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Freelance writer and editor in Maine. Music. Film. Non-profits. Heads. Visual arts sometimes. https://linktr.ee/bobbker
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When I was little, I had a hole in my patio.
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I actually really dug that Theme...not one of my favorite songs too.
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I think anthology books are a taste that is hard to grok (for both creators and readers) if you encounter it later in life, so it's never stuck in America. Though I think "Marvel Comics Presents" was around the same time as this and had a good run.
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This album by a new-to-me artist also came out today and has a decent baggy rating; it's a pity the vocals are so wan. open.spotify.com/album/69ByhH...
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L'Eclair is at the top of my list although I haven't got to it yet. I saw them last year and they were great.
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From the photos, especially that third one, it looks like the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, which is still going. www.nhmagazine.com/discover-the...
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I'm going to quietly walk this one back now.
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I mean she's not wrong in the final two sentences.
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Rocking a crazy perm
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I'm also very curious how, if at all, he'd engage with hip-hop, and I bet it would be horrendous.
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I was today years old when I learned Telly Savalas had a hit song. The video looks like a comedy skit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J94-...
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I kind of put Prince's trajectory over the top of his. 15 years of brilliance and then a bit of a wilderness era with peaks and valleys, along with rumors of secret collabs and a deep vault that we never hear anything from.
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He was fantastic! Shows there are OK, as a music venue it's nothing special unless you like their beers more than other places' offerings.
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My dark horse answer: I think if Hendrix had lived he would have reeled off a few more masterpieces in the 70s but also would have done 3-4 of the worst albums you've ever heard in the 80s and 90s.
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Miller and…George? Also the God MC just walked by me and I considered going in for a selfie but if I annoyed him I would still be thinking about it on my deathbed.
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Tonight I’m at a Rakim club show in Maine and there are Pacers jerseys in the crowd. America’s team?
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I saw Kahil there in the spring and thought it was incredible. I’d have gone back tonight except I already had tickets to Rakim at Oxbow.
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I loved it! Though I like Garland better than most.
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The movie game is pretty good though (and I expect this gif could also describe how some listeners might react to a given song).
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Apropos of nothing I was born in 1975 and made a playlist of 1975 songs for my 40th birthday, which feels like it was 100 years ago. open.spotify.com/playlist/0N1...
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He's definitely a singer for which certain phrasings stick in your head forever: "not a present for your friends to open," "the lips of some old singer," "but then again no," "Levon likes his money," etc etc
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I found that list fairly odd, one in which I'd personally take #11-20 over #1-10 (from an R&B vocalist perspective).
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Recently read: Geoff Johns and Gary Frank's "Junkyard Joe" (2023). Continuing a Ghost Machine read, and while I can find Johns a watered-down US version of the UK edgelord stuff, this had loads of heart and was quite satisfying. Creative work by Frank emulating Sunday comic strips at various points.
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Decades devoted to the cause of yellow snow awareness.
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Oh Dredd is excellent from jump. The more tedious writing is in Mach One, Harlem Heroes, Invasion as they're figuring stuff out (I'm still in the publication's first year), but the art is good pulpy visual storytelling.
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Yeah I get that
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I’ve been reading 2000AD for the first time (from the start) and when the writing gets tedious the art tells the story just fine. That’s something manga gets and nearly all modern western comics don’t.
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If you are fortunate there should be whole support networks and a community in place. Even if it doesn't fully protect them against a cruel world, my kid is lucky in that respect; I know not everyone can say the same.
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Her first album is my favorite so I'd say "I Know It," one of the like two non-singles on it.
(I'd say Physical Attraction but don't know the ruling on double-A-side singles)
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I wish the band would just cut that crap out at the source. Honestly Phish could do a lot better in that whole department given how often and sincerely they praise the fan community.
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It's somewhere in my stack!
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Recently read: Yoko Ogawa's "Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales" (2013). The horror aspects are not nearly as hardcore as the cover would suggest, but this book is a fast, fun read and I enjoy a collection with little through-lines sprinkled throughout.
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If it makes a difference Trey's daughter is married to one of the GT members so this collab is generally a sweet Gen-X dad thing.
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The US version of this is Wilco.
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The classic rock radio station I grew up with did an hour each of Phish, Dead, and…Zappa every Sunday night. Frank’s live bootlegs had serious jams. Although VU, CCR, and P-Funk all jammed too and Neil & Crazy Horse could make a strong claim here too.
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It's Not Up To You is my favorite, Generous Palmstroke is my more left-field choice.
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For someone who wrote god-tier pop singles, his album cuts are often curiously mid, it's the thing that separates him from like the Beatles and Stevie. But if you can fill a two-hour concert with banger hit after banger hit it's not such a bad problem.
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Elton picks singles so well there isn't much meat left--Grey Seal and Mona Lisa are the big faves (ML's stream count is even single-like). Mine is "Harmony," followed by "Salvation." Some new millennium choices: Birds, Old 67, Monkey Suit, When This Old World is Done With Me.