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RJ
@sirbeardo.bsky.social
musician, performer, sound designer
NYC
Free Palestine 🍉

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holy shit we made it!!
that was fun

with no 31 thought i’d share a very special LP to me
bc i’m on it ☺️

Move On The Sun
songs made fr remixes by members of collab website HitRECord

my song/remix
“Diamond in the Rough”
💙
moveonthesun.bandcamp.com/track/diamon...
January 31, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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30: an album that makes you cry

Joni Mitchell’s road trip to the center of your heart, where the headlights show the cracks being filled by the kintsugi of her golden voice & lyrics

Hejira
January 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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29: an album that doesn’t really mean anything; it’s just a fun, good time

hard to find a better good fun time LP than Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
absolute nonstop party 🤘
January 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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28: a peaceful album

i mean, c’mon…
January 29, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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27: an album you really wish you had a hard copy of

Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968

always loved this beloved compilation LP but haven’t owned it 🤘
January 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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26: an album for a physically rainy day

Simple Things
by Zero 7

been my go-to rainy day album 23 years n counting 💙
January 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
‼️awesome news‼️
STEPS
a short film i did ALL POST SOUND for
(dialogue+soundFX, sound design, foley, re-rec mix)
is an Official Selection at the upcoming 13th annual Winter Film Fest in NYC 🤩

grab tix here👇
www.eventcombo.com/ms/ev/74280/...
screenings on Thurs Feb21 @ 1p *OR* Fri Feb22 @ 5.25p

🤘
January 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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25: an album you consider of some historical significance (& why)

The Complete Recordings of Robert Johnson (1911-38)
one of the most influential musicians to have lived

his entire recording career
41 songs recorded in 2 sessions b/w 1936-37

the why is obvious methinks
January 25, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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24: an album that has to be listened to from start to finish

Kendrick Lamar’s collectors edition of DAMN. which reverses the track order has to be experienced in full start to finish (or in this case finish to start)
January 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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23: the album you listen to most often

took some thought but it’s definitely Sonic Youth’s seminal 1985 masterpiece Bad Moon Rising. i spin it around once a month.
January 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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22: the first album you ever owned (or the first you remember owning)

the earliest i can remember i cherished my light blue cassette copy of this album featuring songs from Disneyland/DisneyWorld

also my introduction to electronic music via the Main St Electrical Parade
January 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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21: an album you hate the cover art of

there’s really only one i can think of and it’s Pet Sounds. just god awful.
January 21, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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20: an album you can’t believe you enjoy as it’s far from your typical taste

i don’t know about typical taste but i can’t get enough of the first Venom LP Welcome to Hell
January 21, 2025 at 6:23 AM
proud to have marched today w/ 1000s on NYC streets chanting for human rights & holding a “defend immigrant families” sign

fuck trump 🖕

i march
for freedom
for liberation
for revolution
for women
for trans
for lgbtq+
for immigrants
for palestine
for los angeles
for us
💙🤘
#WeFightBack
January 21, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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19: an album you hate by an artist you love

i don’t “hate” LPs but i have a strong supreme super deluxe edition dislike for 80s ballad era Chicago esp LP17
🤮
not even giving it the honor of a HD cover pic
January 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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18: a guilty pleasure album

The Tortured Poets Department
by Taylor Swift
January 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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17: an album that reminds you of home

Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works 85-92
within seconds of listening i’m transported back to hazy pre-dawn joyrides thru hollywood waiting for Amoeba Records to open
January 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #MusicSky🎵

day 16
January 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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16: the newest album you own

digital:
“Perverts” by Ethel Cain

physical:
“NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD”
by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
January 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #MusicSky🎵

day 15
January 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #MusicSky🎵

day 14
January 16, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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15: the oldest album you own

my grandma’s original 1959 first US pressing of Dave Brubeck Quartet’s Time Out 💙
January 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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14: an album that changed the way you thought about life as a whole

“Overthinking/overanalyzing
separates the body from the mind;
withering my intuition,
missing opportunities and I must
feed my will to feel my moment;
drawing way outside the lines.”

Lateralus
TOOL
January 14, 2025 at 5:20 AM
choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #MusicSky🎵

day 13
January 14, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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13: an album that tells a single, coherent story

released as a conceptual “album musical” before stage version was created, Jesus Christ Superstar tells the titular figure’s story from Judas’ POV

fun fact the rock musicians in the orch are Joe Cocker’s Grease Band
January 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM