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Older Brother Sam @olderbrothersam.bsky.social · 17m

Whole album is so sensual. 😄 Great track.

Older Brother Sam @olderbrothersam.bsky.social · 21m

The music, but the album I have contains long versions of New Life & Just Can't Get Enough, and doesn't contain "I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead". Actually, I just created a playlist of the U.S. track listing. 😂 Here that is: tidal.com/playlist/4d2...

Depeche Mode (US vinyl order)

Playlist - Depeche Mode (US vinyl order) - 11 items

tidal.com

Older Brother Sam @olderbrothersam.bsky.social · 21m

054. Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell

Maybe the first album I ever got that had a plastic inner sleeve instead of paper. Bought this in probably 82 when it was out, forgot about it after a bit, & then "rediscovered" it a few years later when I was in 9th grade. 😂 I was cool & didn't even know it! 😄

Alt text by me & Claude large language model: "A black Audio-Technica turntable with a clear dust cover sits beneath a black vinyl record with a yellow Sire Records label. Behind the turntable is Depeche Mode's 'Speak & Spell' album cover featuring a dramatic illustration of a large swan inside clear plastic against a vivid orange-red background, perched on a nest of white twigs. The album title and band name appear in small text at the top of the cover beneath pips shaped like a crown. There is a clear sticker on the album cover that reads "Contains Long Versions of 'JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH' and 'NEW LIFE' SRK 3642." The turntable sits on a white surface against a light blue wall."

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Older Brother Sam @olderbrothersam.bsky.social · 17h

AWESOME!! Thank you! ☺️

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Plate Stealer @platestealer.bsky.social · 19h

Qobuz works well. So does Deezer, Tidal, YT Music, and Apple. They all suck to various degrees but there is life beyond Spotify. Most of these have free trials!

moonchildjs.bsky.social @moonchildjs.bsky.social · 1d

Spotify is now running ICE recruitment advertisements.

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Older Brother Sam @olderbrothersam.bsky.social · 22h

I didn't! I assume on Insta or…?

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Older Brother Sam @olderbrothersam.bsky.social · 23h

053. John Denver - Back Home Again

This is really good. I know the hits here, but the rest of it is really good. A pleasant listen.

Alt text by me & Claude large language model: "A black Audio-Technica turntable with a clear dust cover playing a black vinyl record with an orange label. Behind the turntable is John Denver's 'Back Home Again' album cover featuring a warm beige background with the artist's name and album title in decorative brown lettering at the top. Below is a photograph of Annie & John sitting outdoors in a natural setting. The turntable sits on a white surface against a light purple wall."

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Older Brother Sam @olderbrothersam.bsky.social · 23h

😅Holy shit, I feel WAY better about my chances now. 😄 Thanks for letting me know!

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Older Brother Sam @olderbrothersam.bsky.social · 1d

The Big Lizard repress looks awesome! I'm not feeling great about my chances of getting one, but I'll try! 😂 I was like "Cool!" and then I saw only 500 and then recalibrated my expectations. 😄

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Older Brother Sam @olderbrothersam.bsky.social · 1d

052. The Dead Milkmen - Bucky Fellini

Cool canary yellow #vinyl for this reissue. Great collection of songs, from their reinterpretation of the old '70s song "Watching Scotty Grow" to the sweet rolling guitars on "Surfin' Cow" and the goth rebuke "You'll Dance to Anything." 😄

Alt text generated by Claude Large Language Model from the photograph: "A black Audio-Technica turntable with a clear dust cover playing a bright yellow vinyl record. Behind the turntable is The Dead Milkmen's 'Bucky Fellini' album cover featuring a collage-style design on a cream background with the band name in orange bubble letters at the top. The artwork includes various hand-drawn elements like a sun, castle, waves, film strip motifs, and geometric shapes in yellow, orange, red, and blue. The turntable sits on a white surface against a light-colored wall."

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Older Brother Sam @olderbrothersam.bsky.social · 2d

The Sickos meme but for depression. 😄

a black and white cartoon of a man holding a sign that says ' sickos ' .

