Lou Papineau
@loupapineau.bsky.social
// Music 24/7 [well, 17/7] // Spinning discs daily/nightly // Radio addict // Library worker // President of the Genesee Cream Ale Fan Club // Usedtabe @provphoenix // Wrote for Creem/Musician/Boston Globe/Providence Journal/Rhode Island Monthly //
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 AM
December 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Steve Morse sent me to the Centrum most of the time to cover shows he and Jim Sullivan didn't want to suffer through [Kenny Rogers -- twice; REO Speedwagon and Survivor...].
As for pre-internet, these were indispensable:
As for pre-internet, these were indispensable:
December 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Steve Morse sent me to the Centrum most of the time to cover shows he and Jim Sullivan didn't want to suffer through [Kenny Rogers -- twice; REO Speedwagon and Survivor...].
As for pre-internet, these were indispensable:
As for pre-internet, these were indispensable:
I think Linda Ronstadt will be the cover-er with the most covers on the #XPNCountdown #885GreatestCoverSongs
December 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I think Linda Ronstadt will be the cover-er with the most covers on the #XPNCountdown #885GreatestCoverSongs
#658 -- Cry Me a River, Joe Cocker, the first of my picks to hit the #XPNCountdown #885CoverSongs
December 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
#658 -- Cry Me a River, Joe Cocker, the first of my picks to hit the #XPNCountdown #885CoverSongs
My neighbors just put these letters on their lawn -- they're celebrating! HBD, Peter!
December 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
My neighbors just put these letters on their lawn -- they're celebrating! HBD, Peter!
@ryanhwalsh.bsky.social Look what's on the hold shelf!
December 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
@ryanhwalsh.bsky.social Look what's on the hold shelf!
My little corner of the world....
December 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
My little corner of the world....
Here's my 10 for the #XPNCountdown @wxpnfm.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Here's my 10 for the #XPNCountdown @wxpnfm.bsky.social
#NowPlaying #NotAtTheSameTime #ReleasedOTDInTheUKIn1965 #BigDay [the US editions of 'Rubber Soul' and 'My Generation' pictured here were released on 12.6.65 and 4.25.66, respectively]
December 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
#NowPlaying #NotAtTheSameTime #ReleasedOTDInTheUKIn1965 #BigDay [the US editions of 'Rubber Soul' and 'My Generation' pictured here were released on 12.6.65 and 4.25.66, respectively]
I did another thang at the library....
December 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I did another thang at the library....
OTD in 1980 [also Thanksgiving], Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band played at Center Stage in East Providence #DeliriousDessert
November 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
OTD in 1980 [also Thanksgiving], Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band played at Center Stage in East Providence #DeliriousDessert
I got Robin Green's 'The Only Girl: My Life and Times On the Masthead of Rolling Stone' at a library book sale a few months ago [she's from RI, there's lotsa local lore]. I browsed it yesterday and found that, 51 years before Nuzzi, she sabotaged her gig at the mag by getting involved with...RFK Jr.
November 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I got Robin Green's 'The Only Girl: My Life and Times On the Masthead of Rolling Stone' at a library book sale a few months ago [she's from RI, there's lotsa local lore]. I browsed it yesterday and found that, 51 years before Nuzzi, she sabotaged her gig at the mag by getting involved with...RFK Jr.
@andrewmale.bsky.social I'm cataloging 'Gilmore Girls' DVD sets at the library and checked the Gilmore-isms guide to see if MOJO was cited...yep! #LaneRocks
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
@andrewmale.bsky.social I'm cataloging 'Gilmore Girls' DVD sets at the library and checked the Gilmore-isms guide to see if MOJO was cited...yep! #LaneRocks
One more: inventive, deep, insightful, delightfully unique:
November 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
One more: inventive, deep, insightful, delightfully unique:
And this is a terrific not-bleak-at-all NF book:
November 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
And this is a terrific not-bleak-at-all NF book: