Marc Wood
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It’s Record Store Day somewhere
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Obligatory #VinylSanta "This sort of thing is my bag, baby" post (1/2)
"You want me to rob a bank? Well I won't do it" www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKkA...
November 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"You want me to rob a bank? Well I won't do it" www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKkA...
Also one of the first music videos I ever saw - HBO played it all the time between movies on a segment called Video Jukebox, years before MTV was available in the Midwest.
“Calling All Girls” is one of the most brilliantly over-caffeinated singles of all time. If you’ve never experienced it before, you really should:
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Also one of the first music videos I ever saw - HBO played it all the time between movies on a segment called Video Jukebox, years before MTV was available in the Midwest.
Absolutely thought this was a Spotify link for a post-rock album. In fact, I was surprised TBFMBHC wasn't the artist's name.
This Black Fungus Might Be Healing Chernobyl By Drinking Radiation. The fungi contain melanin, which “absorbs radiation, which is then converted into usable energy, allowing it to grow in areas with intense radioactive exposure.” [forbes.com]
This Black Fungus Might Be Healing Chernobyl By Drinking Radiation—A Biologist Explains
Cladosporium sphaerospermum is a remarkable species of radiotrophic fungus that is thriving in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and which scientists are studying to unlock applications in a wide range of fields.
www.forbes.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Absolutely thought this was a Spotify link for a post-rock album. In fact, I was surprised TBFMBHC wasn't the artist's name.
I said the same thing, but then my son said "blueprint blue," and he didn't even know that was a Steely Dan lyric!
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I said the same thing, but then my son said "blueprint blue," and he didn't even know that was a Steely Dan lyric!
Marsh, from this book, on "God Save The Queen" - "maybe Cyndi" is an all-time great parenthetical
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Marsh, from this book, on "God Save The Queen" - "maybe Cyndi" is an all-time great parenthetical
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"And she's GOT such a long way to GOOOOOOO"
Chased by police, driver covers 173 miles on SoCal freeways before escaping into Mexico
Chased by police, driver covers 173 miles on SoCal freeways before escaping into Mexico
The driver of a stolen van sped through Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties, eventually driving into Mexico to evade the California Highway Patrol, officials said.
www.latimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"And she's GOT such a long way to GOOOOOOO"
I buy used/reissue vinyl and CDs from record stores and new music digitally on Bandcamp - artist gets paid, takes up even less space, and you still own it in full CD quality (sometimes better). Streaming devices from Wiim and others make it easy to play alongside physical media.
Interesting convo with a friend who owns a hip NYC record shop about a sudden renewed interest in CDs, which were a negligible part of his business till recently.
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I buy used/reissue vinyl and CDs from record stores and new music digitally on Bandcamp - artist gets paid, takes up even less space, and you still own it in full CD quality (sometimes better). Streaming devices from Wiim and others make it easy to play alongside physical media.
Frank Sinatra is just the tip of a whole iceberg of pre/non-rock pop music that I used to have zero respect for. I appreciate craft now, not just whether they mean it, maaan
What do you like now that 16 year old you would hate you for?
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Frank Sinatra is just the tip of a whole iceberg of pre/non-rock pop music that I used to have zero respect for. I appreciate craft now, not just whether they mean it, maaan
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"This Tornado Loves You" is a perfect song and so particular to Neko Case's sensibility, POV, quirks, strengths - I love when songs are these little monuments to the writer's existence, something that simply couldn't exist without the precise conditions of their being www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTL0...
Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You - 2009-04-15
YouTube video by steelygray
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"This Tornado Loves You" is a perfect song and so particular to Neko Case's sensibility, POV, quirks, strengths - I love when songs are these little monuments to the writer's existence, something that simply couldn't exist without the precise conditions of their being www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTL0...
