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From the Stacks: The Members – Uprhythm Downbeat
This was the big American album for first wave Brit punks The Members, and like a lot of their peers, labeling them “punk” is a bit of an injustice.
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Deep Cuts: Boxing Songs
“Stay after him, Jim, you got home in the ropes” was a great punchline, but it was no accident: My grandfather and I shared a fondness for boxing. During one of his hobo camper visits we went to see the Hagler-Hearns rematch on closed circuit television. During that last visit with him he told me…
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On My Turntable: Jane’s Addiction Live in NYC
For a veteran band renowned for their live shows, Jane’s Addiction has released remarkably few live albums. In fact, this is only the second full-length live set in the band’s 25+ year career, and the first to be labeled as such.
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135. Down Goes Frazier
We gathered at my aunt’s house, just as my mother’s side of the family always had. My older cousins now had children of their own, a new generation to slide down the stairs, hunt Easter eggs in the manicured backyard, and badger my aunt for sugary treats. The grownups sat on the back porch drinking…
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From the Stacks: Jane’s Addiction – Love Junkies
What we have here is an outstanding bootleg from a January 1987 show at the University of Southern California.
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From the Stacks: The Leather Nun – Force of Habit
How in leather heaven did this album escape the Controversial Album Cover gallery? It’s unfortunate that it did: A little controversy might have helped Sweden’s greatest goth band break the US market.
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Deep Cuts: Wood Songs
So the old man was a master carpenter who never fulfilled his potential. Whether that’s better or worse than being a master of nothing is debatable, I suppose, though Americans are never keen on squandered talent. That’s why we’re still waiting for those “I’m Too Sexy” guys’ comeback. Genius like that doesn’t come around too…
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134. If I Worked My Hands in Wood, Would You Still Love Me?
The last time that we visited Colorado was a few years earlier in response to one of my grandfather’s “I’ll be gone soon” bouts of melancholy. My father had no patience for his father-in-law’s years long death march, but I think I understood.
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From the Stacks: Jane’s Addiction – Brixton Academy
This is a sweet bootleg from a March 1991 show in London. The original line-up was almost done by this time; in fact, they were just six months away from playing their last show.
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From the Stacks: Carmel – More, More, More (12″ single)
Now here’s a pop confection from 1984 that still tastes delicious.
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