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I Want My Maypole
A memory and a brilliant unknown pop song for the first of May.
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February 2023
Tom Verlaine 1949-2023
One of rock's most mysterious figures drifts into the night.
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July 2022
What Makes a Perfect Pop Song?
Some thoughts on recorded serendipity.
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May 2022
"Exile on Main Street" Turns 50
The Stones' masterpiece may be the only time they actually meant it.
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April 2022
What Was Your First Album?
On the vanished joys of music ownership. Plus; "Rothaniel" on HBO Max and J.M.W. Turner at the MFA and oncreen.
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January 2022
Is There Life After Spotify?
So you want to switch music platforms.
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November 2021
The Long and Winding Film
On the virtues of eight-hour Beatles documentaries and not letting it be.
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Doc of the Week - "Karen Dalton: In My Own Time"
A new streaming documentary commemorates a lost folk artist
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October 2021
Tuesday Thread: Pick the Best Rock Movie Ever
In a couple of days I’m heading into the woods for a long-awaited gathering with a group of guy friends, a boy’s weekend that has been an annual…
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September 2021
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