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Choose and Defend: The Only Concept Album We’ll Ever Hear

Here’s the scenario: It’s 2017, and that awful person you hate won the election. Just as you warned, he or she and his/her jackbooted thugs are imposing their horrible agenda upon the masses. Their first order of business is to eradicate all music with the exception of one album, but here’s the catch: Our new…
Throw Beck Thursday: That Time I Discovered The Who (and Writing)

Money was tight for twelve-year-old me: allowance, what I could get mowing lawns, that’s about it. Used record stores didn’t exist, at least not in Spartanburg, and new records were expensive. Enter the cutout bin.
On Diffuser: 20 Years Ago – Blind Melon Lead Singer Dies of a Drug Overdose

I loved Blind Melon’s first album, still do.
Deep Cuts: The Finest Work Songs

Work is such a huge part of our lives. A huge, miserable part.
On Diffuser: 35 Years Ago – U2 Debut With ‘Boy’

Here’s where it all begins for the little band from Dublin that took over the world.
236. Hey Verne, It’s Me, James

We worked like orphans in a Dickensian factory, 16 hours a day, 6 days per week.
From the Stacks: Phantom Surfers – ‘The Great Surf Crash of ’97’

What’s that? You’d like to see another awesome Jack Davis album cover?
On Diffuser: 25 Years Ago – R.E.M. Pick Up A Pinch Lead Singer and Become Hindu Love Gods

Love R.E.M.? Love Warren Zevon? You need a little Hindu Love Gods.
Choose and Defend: Your Music City Adventure

We’re going on a road trip; well, virtually at least.
On Diffuser: Cover Stories: Public Image Ltd., ‘Metal Box’

A mint condition Metal Box is one of my record collecting white whales.