Neil Shah
@hamsterradio.bsky.social
Writing a book about 2010s hip-hop (Doubleday, 2027) || Former pop-music reporter for The Wall Street Journal (2015-2025) || drinking margaritas at the mall
lowest price on Discogs is $345
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
lowest price on Discogs is $345
“wristwatch” outro
October 17, 2025 at 3:50 AM
“wristwatch” outro
*Fond of fedoras
*Fond of layering stacks of vocals
*Fond of bridging 1970s sounds with more modern textures
*Highly interested in sound quality, from studio technology & gear (vintage, in D’Angelo’s case) to vinyl records
*Fond of layering stacks of vocals
*Fond of bridging 1970s sounds with more modern textures
*Highly interested in sound quality, from studio technology & gear (vintage, in D’Angelo’s case) to vinyl records
October 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
*Fond of fedoras
*Fond of layering stacks of vocals
*Fond of bridging 1970s sounds with more modern textures
*Highly interested in sound quality, from studio technology & gear (vintage, in D’Angelo’s case) to vinyl records
*Fond of layering stacks of vocals
*Fond of bridging 1970s sounds with more modern textures
*Highly interested in sound quality, from studio technology & gear (vintage, in D’Angelo’s case) to vinyl records
*Lionized/crystallized at the height of their fame, with fans/media obsessed with their bodies and intolerant of changes
*Troubled (for a long time)
*Reclusive (for a long time)
*Troubled (for a long time)
*Reclusive (for a long time)
October 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
*Lionized/crystallized at the height of their fame, with fans/media obsessed with their bodies and intolerant of changes
*Troubled (for a long time)
*Reclusive (for a long time)
*Troubled (for a long time)
*Reclusive (for a long time)
*Discographies with three major records: Brown Sugar/Appetite; Voodoo/Use Your Illusion (after four or five years); Black Messiah/Chinese Democracy (roughly 15 years after their predecessors)
October 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
*Discographies with three major records: Brown Sugar/Appetite; Voodoo/Use Your Illusion (after four or five years); Black Messiah/Chinese Democracy (roughly 15 years after their predecessors)
📸 Eva Roca; June 21, 2015; Forest Hills Stadium
October 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
📸 Eva Roca; June 21, 2015; Forest Hills Stadium
Then, after the band became huge in 1988, maybe they unboxed and sold them again, slapping on the “Dead Pool” stickers.
October 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Then, after the band became huge in 1988, maybe they unboxed and sold them again, slapping on the “Dead Pool” stickers.