1988 777/1000

80s teen pop with the barest hint of a cybernetic sheen. Like Julie Bell ballerinas twirling at an 80s prom.

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Kylie
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January 7, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Late to this party, but Blackpink are pretty good!
January 6, 2026 at 4:03 AM
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Album of the Day 304

Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates

Best of 1981 101/1000
9565/10000 Greatest Albums of all Time
2542/10000 BestEverAlbums

The album that made her, with its impossibly intricate, complex storytelling/arrangements.

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Pirates
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January 5, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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Album of the Day 303

Toyah - The Blue Meaning

Best of 1980 655/1000

SO MUCH going on! Like Siouxsie and Kate Bush in a particle accelerator, singing William Blake lyrics over new wave and electro beats.

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The Blue Meaning
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January 5, 2026 at 12:23 AM
I wrote about Motion Sickness of Time Travel's sublime, trance-inducing Ballade for a Wolf Moon for @microgenremusic.bsky.social in honor of tonight's Full Wolf Moon in Cancer.

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Motion Sickness of Time Travel - Ballade for a Wolf Moon Album Review
Drones are serve chilled on Motion Sickness of Time Travel’s Ballade for a Wolf Moon, a classic drone album from 2014. Between 2013 and 2014, Rachel Evans, recording under the name Motion Sickness of…
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January 4, 2026 at 5:32 AM