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Blake Babies 🇺🇸 Sunburn (1989)

I didn’t have this LP in 89. Thus it’s the sound of the early 90s for me. Juliana Hatfield at full force. John Strohm is one of my favorite guitarists. One of the reasons I bought a Strat. I couldn’t afford a Princeton amp.

Which member(s) did you have a crush on?

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Patty @scuutes.bsky.social · Aug 24

#MusicSky get 2 know me thru my fav records

Black Sabbath - Mob Rules (1982)

With due respect to the extended Black Sabbath universe, Dio is the only person (excepting perhaps Rob Halford, who was not featured on any LP) who could follow Ozzy. Tighter, NWOBHM influenced, Dio’s vocals are perfect.

The revolving door would turn again, as Dio being given a solo contract on the strength of Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules sowed discord in the band. I don’t think it was Ronnie James’s fault. I imagine that, in hindsight, none of the others would have wanted to deprive the world of Holy Diver. Or the others. Keeping Ronnie James to themselves would have been like caging a majestic animal.

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Patty @scuutes.bsky.social · Aug 23

#MusicSky get to know me thru my fav records

Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970)

Paranoid, Ramones, Nevermind hold a special place for me. I admire bands who make masterpieces outta easy riffs/chord progressions. A kid learning guitar can play the songs easily. Geezer’s lyrics inspire creative writing

Hopefully, that kid learning guitar will take away the idea that they should write simple parts themselves. Iommi is considered capable, but not a top-tier shredder. Music shouldn’t be a competition or power trip; music should be democratic and communal. Early Sabbath’s ensemble dynamic is a case study in how to do it.

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Patty @scuutes.bsky.social · Aug 23

#MusicSky Get to know me thru my fav records

Black Lips 🇺🇸 Arabia Mountain (2011)

The band’s early LPs were raw & feral, then they got a producer capable of wrangling them (Mark Ronson, of Amy Winehouse fame). The result is the first truly coherent Black Lips LP. Less puke, more garage pop.

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Patty @scuutes.bsky.social · Aug 23

I wish I had taken a course like that. That sounds rad.

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Patty @scuutes.bsky.social · Aug 23

#MusicSky get to know me thru my fav records

Black Angels 🇺🇸 Phosphene Dream (2010)

Phosphene Dream seems like the moment Black Angels matured. A feast for the ears: Rickenbacker jangle thru stereo tremolo and spring reverb. Unusual beat pairings. Shorter songs. A throwback to 13th Floor Elevators.

And though the last sentence reads like it was written by ChatGPT, Pop Matters’s 2010 review is on point:

“The first step is admitting there’s never been anything particularly revelatory about the Black Angels. Even their name is a nod to rock’s dark history, a nod to the Velvet Underground’s “The Black Angel’s Death Song”, a grim little number even by Lou Reed’s decayed standards. . . Even Alex Maas’ vocals sound like Grace Slick doing a Jim Morrison impression.

“But even if the Black Angels don’t necessarily cover any new territory, they lay it to waste with brain-scrambling guitars that come off like the lost soundtrack to a drive-in double feature of biker and slasher flicks. Dirty shit goes down to the music of the Black Angels. The music doesn’t embrace you as much as it props you up while the world spins into oblivion.”

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Patty @scuutes.bsky.social · Aug 22

I did leave my door open while cooking and found Ted (I named him that because he is uncatchable and resourceful in the wilderness) in my bedroom about an hour later. I’d take him in but already have three.

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Patty @scuutes.bsky.social · Aug 22

Apes aren’t monkeys. When I see or hear someone refer to a chimp as a monkey it causes a great rage to build in me.

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Patty @scuutes.bsky.social · Aug 22

I have a similar situation. We’re at a point where he will rub against my leg but still won’t let me touch him.

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Patty @scuutes.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Primitives 🇬🇧 “Really Stupid” (demo) 1985

open.spotify.com/track/69SpUQ...

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Patty @scuutes.bsky.social · Aug 22

#MusicSky get to know me through my favorite records

Björk - Post (1995)

A sillier me, a week ago, said that, in middle-age, Debut is the one I most often reach for. I’ve been listening to Post daily since then, and I feel the need to correct past me. This is the best one. Duh.

I guess what I was thinking before is that Debut has more manic pixie energy, where Post is somewhat overwrought. Overwrought can be good when done correctly (late Beatles, Radiohead, etc.). Wall-to-wall bangers on this.

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Patty @scuutes.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Patty @scuutes.bsky.social · Aug 21

I already speak in riddles. I guess I could up my game by forcing myself to speak in *rhyming * riddles, because I lack the coordination to walk backwards.

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The Music Nation @themusicnation.bsky.social · Aug 21

Happy Birthday to Budgie (Siouxsie & The Banshees).

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Patty @scuutes.bsky.social · Aug 21

I’m listening to him reading his autobiography on audiobook. (I very rarely listen to audiobooks, but his Merseyside accent is captivating.) I need to get in the annual habit of bleaching my hair in celebration of his birthday.

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Patty @scuutes.bsky.social · Aug 21

Oh, scene hair (sigh). Glad I was too old for that and could grow a gnarly beard instead.

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Patty @scuutes.bsky.social · Aug 20

At the risk of seeming uncool, not exactly. But it definitely convinced me to stay in school.

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Patty @scuutes.bsky.social · Aug 20

Don’t want to answer all of that. I think the pay was $4.75 and I had to dress like Fred Flintstone.

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Patty @scuutes.bsky.social · Aug 20

In other #MetalSky news, I recently finished a survey on recent (2022-2024) UK black metal (and adjacent metal).

open.spotify.com/playlist/1lF...

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