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Josh Ejnes
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I have a blog about cassette tapes (tapestudy.substack.com) I also make music under the name Cutaway Car (linktr.ee/cutawaycar) Guest Writer for Swim Into The Sound He/Him
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I make sure to get all of my betting recommendations from ESPN Bet Live, the show produced by the people who get paid if you lose
Underrated Bob. Very good as is and with a few tweaks would be a stone cold classic
Noroi: The Curse is great
Listening to Faces for the first time in a while and even though they're super well known and respected I'm coming away feeling like they're still kind of underrated?
Covering this all timer for Tape Study tomorrow, subscribe so you don't miss it

tapestudy.substack.com
Can you guess the 2005 movie?
*please imagine the below is paired with enticing thumbnail where a guy looks surprised*

You WON'T believe who did cinematography on Ray Davies' directoral debut. Click here to be shocked (and to read about Cymbals Eat Guitars, Dinosaur Jr, and others)

tapestudy.substack.com/p/tape-study...
Tape Study 13: The Cure, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Misc. Power-Pop, Ray Davies, and Dinosaur Jr.
Live albums, compilations, soundtracks, they're all here
tapestudy.substack.com
What are we going to revive after Shoegaze and Nu Metal? I hope it's Big Music
The Best of Badfinger is GOATed when saying "Wait, that's by Badfinger?" is the vibe
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We are getting so frickin organized over here rn

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Just relistened to Pretty Years for Tape Study and that's a record that did not get it's due. Arguably stronger than Lose. Like it more every time I hear it.
Pick 3.

I'm going Lose, Hell Hath No Fury, Here and Nowhere Else with We Have the Facts just missing the cut
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The IDF killed more than 40 people with an airstrike on a coffee shop where Palestinian students go to use the internet and study for exams. www.cnn.com/2025/06/30/m...
Coming to think that prime Crowded House is on par with prime Squeeze
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I don't mean to belabor the point, but technically speaking, Arthur Russell (d. 1992) has lived in New York City more recently than Andrew Cuomo.
This shit is crazy
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It's my birthday a week from today and look, if you're trying to think of the perfect present I think being a bestselling author would be a great way to celebrate turning 43.

Grab a copy of my book, The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman wherever books are grabbed.

📚🔗: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477331484/
Never been the biggest outtakes/b-sides guy but listening through Superchunk's Misfits and Mistakes and it's crazy how good some of their non-album stuff is