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Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · Feb 4

Wrote a thing for the I Have That On Vinyl site:
ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/mysti...

Mystique and Deceit in R.E.M. Album Art

Back home in Pennsylvania, the next trip to the record store sent me straight to the “R” bin: did they have any other records? “Murmur” was already acquired, but the bin also held a blue-covered EP ti...

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Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 1d

It's like a weekend trip to Twin Peaks.

Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 1d

One of the most intriguing and delightful albums of 2000 is getting its first vinyl issue: "Rabbit Songs" by Hem.

Daniel Messé @danielmesse.bsky.social · 1d

Dear friends, we’re delighted to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Rabbit Songs with the album’s first-ever vinyl release plus a digital version, fully remastered. Out November 28, and available for pre-order now! 🐇💿 Pre-save / Pre-order link here:

Rabbit Songs (25th Anniversary Edition)

By Hem

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Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 1d

*Billy Joel, writing*

"I'll meet you any time you want, in our...
Greek?
Mexican?
Chinese?
French?
Indian?
Vegetarian?
Japanese?
Cajun?
Mediterranean?
Seafood?
Steakhouse?
ITALIAN restaurant! That's it!"
#BillyJoel

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Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 1d

Spinning more Moose today. "...xyz" features Dolores O'Riordan (Cranberries) on the song "Soon Is Never Enough" a year before her band's debut saw release.

Album cover for the lp "...xyz" by the band Moose. The album is spinning on a vintage Sansui turntable with an Ortofon Red cartridge.

Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 1d

Roseland, March 12, 1994. Show wasn't sold out, according to Tower Records' ticket counter. By the time I got there, though, it was. #CocteauTwins touring #4CC - caught them in Pghand did CC for their Tonight Show appearance. #Luna probably touring #Bewitched and Moose for #HoneyBee.
#marquee #NYC

Marquee at Roseland on March 12, 1994 shows the lineup to be Moose, Luna, and Cocteau Twins. Missed getting a ticket the day-of by 30 minutes.

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Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic essay on the music of Billy Joel. Take time for it today:

bring on the headless horses @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 1d

today at IHTOV:

@mikebarthelauthor.com goes long and deep on billy joel in a beautiful, gorgeously written essay on being a joel fan. you're going to want to read this one. put a few minutes aside. it's good ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/life-...

Life in a Glass House

All of which is to say that I loved Billy Joel because I loved my dad. I loved that he’d moved 300 miles away from Farmingdale to some little rural town (the Hudson River line would only take you part...

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Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 2d

Excited to see Moose (of the band #Moose) playing with his Mrs. this Friday in DC. She's the Miki in the Miki Berenyi Trio. #MB3 This is the album #HoneyBee. #vinylsky

The LP sleeve for the album "Honey Bee" by the band Moose sits on a vintage Dual turntable as the record spins on the platter.

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Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 2d

CAN CONFIRM:

a man is playing a saxophone in front of a fire while a woman plays drums in the background .

Alt: a man is playing a saxophone in front of a fire while a woman plays drums in the background. Clip is from the film "The Lost Boys."

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Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 2d

What I need to know is this: does it scratch the itch for WAY more light cycles that the first film triggered?

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Chris Haar @29aperture.bsky.social · 3d

This entire decade will be defined by this singular meme.

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Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 3d

Next summer Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson will take Rush on the road for the first time in 11 years. Marking 50+ years of the band, the tour will celebrate the legacy of their late drummer and lyricist Neil Peart, and it’s happening with his family’s blessing.

Rush Announce Their First Tour Since Neil Peart’s Death

Rush’s Neil Peart, one of the great figures in prog-rock history, passed away in 2020, losing a battle to brain cancer at the age of 67. Peart wasn’t just the drummer for the Canadian institution; he ...

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Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 5d

Hunter Thompson, October 26, 1972.

"...what a fantastic monument to all the best instincts of the human race this country might have been, if we could have kept it out of the hands of greedy little hustlers like Richard Nixon."

Even more true today.

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Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 4d

Autumnal gold is available for your reading pleasure:

bring on the headless horses @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 4d

today from me at IHTOV:

i wrote about musically transitioning into fall/winter listening, about how this is my favorite time of year to pull out a bunch of records and sink into my favored seasons ihavethatonvinyl.com/liner-notes/...

Fall Into Winter: songs for seasonal transition

The weather forecast for next week looks like this: hoodies, boots, football, electric blanket. It will only top out in the mid 60s during the day, 40s at night. The sun will set at 6:20 tonight, but ...

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Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 4d

See, and I learned that word from #GbV:
youtu.be/_OBCACcEkys?...

Ambergris

YouTube video by Guided by Voices - Topic

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Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 4d

Vinyl is back... and so are vinyl
counterfeiters, apparently:
www.theguardian.com/music/articl...
#vinylsky

Vinyl came back from the dead – and so did the bootleggers: inside the booming business of knock-off records

As LP sales boom in the UK, so has the illegal trade in poor-quality fakes. But the record detectives are fighting back

www.theguardian.com

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Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 4d

A sign of how far they'd fallen since dropping Tommy Chong's band.

Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 4d

Oh wow, forgot about the '80s penchant for singing en Francaise ("You Were The One") -
Police - Hungry for You
Rod - Tonight's the Night
ELO - Hold on Tight
Prince - La with the French Verse

I blame Michelle and Lady Marmalade.

Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 4d

Forgot about the anthem intro before "Sleeping With the Television On." Those were the days!

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Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 4d

Damn, I've got a couple skips in the Leyna outro. Maybe run it through the cleaner again.

Zanzibar is excellent indeed!

Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 4d

Also: don't hide them under stacks of more records or have them "displayed" in horizontal stacks. It sends the message that these are not to be viewed.

Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 4d

Related. ATTN antique store record sellers: get your records off the floor. The folks who want to buy them can't bend over or do deep knee bends required to go your floor box.

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Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 4d

FB sure has had more than enough time to figure out how to stop showing estate, yard, and antique sales that happened weeks ago.

Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 4d

After the HBO documentary, 1980 Kevin sent me a message to pick this up. Side one still rips: every song could be a single, even "All For Leyna," which is a proto-version of "Runaway" by Bon Jovi.
#NowSpinning #vinylsky #GlassHouses #BillyJoel

The album cover of "Glass Houses" features Billy and his reflection about to throw a rock into the glass wall of a house.

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Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 4d

These two are running around in Esquivel's playground and I'm here for it. Now I have to find my own copy!

Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 4d

For the curious, the Ferrante & Teicher album was made by two maniacal piano players (one in each stereo channel) who go so fast at times it sounds speeded-up like a Les Paul recording. It even has some backwards tape effects in "Lady Is a Tramp." #vinylsky #Pavement
youtu.be/3XNKIvteqZg?...

Ferrante & Teicher - The Lady Is A Tramp

YouTube video by Way Gone Music

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