Robert Ham
@robertham.bsky.social
Owner of superelectricrecs.bsky.social. Busy with vinylcut.net. Full-time BoSox apologist. Triple felon emcee minus the melanin.
Always thinking of albums I'd like to see issued on vinyl for the first time. Tonight it would be the two albums by Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos.
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Always thinking of albums I'd like to see issued on vinyl for the first time. Tonight it would be the two albums by Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos.
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Big news! The groundhog is back at my sister's and she gave him a plum
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Big news! The groundhog is back at my sister's and she gave him a plum
Six more FLETCH movies starring Jon Hamm.
What sequel would you command into existence if you were president-king?
Mine: REMO WILLIAMS THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES
Mine: REMO WILLIAMS THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES
It can only ever get dumber
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Six more FLETCH movies starring Jon Hamm.
Today's Thrift Haul™️
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Today's Thrift Haul™️
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Goodbye Jimmy Cliff. His vocal in this 1976 SNL performance, good lord---one of the best singers of his generation, of any generation. vimeo.com/155135842
many rivers to cross
jimmy cliff on saturday night live, 1976.
vimeo.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Goodbye Jimmy Cliff. His vocal in this 1976 SNL performance, good lord---one of the best singers of his generation, of any generation. vimeo.com/155135842
Busy little stretch digging for gold for the shop
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Busy little stretch digging for gold for the shop
One of my favorite writers on one of my favorite albums.
For this week's Sunday Review, I went long on one of my favorite albums of all time: Giant Steps by the Boo Radleys.
The Boo Radleys: Giant Steps
Read Zach Schoenfeld’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
One of my favorite writers on one of my favorite albums.
Trying to read anything on P4K these days on a phone is a fucking trial.
November 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Trying to read anything on P4K these days on a phone is a fucking trial.
11/22/25 - my first time this year hearing "Hallelujah" in a holiday music mix
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 AM
11/22/25 - my first time this year hearing "Hallelujah" in a holiday music mix
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Beginning sometime in the first quarter of 2026, The Tribune’s reporting will be free to access online.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11/21/newsmakers-2025-gala-salt-lake
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11/21/newsmakers-2025-gala-salt-lake
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Beginning sometime in the first quarter of 2026, The Tribune’s reporting will be free to access online.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11/21/newsmakers-2025-gala-salt-lake
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11/21/newsmakers-2025-gala-salt-lake
You wanna read me saying a lot about a Smashing Pumpkins reissue and @nedl.bsky.social saying even more about a Beatles box set? You're in luck.
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Reviews: The Beatles | The Smashing Pumpkins
Inside the new Anthology Collection and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness megaboxes.
Christmas came a little early for us at The Vinyl Cut. We got the chance to check out two ridiculously mammot...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
You wanna read me saying a lot about a Smashing Pumpkins reissue and @nedl.bsky.social saying even more about a Beatles box set? You're in luck.
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Us busy boys at @vinylcut.net have been squirreling away at RSD reviews and other features for the site but still found time to put together this preview of reissues being released tomorrow. In short: we rule.
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New vinyl reissues: November 21, 2025
Hello again, and welcome back to The Vinyl Cut. It’s our usual Thursday rundown of all the new reissues coming out this week, and since we’re more or less into the holiday shopping season, there’s a l...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Us busy boys at @vinylcut.net have been squirreling away at RSD reviews and other features for the site but still found time to put together this preview of reissues being released tomorrow. In short: we rule.
www.vinylcut.net/new-vinyl-re...
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Out today via @vinylcut.net is @nedl.bsky.social's dive into the new audiophile reissue of the first Velvet Underground album and my look at the wonderful re-release of Sister Irene O'Connor's FIRE OF GOD'S LOVE
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Reviews: The Velvet Underground | Sister Irene O’Connor
The Vinylphyle edition of The Velvet Underground & Nico, and a worthy reissue of Fire of God’s Love.
We’ve got two vinyl reviews for you today, including our first look at the ballyhooed Vinylphyle s...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Out today via @vinylcut.net is @nedl.bsky.social's dive into the new audiophile reissue of the first Velvet Underground album and my look at the wonderful re-release of Sister Irene O'Connor's FIRE OF GOD'S LOVE
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Of all the people Universal could have hired to write an essay for their new audiophile edition of VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO, they chose Anthony Fantano? Fucking insane.
November 19, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Of all the people Universal could have hired to write an essay for their new audiophile edition of VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO, they chose Anthony Fantano? Fucking insane.
Today's Thrift Haul™️
November 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Today's Thrift Haul™️
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Never known a musical genre to be more simultaneously embraced and tossed aside as k-pop. The sheer number of k-pop CDs that wind up in thrift shops these days is astonishing.
November 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Never known a musical genre to be more simultaneously embraced and tossed aside as k-pop. The sheer number of k-pop CDs that wind up in thrift shops these days is astonishing.
Got a PACKED edition of @vinylcut.net this morning. @nedl.bsky.social tackles a "new" Chet Baker album while I take on a wonderful collection of early Split Enz material and a previously unheard studio session by throwback rockers the Rousers.
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Reviews: Split Enz | Chet Baker | Rousers
We spin vinyl copies of the new ENZyclopedia Volumes One & Two, Swimming by Moonlight, and Sire Session 1979.
Today we’ve got reviews of three new archival releases that came out on vinyl. First up i...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Got a PACKED edition of @vinylcut.net this morning. @nedl.bsky.social tackles a "new" Chet Baker album while I take on a wonderful collection of early Split Enz material and a previously unheard studio session by throwback rockers the Rousers.
www.vinylcut.net/reviews-spli...
www.vinylcut.net/reviews-spli...
Currently deleting over 400,000 emails from my Gmail account. It's taking...a while.
November 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Currently deleting over 400,000 emails from my Gmail account. It's taking...a while.
The latest newsletter from us at @vinylcut.net is out now. We shout out the mighty @zachschonfeld.bsky.social and give you a shopping list of new vinyl reissues to get your lovely hands on. @nedl.bsky.social and I thank you for your kind attention.
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New vinyl reissues: November 14, 2025
Many, many new vinyl re-releases to get to this week, but first we just want to shout out the excellent reporting by Zach Schonfeld, whose piece “Who Got Screwed When Vinyl Me, Please Went Bust?” is u...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The latest newsletter from us at @vinylcut.net is out now. We shout out the mighty @zachschonfeld.bsky.social and give you a shopping list of new vinyl reissues to get your lovely hands on. @nedl.bsky.social and I thank you for your kind attention.
www.vinylcut.net/new-vinyl-re...
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Fave moment from Q&A following NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE screening:
Woman in balcony says, "I'm a music educator and I would be remiss if I didn't try to get us all to do a sing along!"
Matt Johnson: "Absolutely not. That is not happening."
Woman in balcony says, "I'm a music educator and I would be remiss if I didn't try to get us all to do a sing along!"
Matt Johnson: "Absolutely not. That is not happening."
November 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Fave moment from Q&A following NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE screening:
Woman in balcony says, "I'm a music educator and I would be remiss if I didn't try to get us all to do a sing along!"
Matt Johnson: "Absolutely not. That is not happening."
Woman in balcony says, "I'm a music educator and I would be remiss if I didn't try to get us all to do a sing along!"
Matt Johnson: "Absolutely not. That is not happening."