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A Substack about music, film, books and more by Dan Burke. "My heart and I agree."

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This week I saw two wildly different musical performances over two consecutive nights, so you’re getting two reviews for the price of one.
🎧 LIVE REVIEWS 🎸 Guys Called Gerald and Hamilton
Dispatches from a skeptical techno explorer, and worshipping at the altar of indie
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November 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
In recent years I have got back into collecting physical media, but the surging price of vinyl is making me fall out of love with it again. It’s no wonder everybody uses Spotify when the alternative is so unaffordable. Something has to change.
🧠 OPINION 🧠 If the music industry needs consumers to survive, it has to meet us halfway
Streaming has done untold damage to the music business, but what are we to do when physical media is becoming increasingly unaffordable?
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October 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Last night I saw YHWH Nailgun - an extraordinary band - live in Berlin. Their debut album 45 Pounds is good, but their live act is something else entirely. Read my review…
🎸 LIVE REVIEW 🎸 YHWH Nailgun
The Brooklyn four-piece bring their visceral vibrations to Berlin
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October 9, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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With One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson has now made 10 brilliant feature films. But where does his newest one sit among his filmography so far? In my new Substack post, I have attempted to rank his 10 films from least to most brilliant.
The 🔟 films of Paul Thomas Anderson ranked in order of greatness
Where does One Battle After Another sit in the impossible list?
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October 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
With One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson has now made 10 brilliant feature films. But where does his newest one sit among his filmography so far? In my new Substack post, I have attempted to rank his 10 films from least to most brilliant.
The 🔟 films of Paul Thomas Anderson ranked in order of greatness
Where does One Battle After Another sit in the impossible list?
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October 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I saw One Battle After Another last night. It’s the film of the year, if not the decade, and it reinforced my view that Paul Thomas Anderson is our greatest living filmmaker. Read my review.
🎞️ FILM REVIEW 🎞️ One Battle After Another
The revolution will be cinema
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September 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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This week I have written about Long Story Short - a Netflix show which really charmed me this summer - and where this ‘sadcom’ sits in the pantheon of adult animated comedy.
📺 TV REVIEW 📺 Long Story Short
The creator of BoJack Horseman takes the animated family sitcom in a brilliant new direction
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September 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This week I have written about Long Story Short - a Netflix show which really charmed me this summer - and where this ‘sadcom’ sits in the pantheon of adult animated comedy.
📺 TV REVIEW 📺 Long Story Short
The creator of BoJack Horseman takes the animated family sitcom in a brilliant new direction
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September 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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💿 RECORD REVIEW 💿

Jonathan Richman: Only Frozen Sky Anyway
💿 RECORD REVIEW 💿 Jonathan Richman: Only Frozen Sky Anyway
Strap in for a long-read on a fascinating artist who's still going strong after almost 60 years
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September 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM
💿 RECORD REVIEW 💿

Jonathan Richman: Only Frozen Sky Anyway
💿 RECORD REVIEW 💿 Jonathan Richman: Only Frozen Sky Anyway
Strap in for a long-read on a fascinating artist who's still going strong after almost 60 years
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September 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Important piece of writing from Nathan McIlroy (Indian Pale Male) on the daily atrocities committed in Gaza, perpetuated by a complicit media and a Cult of Greed and Self-Interest...
The barbarians are at the gate
Nathan McIlroy presents the Indian Pale Male song 'Rule Based Order' - a lament to the daily atrocities committed in Gaza, perpetuated by a complicit media and a Cult of Greed and Self-Interest
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August 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🎞️ FILM REVIEW 🎞️

28 Years Later
🎞️ FILM REVIEW 🎞️ 28 Years Later
With almost 60 years of history behind it, does the zombie genre still have something resembling a pulse?
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July 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🎸 LIVE REVIEW 🎸

Morrissey
🎸 LIVE REVIEW 🎸 Morrissey
Just when I thought I was out, he pulls me back in...
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July 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
📖 BOOK REVIEW 📖

MC5: An Oral Biography of Rock's Most Revolutionary Band
📖 BOOK REVIEW 📖 MC5: An Oral Biography of Rock's Most Revolutionary Band
Kick out the jams, motherfuckers!
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July 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM