It’s always exciting when you unearth an album you’ve never seen or heard of before, then you go home and Google it only to find that it doesn’t exist. In the case…
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The Top Ten Italian Progressive Rock Bands
I’m prone to hyperbole. That’s part of what makes this blog so much fun (for some) and also so maddening (for others). Without such exaggerations, not one of my roughly 300 Top…
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Area – Live Concerts Box
If you were to ask me for a list of my favorite Italian progressive rock bands, Area (also known as Area – International POPular Group, or AreA) would easily rank among the…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 282
Hey, troopers. I attend my first Halloween party of the season last night. In accordance with my rule of not buying a costume, I simply donned a purple v-neck and a “Hello…
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Ionosphere – Angular Momentum
From Aversion Online: “As can often be expected from the Loki/Power and Steel camp, here is some absolutely beautiful dark ambient out of Germany, consisting largely of ethereal hums and drones with…
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A Wedding In Photos (And Captions)
Ian and Beth got hitched. I was there. It was magical. Well, maybe “magical” isn’t the right word. Maybe there is a more masculine word I could use. It was “cool”? No,…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 281
Hey. I’m back in Jersey after a tiring but immensely fun weekend in New York. In case you were wondering where I was, I was asked to play groomsman to a close…
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Hazard – Lech
From Chronicles Of Chaos: Benny Nilsen has departed from the ambient industrial sound which he cultivated under the Morthound (one of the early Cold Meat Industry bands) moniker and begun exploring more…
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Things To Do In Jersey When You’re Immobile
In case you were wondering, I’m in Jersey for a wedding. Oh, you weren’t wondering? Okay, I’ll shut up then and leave the rest of this post blank. The thing is, the…
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Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley’s Beach Party
This one was described to me as sounding at times, “like the MC5” so of course I had to check it out. Because how often do you get to hear a Bo…