The Todd record continues to sell through various channels and I’ve been happily seeing orders via Discogs, eBay and retail stores across LA (other locales coming soon, I promise). There have been…
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Gracious – Gracious
And thus my little trip down Vertigo Swirl memory lane concludes with this gem. Being late to the swirlie game as I was, when I first heard this in 2008 I was…
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Jimmy Campbell – Half Baked
I was talking to my boss about how this was an underrated (and perhaps undervalued) album earlier this week, and he laughed at me. Lest you think this is a rare occurrence,…
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NLCS Game 5: St. Louis Cardinals @ Los Angeles Dodgers
Remember yesterday when I was talking shit about Dodger fans? I think my exact words were, “I’m one of those who believes a city that doesn’t turn up for 162 regular season…
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Tudor Lodge – Tudor Lodge
Yesterday’s mix tape did NOT feature a cut my Tudor Lodge, but that’s because I wanted to highlight the group’s eponymous record from 1971 and highlight a killer track contained therein. How…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 328
Busy weekend. Friday night I went to the Silent Movie Theater for a midnight screening of Abby. If you haven’t heard about that movie, it’s BONKERS. And, apparently, what we saw was…
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The 20 Best Meals In Los Angeles V1.0
When it comes to LA, there are plenty of resources one might consult when deciding where to eat a particular meal. Kevin Eats is a must-read. EaterLA regularly updates their “heatmap,” which…
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Jeremy Schmidt – Beyond The Black Rainbow [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Why a company like Mondo or Death Waltz hasn’t pressed this up yet is beyond me. I know Mondo did a special VHS release for it in one of the old-school “big…
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Pizza Hut – Pizza Hut ’73 Annual Meeting
Here’s a rare one you don’t see every day. And, in fact, I’ve only ever seen one. This one. But apparently a few more exist, as auction results dating back to 2009…
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Philip Lewin – Am I Really Here All Alone?
Ah, Philip Lewin. Canada’s…William C. Beeley? The Acid Archives views him in a slightly different light: “Appealing DIY hippie-folk LP with mostly acoustic guitar, electric lead picking on top, and Lewin’s vocals.…