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Outside Reading — The Compact Audiocassette edition

November 18, 2023 Dan Seeger

The Cassette-Tape Revolution by Jon Michaud I am of the exact right age to be enthralled by a brief treatise on the bygone pleasures of the cassette tape, which is exactly what Jon Michaud provides in this piece. Using the … Continue reading Outside Reading — The Compact Audiocassette edition

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This Week’s Model — boygenius & Ye Vagabonds, “The Parting Glass”

November 17, 2023 Dan Seeger

Tradition holds that the holiday season formally begins with Phoebe Bridgers releasing a cover song as a charity single, but, this year, she’s one of the boys. So Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus are present, too. Joining boygenius are the … Continue reading This Week’s Model — boygenius & Ye Vagabonds, “The Parting Glass”

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Medium Rotation — Laugh Track; Black Rainbows

November 16, 2023 Dan Seeger

THE NATIONAL Laugh Track (4AD) — Matt Berninger, the frontman and main lyric writer for the National, talked openly about a relatively recent bout with writer’s block that put the future of the band in doubt. He evidently had quite … Continue reading Medium Rotation — Laugh Track; Black Rainbows

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Top 40 Smash Near Misses — “Keep On Dancin'”

November 14, 2023 Dan Seeger

These posts are about the songs that fell just short of crossing the key line of chart success, entering the Billboard Top 40. Every song featured in this series peaked at number 41. Joseph Tucci was a fledging music producer … Continue reading Top 40 Smash Near Misses — “Keep On Dancin’”

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #6

November 12, 2023 Dan Seeger

6. R.E.M., Fables of the Reconstruction (1985) “Lots of kids aren’t willing to listen just to Hall and Oates or whatever,” noted Bill Berry, the drummer of R.E.M., shortly after the release of the band’s third album, Fables of the … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #6

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Outside Reading — And They’ve Never Heard of Love edition

November 11, 2023November 8, 2023 Dan Seeger

‘She never pandered to fashion’: why Kirsty MacColl’s vivid pop career was no fairytale by Alexis Petridis The release of a massive new box set prompts Alexis Petridis to write about the great Kirsty MacColl. The article offers a consideration … Continue reading Outside Reading — And They’ve Never Heard of Love edition

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This Week’s Model — Laura Jane Grace, “Hole in My Head”

November 10, 2023November 16, 2023 Dan Seeger

I’m confident that Laura Jane Grace knows a lot. I’m especially confident that Laura Jane Grace knows that a great punk song can get its point across in under two minutes. Leave the sonic epics to other fools. “Hole in … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Laura Jane Grace, “Hole in My Head”

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Radio Days — 90FM’s Top 35 for November 9, 1990

November 9, 2023November 8, 2023 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 we close in on the end of the very large College Countdown project that I started … Continue reading Radio Days — 90FM’s Top 35 for November 9, 1990

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Medium Rotation — The Returner; Hox; Careful!

November 6, 2023 Dan Seeger

ALLISON RUSSELL The Returner (Fantasy/Concord) — It’s phenomenally fitting that Joni Mitchell inspired the title of Allison Russell’s sophomore full-length, The Returner. After being a firsthand witness to Mitchell’s transcendent 2022 comeback performance as one of the musicians onstage, Russell … Continue reading Medium Rotation — The Returner; Hox; Careful!

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #7

November 5, 2023 Dan Seeger

7. Rolling Stones, Tattoo You (1981) The Rolling Stones were in a precarious place. Commercially, they were as strong as ever. The 1978 album Some Girls was their biggest-selling album to that point in the U.S., and its follow-up, Emotional … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #7

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