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Brian Flota
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Humanities Librarian at JMU; co-editor of COMIC BOOKS, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, AND THE ACADEMIC LIBRARY; co-author of "Sustainable Futures for Comics Collections"; #FirstGen; Opinions mine, vinyl records, etc.
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Record #1175: John Coltrane, Lush Life (1968 reissue, 12”, stereo, US, Prestige Records)
Record #1174: Bollywood Bloodbath (2011, 2x12”, UK, Finders Keepers Records)
Record #1173: David Bowie, Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980, 12”, US, RCA Victor)
Record #1172: Jimmy Reed, Two Ways to Skin a Cat b/w Got No Where to Go (1966, 7”, US, ABC Records)
Record #1171: The Beatles, Let it Be… Naked (2003, 12”+7”, EU, Apple Records)
Record #1170: Bruce Springsteen, Glory Days b/w Stand on It (1985, 7”, US, Columbia Records)
Oof.

Record #1169: The Rebels, Someone Touched Me and Other Favorites (1965, 12”, US, Skylite Records)
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Record #1168: Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988, 12”, US, Def Jam Records)
Record #1167: Yoko Ono, Woman Power b/w Men, Men, Men (1973. 7”, US, Apple Records)
Record #1166: Richard Pryor, Is It Something I Said? (1975, 12”, US, Reprise Records)
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Charlottesville's printshop, type collection, & book bindery @virginiabookarts.bsky.social (previously @ Center for the Book) reopens this November in the old train station. Read for an admirable # of train puns 🚂 (not by me?!) & info on joining as a member, free events 11/7-8, upcoming workshops:
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The outage impacted online learning platform Canvas, which is used by half of college students across the US, leaving many unable to access course materials or contact professors.
The AWS Outage Was a Nightmare for College Students
The outage impacted online learning platform Canvas, which is used by half of college students across the US, leaving many unable to access course materials or contact professors.
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Record #1165: Prince and The Revolution, When Doves Cry (1984, 12”, US, Warner Bros. Records)
Record #1164: The Raincoats, The Raincoats (2019 reissue, 12”, US, Kill Rock Stars)
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CFP (please share!): Our digital literary heritage is rapidly being lost, from 1990s hypertext sites to 2010s digital humanities projects. _A Field Guide to Modernisms_ seeks to spread awareness, document at-risk projects, and brainstorm solutions.

Abstracts by February 2:
www.shawnaross.com/cfp/.
CFP for A Field Guide to Lost Modernisms
www.shawnaross.com
Record #1163: Ringo, Give More Love (2017, 12”, US, UMe)
See also: the economic model of academic publishing
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
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