There was a time — during the early ’00s, when eBay was filled with ridiculous results for common records — people were actually paying money for this 12″. Released sixteen years ago…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 313
I’m moving into the master bedroom of my place tonight. This means removing all records from my shelves and carting ’em to a new room, figuring out how to organize it, and…
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The Top Ten Ennio Morricone Film Scores
I’ve been digging DEEP into soundtracks and film scores this week. After that collection of 5,000 titles surfaced it was a no-brained I’d be spending my time pulling out interesting titles and…
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Fabio Frizzi – The Beyond
For years I had to endure a crummy bootleg CDr of this amazing score (which was released by a tiny little Italian label called Dagored in 2001). I could never track down…
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Ennio Morricone – L’Attentat
’70s drama/suspense score that is most-widely known for the ridiculous closer, the 17+ minute “Symphonie Pour L’Attentat”. A very textural recording, the compositions highlighted what the 1972 political thriller directed by Yves…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 312
Oh, man. Last night was some next-level bonkers shit. Someday I’ll have the guts write the story in all its gory details, but for now you’re just going to have to believe…
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The Ten Best Townes Van Zandt Songs
If you’ve been playing attention this week, the music of Townes Van Zandt has come up a few times. Well, okay, maybe only once. On…Tuesday? Or was it Wednesday? Guys, I’m pretty…
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Those Moments
I was having a conversation with a friend last night about music. Naturally these things are bound to happen when your life — in some regards — revolves around it. Our conversation…
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Cherry Five – Cherry Five
Hey kids, sorry I’ve been MIA of late. Saturday night I had a date, Sunday night I got hammered on white wine and introduced my roommate to Season 1 of The Wire,…
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Gila – Gila
A true masterpiece of Krautrock, this one won’t get the attention of a lot of other heavy hitters. There are moments on this record where you’ll swear you’re listening to Ash Ra…