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
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Joni Mitchell, 1974 Topps style, in honor of her birthday today
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Joni Mitchell, 1974 Topps style, in honor of her birthday today
Obligatory #VinylSanta "This sort of thing is my bag, baby" post (1/2)
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Obligatory #VinylSanta "This sort of thing is my bag, baby" post (1/2)
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had to revisit Clube da Esquina in honor of Lô Borges. perhaps the most *all timer* of all timers on my record shelves, an album I could listen to any time, any day, and feel my spirits lifting. RIP 🕯️
November 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
had to revisit Clube da Esquina in honor of Lô Borges. perhaps the most *all timer* of all timers on my record shelves, an album I could listen to any time, any day, and feel my spirits lifting. RIP 🕯️
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48 years to the daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
November 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
48 years to the daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
TFW Mr. Martini busts open the jukebox, too
somebody in the office is playing "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
TFW Mr. Martini busts open the jukebox, too
Seth Rogen Wants To Put On A Slow, Dumb Show For You And Crack You Up
November 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Seth Rogen Wants To Put On A Slow, Dumb Show For You And Crack You Up
Jesus Built My Accordion
October 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Jesus Built My Accordion
This articulates something I've come to understand since the internet made everything more accessible. Every successful artist we didn't like was seen as actively blocking those we loved from their rightful audience, so we hated them, instead of just saying, "eh, it's not for me"
It's sort of impossible (blessedly!) for present-day music listeners to get what it was like when the entire soundscape was only physical media and small finite numbers of broadcast outlets—every time someone played "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" meant someone NOT hearing "Fascination Street"
Calling 1989 “a perfect year in music” is like calling 1988 “a perfect year in the Soviet Bloc”
October 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This articulates something I've come to understand since the internet made everything more accessible. Every successful artist we didn't like was seen as actively blocking those we loved from their rightful audience, so we hated them, instead of just saying, "eh, it's not for me"
Sadly, not a First Avenue dance night… not yet, anyway
October 30, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Sadly, not a First Avenue dance night… not yet, anyway
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.
October 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.
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Weird Al Yankovic, 1981 Donruss, in honor of his birthday today
October 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Weird Al Yankovic, 1981 Donruss, in honor of his birthday today
What is the rationale for dropping a popular request show? Does it cost more to form a playlist from online submissions (maybe the occasional phone call, idk) rather than programming further in advance?
89.3 The Current has dropped Radio Free Current (the all-request Saturday night show). Streams devoted to local music (Local Current), all things Prince (Purple Current) and children's music (Rock the Cradle) will end next week.
www.twincities.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
What is the rationale for dropping a popular request show? Does it cost more to form a playlist from online submissions (maybe the occasional phone call, idk) rather than programming further in advance?
I was rooting for Milwaukee, but 3-for-3 with 3 home runs, six shutout innings and 10 strikeouts? In the first inning alone, he struck out the side and then led off the bottom of the first with a homer. The only player who could top these achievements is perhaps Ohtani himself, in the future.
October 18, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I was rooting for Milwaukee, but 3-for-3 with 3 home runs, six shutout innings and 10 strikeouts? In the first inning alone, he struck out the side and then led off the bottom of the first with a homer. The only player who could top these achievements is perhaps Ohtani himself, in the future.
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Sugar, 1992 Topps style, in honor of Bob Mould’s birthday and the first new Sugar music in 30 years…
October 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Sugar, 1992 Topps style, in honor of Bob Mould’s birthday and the first new Sugar music in 30 years…
Pretty sure the only thing "magic" about the old Chi-Chi's was that it was magically someone in our party's birthday every time we went there so we could get the free fried ice cream
Review: Chi-Chi's is back, but does it recapture its old magic?
Review: Chi-Chi's is back, but does it recapture its old magic?
We tried the first new Chi-Chi's location to open since the chain shuttered more than 20 years ago.
bringmethenews.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Pretty sure the only thing "magic" about the old Chi-Chi's was that it was magically someone in our party's birthday every time we went there so we could get the free fried ice cream