Fishbone's "In Your Face:" Echoes of Desegregation

Review and discussion on Fishbone’s 1986 album In Your Face through the lens of 70s and 80s school desegregation practices.

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Album Overview 2020: A Month In Summer

An overview of recent listening, with albums by

Mother Yeti – My Best Please (2020)

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith- The Mosaic of Transformation (2020)

Man Man – Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between (2020)

Frank Zappa – You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore v.4 (1988)

Carl Stone – Baroo (2019)

Markus Floats – Third Album (2020)

Public Enemy's "Fear of a Black Planet:" Predicting Our Orbit

Review and discussion on Public Enemy's 1990 hip hop classic Fear of a Black Planet.

Breaking the Silence: The Life and Legacy of Robert Johnson

A look at the life and legacy of Robert Johnson through the lens of the 1997 compilation King of the Delta Blues.

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Robert Johnson’s VEVO

Venetian Snares' Rossz Csillag Alatt Született: An Alchemy of Contrasts

Review and discussion on Venetian Snares’ 2003 album Rossz Csillag Alatt Született.

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David Lynch’s short film Pozar

Two Things At Once: Frank Zappa's "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol.3"

Review and discussion of Frank Zappa’s You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3 (1989)

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The first post in this series

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Album Overview Spring 2020: Quarantunes - The Sequel! (Part 2)

Overview of recent listening, including:

Fountains of Wayne – Welcome Interstate Managers (2003)

The Sorcerers – In Search of the Lost City of the Monkey God (2020)

Gaijin Blues – Gaijin Blues II (2019)

Brendan Benson – Dear Life (2020)

Stephan Thelan – Fractal Guitar (2019)

Other Lives – For Their Love (2020)

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Previous post on Fountains of Wayne

An older pair of text posts (1,2) on Brendan Benson

An older text post on Other Lives Tamer Animals

The ever-growing 2020 playlist: