Eldritch DeBarge
@dystopiandanceparty.com
Niche music writer (@princesongs.org), obscure podcaster (dystopiandanceparty.com), mostly here to laugh at my own jokes
Anyway, here’s a video I took of Geese playing TV Eye and the kids going absolutely nuts for it (as they should)
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Anyway, here’s a video I took of Geese playing TV Eye and the kids going absolutely nuts for it (as they should)
Texting my wife the important things
October 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Texting my wife the important things
I’m finally bearing down to finish Persona 5 and playing the third act nine months into Trump’s second term is… definitely interesting!
October 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I’m finally bearing down to finish Persona 5 and playing the third act nine months into Trump’s second term is… definitely interesting!
Biggest pleasant surprise about Silksong so far is it’s basically Bloodborne
September 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Biggest pleasant surprise about Silksong so far is it’s basically Bloodborne
Nope, absolutely wrecked this fucker, sobriety can suck it
September 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Nope, absolutely wrecked this fucker, sobriety can suck it
I don’t even really bother trying to take pictures at concerts these days but I had to document Russell Mael’s incredible suit for posterity
September 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I don’t even really bother trying to take pictures at concerts these days but I had to document Russell Mael’s incredible suit for posterity
Watching a Hulu documentary about romance scams and this was in my notifications, speak of the devil
September 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Watching a Hulu documentary about romance scams and this was in my notifications, speak of the devil
I’ve been in a depressed funk for the past month and a half, but I’m finally back in the mood to listen to new music, just in time for the new King Gizzard. I’m really liking it; the marriage of baroque pop arrangements with the previous album’s joyful boogie rock works much better than expected.
June 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I’ve been in a depressed funk for the past month and a half, but I’m finally back in the mood to listen to new music, just in time for the new King Gizzard. I’m really liking it; the marriage of baroque pop arrangements with the previous album’s joyful boogie rock works much better than expected.
Confirming my longstanding belief that Philadelphia is (one of) the Detroit(s) of the East, the store I visited had a ton of Mitch Ryder in stock. I came away with a pretty clean mono copy of Breakout, plus this novelty remake of Devil with a Blue Dress with lyrics about the Oliver North scandal.
May 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Confirming my longstanding belief that Philadelphia is (one of) the Detroit(s) of the East, the store I visited had a ton of Mitch Ryder in stock. I came away with a pretty clean mono copy of Breakout, plus this novelty remake of Devil with a Blue Dress with lyrics about the Oliver North scandal.
Another Philly pickup, the Chambers Brothers’ Time Has Come; last month’s #PopLife40 panel inspired me to build my psychedelic soul collection. I was obviously familiar with the title track (one of the great “it’s the ‘60s” songs) but seeing a credit for Betty Mabry (aka Davis) was a nice surprise!
May 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Another Philly pickup, the Chambers Brothers’ Time Has Come; last month’s #PopLife40 panel inspired me to build my psychedelic soul collection. I was obviously familiar with the title track (one of the great “it’s the ‘60s” songs) but seeing a credit for Betty Mabry (aka Davis) was a nice surprise!
Went to Philly for a few days this week and came back with a lil stack of records, starting with this bootleg of the Flying Burrito Brothers at Altamont. It’s ragged and a little listless (i.e., a 1969 Gram Parsons performance), but a neat historical document nevertheless.
May 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Went to Philly for a few days this week and came back with a lil stack of records, starting with this bootleg of the Flying Burrito Brothers at Altamont. It’s ragged and a little listless (i.e., a 1969 Gram Parsons performance), but a neat historical document nevertheless.
I really need to go back to Rock & Roll Graveyard when I’m not being herded through like cattle for RSD; they had a shockingly extensive collection of pre-Bowie Mott the Hoople, which is as good a metric for a quality record store as any IMO. Listened to Brain Capers this morning and it still rips.
May 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I really need to go back to Rock & Roll Graveyard when I’m not being herded through like cattle for RSD; they had a shockingly extensive collection of pre-Bowie Mott the Hoople, which is as good a metric for a quality record store as any IMO. Listened to Brain Capers this morning and it still rips.
One last RSD pickup: An exciting live set from a then-unsigned Sly and the Family Stone, expanding on the tantalizing glimpse of this era of the group from the recent documentary. Sounds much better than you’d expect from a tape of its vintage/obscurity—and hopefully a sign of more releases to come?
May 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
One last RSD pickup: An exciting live set from a then-unsigned Sly and the Family Stone, expanding on the tantalizing glimpse of this era of the group from the recent documentary. Sounds much better than you’d expect from a tape of its vintage/obscurity—and hopefully a sign of more releases to come?
My biggest RSD impulse buy was this reissue of the self-titled 1968 LP by forgotten Boston psych trio Eden’s Children; I didn’t even know it existed but saw “fuzz-laden” on the hype sticker and rightly assumed I’d be into it. Also a big fan of the loquacious, tragically optimistic liner notes.
May 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
My biggest RSD impulse buy was this reissue of the self-titled 1968 LP by forgotten Boston psych trio Eden’s Children; I didn’t even know it existed but saw “fuzz-laden” on the hype sticker and rightly assumed I’d be into it. Also a big fan of the loquacious, tragically optimistic liner notes.
Been a couple weeks, time to start yapping about my new records again. Warp Riders by the Sword was another impulse RSD purchase: I’d never heard it, but correctly presumed from the cover art that it would be up my alley. Good, old-fashioned stoner rock with an endearingly dorky sci-fi concept.
May 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Been a couple weeks, time to start yapping about my new records again. Warp Riders by the Sword was another impulse RSD purchase: I’d never heard it, but correctly presumed from the cover art that it would be up my alley. Good, old-fashioned stoner rock with an endearingly dorky sci-fi concept.
Doing a Wikipedia dive on Peter Sellers and man is it paying off
April 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Doing a Wikipedia dive on Peter Sellers and man is it paying off
I decidedly am a fan of the album—this is actually my third copy, joining the excellent 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue and an original my wife bought for me some years back. All of which is to say, thx Rock & Roll Graveyard for coming through!
April 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I decidedly am a fan of the album—this is actually my third copy, joining the excellent 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue and an original my wife bought for me some years back. All of which is to say, thx Rock & Roll Graveyard for coming through!
After hitting up Record Exchange for RSD, I decided to go down the street to Rock & Roll Graveyard and pick up a few others from my list I missed out on—chiefly, this alternate version of Thin Lizzy’s Jailbreak, which I made the mistake of not asking for by name and missed out on the last copy.
April 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
After hitting up Record Exchange for RSD, I decided to go down the street to Rock & Roll Graveyard and pick up a few others from my list I missed out on—chiefly, this alternate version of Thin Lizzy’s Jailbreak, which I made the mistake of not asking for by name and missed out on the last copy.
Taking a short break from “proper” RSD releases to spin this used copy of Exile on Main St. I grabbed last Saturday: a strong contender for my favorite album of all time. The sleeve is a little grimier than it looked in the shop and the records have some crackle, but that’s kinda apropos, isn’t it?
April 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Taking a short break from “proper” RSD releases to spin this used copy of Exile on Main St. I grabbed last Saturday: a strong contender for my favorite album of all time. The sleeve is a little grimier than it looked in the shop and the records have some crackle, but that’s kinda apropos, isn’t it?
Also on the plus side, I dig the little extra design choices: original RCA reference recording labels, graphic use of the 8-track cartridge, hell, even the essay by Thurston Moore (despite him being on my shit list since I read Kim Gordon’s memoir last year). The vinyl color is beautiful, too!
April 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Also on the plus side, I dig the little extra design choices: original RCA reference recording labels, graphic use of the 8-track cartridge, hell, even the essay by Thurston Moore (despite him being on my shit list since I read Kim Gordon’s memoir last year). The vinyl color is beautiful, too!
Another of my must buys for RSD (because I am nothing if not a freak) was the 50th anniversary edition of Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music. I’m still not sold on the packaging (I saw somebody compare embossed Lou to Han Solo in carbonite, brutal but fair), but the album can still clear a room!
April 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Another of my must buys for RSD (because I am nothing if not a freak) was the 50th anniversary edition of Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music. I’m still not sold on the packaging (I saw somebody compare embossed Lou to Han Solo in carbonite, brutal but fair), but the album can still clear a room!
Another impulse RSD purchase: So much so that I didn’t do my research and realize that the advertised “US mix” is actually radically different from the original album, with totally different runtimes and some tracks replaced. Weird! But also a neat curio, which is what RSD does best.
April 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Another impulse RSD purchase: So much so that I didn’t do my research and realize that the advertised “US mix” is actually radically different from the original album, with totally different runtimes and some tracks replaced. Weird! But also a neat curio, which is what RSD does best.
I wasn’t actually planning on picking up the RSD repress of Gil Scott-Heron’s Moving Target, but it ended up in my pile in the consumerist frenzy of the moment and I don’t regret it: really solid, frenetic jazz-funk that sounds great on my turntable.
April 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I wasn’t actually planning on picking up the RSD repress of Gil Scott-Heron’s Moving Target, but it ended up in my pile in the consumerist frenzy of the moment and I don’t regret it: really solid, frenetic jazz-funk that sounds great on my turntable.
Another RSD purchase: I’d never heard The Eternal Idol, but decided to give it a shot because I tend to like post-Ozzy Sabbath. It’s a little ‘80s schlocky (and vocalist Tony Martin is a Great Value Dio), but I happen to like ‘80s schlock—and instrumental Scarlet Pimpernel is timelessly spooky.
April 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Another RSD purchase: I’d never heard The Eternal Idol, but decided to give it a shot because I tend to like post-Ozzy Sabbath. It’s a little ‘80s schlocky (and vocalist Tony Martin is a Great Value Dio), but I happen to like ‘80s schlock—and instrumental Scarlet Pimpernel is timelessly spooky.
Finally getting into the actual RSD stuff! My biggest “one that got away” from last year was the Talking Heads 1977 live record, so I made sure to nab this show from ‘78. It’s great: highlights include an embryonic Drugs and an extended Psycho Killer that’s the hardest I’ve ever heard them rock.
April 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Finally getting into the actual RSD stuff! My biggest “one that got away” from last year was the Talking Heads 1977 live record, so I made sure to nab this show from ‘78. It’s great: highlights include an embryonic Drugs and an extended Psycho Killer that’s the hardest I’ve ever heard them rock.