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Playlist Madness: Byrds v. Fairport
With further thoughts on the egotistical futility of music management.
Jan 12, 2024
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November 2023
You Can't Do That
"Now and Then" makes a case that the surviving Beatles should probably just let it be.
Nov 9, 2023
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May 2023
I Want My Maypole
A memory and a brilliant unknown pop song for the first of May.
May 1, 2023
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February 2023
Tom Verlaine 1949-2023
One of rock's most mysterious figures drifts into the night.
Feb 1, 2023
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July 2022
What Makes a Perfect Pop Song?
Some thoughts on recorded serendipity.
Jul 14, 2022
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May 2022
"Exile on Main Street" Turns 50
The Stones' masterpiece may be the only time they actually meant it.
May 11, 2022
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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.
Apr 6, 2022
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January 2022
Is There Life After Spotify?
So you want to switch music platforms.
Jan 31, 2022
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November 2021
The Long and Winding Film
On the virtues of eight-hour Beatles documentaries and not letting it be.
Nov 26, 2021
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Doc of the Week - "Karen Dalton: In My Own Time"
A new streaming documentary commemorates a lost folk artist
Nov 18, 2021
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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…
Oct 19, 2021
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September 2021
The Least Necessary Beatles Song is...
Well, for me, it’s probably “Wild Honey Pie,” off the “The Beatles” — the very definition of “double-album filler.” When I posed the same questi…
Sep 4, 2021
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