ALT: a black and white cartoon of a man holding a sign that says ' sickos ' .

media.tenor.com

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Older Brother Sam @olderbrothersam.bsky.social · 2d

You can pry Jupiter Crash from my cold, dead hands, but I think you might be right about this.

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Older Brother Sam @olderbrothersam.bsky.social · 2d

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song.

But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

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KIM F-M @kimf-m.bsky.social · 2d

Send this to
everyone you can.

Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 2d

This is a bop
Know your rights.

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Older Brother Sam @olderbrothersam.bsky.social · 2d

That’s fair, more a collection of songs than an album. Pornography is an *album*. 😄

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Kate Shaw / Tigerbat Tails @tigerbattails.bsky.social · 2d

I've uploaded audio of a very short science fiction story, first published in AlienSkin circa 2015, to my Patreon. It's completely free to listen--you don't even have to join at the free level! www.patreon.com/posts/realer...

Realer Than Real | Kate Shaw

Get more from Kate Shaw on Patreon

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Older Brother Sam @olderbrothersam.bsky.social · 2d

See and I love 3IB as well. 😄 and there’s a case to be made for Wild Mood Swings (as @svenllama.bsky.social would agree, I think.)

Such a great band.

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Older Brother Sam @olderbrothersam.bsky.social · 2d

I think for me Kiss Me3 edges Disintegration. But yeah, pileup at #3. 😄

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Older Brother Sam @olderbrothersam.bsky.social · 2d

Disintegration #1?

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Older Brother Sam @olderbrothersam.bsky.social · 2d

051. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World

Two #vinyl slabs, and I do means slabs. 180g bio vinyl, half-speed mastered at Abbey Road, as is all the rage lately. 😄

Hard to believe this album hasn't even been out a year yet, it feels as familiar as the other Cure albums we all love.

"A black Audio-Technica turntable with a clear dust cover playing a vinyl record. Behind the turntable is The Cure's 'Songs from a Lost World' album cover featuring a stark, minimalist design with a black-and-white photograph of Bagatelle, a 1975 sculpture by Slovenian artist Janez Pirnat, and the text 'theCURE' in the upper right corner. Album cover design by Andy Vella. The turntable sits on a white surface against a light purple wall."

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Older Brother Sam @olderbrothersam.bsky.social · 3d

I do love me a picture disc. 😄 Especially these, Robert always has a hand in these so you know it's quality. Bummed that my copy has some kind of defect at the beginning of The Baby Screams so that it skips, but…¯\_(ツ)_/¯ whatcha gonna do? Rest of it plays fine. ☺️

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Older Brother Sam @olderbrothersam.bsky.social · 3d

Oh! I forgot I was doing this too. 😂 The music:

tidal.com/track/901015...

The Cure - Pictures of You (Extended Dub Mix) [2018 Remaster]

Listen to Pictures of You (Extended Dub Mix) [2018 Remaster] on TIDAL

tidal.com

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Older Brother Sam @olderbrothersam.bsky.social · 3d

050. The Cure - Pictures of You

Always loved this 12" single for the dub beats. Not sure what compelled me to buy it on #vinyl back in 1990 or whenever, but…I've been carrying it around with me since. 😄 B-sides are Last Dance and Fascination Street live at Wembley, July '89.

Alt text by me & Claude Large Language Model: "A black Audio-Technica turntable with a clear dust cover playing The Cure's 'Pictures of You' vinyl record. Behind the turntable is the album cover featuring a white background with the title 'the cure pictures of you' in a black lowercase script-style typeface at the top, and a black-and-white photograph below showing a person with dark curly hair viewed from behind in what appears to be an interior space. The turntable sits on a white surface against a light purple wall."

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Older Brother Sam @olderbrothersam.bsky.social · 4d

😳 🤯 Can't wait to hear this!!

Dave Bidini @davebidini.bsky.social · 4d

Writers/Podcasters: DM if you’re interested in me talking about our fancy new record in our 45th year as a band!!

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