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The New Releases Shelf — Wet Leg

May 17, 2022 Dan Seeger

Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers make a nifty racket together. Hailing from the Isle of Wight, the longtime friends decided to form the band Wet Leg just a couple years ago and quickly got down to the business of crafting … Continue reading The New Releases Shelf — Wet Leg

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Radio Days — Then and Now: May 15, 2022

May 16, 2022 Dan Seeger

This series of posts covers my long, beloved history interacting with the medium of radio, including the music that flowed through the airwaves. As I’ve been lucky to do several times over the past years, I spent my Sunday night … Continue reading Radio Days — Then and Now: May 15, 2022

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #197 to #195

May 15, 2022 Dan Seeger

197. The Bongos, Beat Hotel (1985) RCA Records thought this new band they signed held some promise of crossing over. There were already some little inklings that the Bongos had the makings of mass appeal. Two of the singles from … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #197 to #195

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Outside Reading — Saint George edition

May 14, 2022 Dan Seeger

The Strange Afterlife of George Carlin by Dave Itzkoff I think I’ve made my appreciation for the work of George Carlin abundant clear around this here digital place. Plenty of other people dogging cars out there on the superhighway feel … Continue reading Outside Reading — Saint George edition

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This Week’s Model — Black Thought and Danger Mouse, “No Gold Teeth”

May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 Dan Seeger

The opening plinking tones, the gently kneaded sample of Hugh Masekela’s version of the R&B song “Stop,” the easygoing urgency of Black Thought’s rapping: there’s so much about “No Gold Teeth” that commands attention. Presented as an introduction to a … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Black Thought and Danger Mouse, “No Gold Teeth”

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Beers I Have Known — District 1 Brewing Company Pointer: Then and Now

May 12, 2022 Dan Seeger

This series of posts is dedicated to the many, many six packs, pony kegs and pints that have sauntered into my life at one point or another. Thanks to the miracles and the wonder of digital conduits for broadcast technologies, … Continue reading Beers I Have Known — District 1 Brewing Company Pointer: Then and Now

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Then Playing — Side Street; Smithereens; The Batman

May 11, 2022 Dan Seeger

Side Street (Anthony Mann, 1950). This sweaty film noir casts the ever-wooden Farley Granger as Joe Norson, a down-on-his-luck postal worker who decides to steal some cash from a law office on his route. What he believes to be a … Continue reading Then Playing — Side Street; Smithereens; The Batman

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Now Playing — Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

May 10, 2022 Dan Seeger

It’s been a little more than five years since Marvel’s master of the mystic arts took center frame in a film bearing his name. He’s hardly been absent in that span. Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) has been the Billie … Continue reading Now Playing — Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

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My Misspent Youth — The New Teen Titans #4 by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez

May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 Dan Seeger

I read a lot of comic books as a kid. This series of posts is about the comics I read, and, occasionally, the comics that I should have read. What George Pérez really wanted to do was draw the Justice … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — The New Teen Titans #4 by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #200 to #198

May 8, 2022 Dan Seeger

200. Los Lobos, By the Light of the Moon (1987) “We were trying to take it somewhere else — a step further or something, just to not repeat what we’d done,” David Hidalgo, guitarist and vocalist of Los Lobos, later … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #200 to #198

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