So, what are you listening to?
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I'll see ya there? We've got floor seats on Friday.
Hell yea! We're 100 level but we can figure something out to meet up.
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Truth be told, most of the time I don't even bother to pick out my own music, because there are obsessive music nerds out there that are way better at it than I am. WFMU is a listener-supported radio station that's been broadcasting out of New Jersey (just across the river from NYC) since the 70s? Originally a college radio station, but the college went out of business, and the station went to the listeners to get money to buy the FCC license and it's been going on like that ever since. The DJs are all volunteers and are basically free do to do whatever they want with their air time. Some of them are serious music nerds that have been on the air for decades, but there is a variety of other great things as well.
Mr. Fine Wine spins 20-something soul 45s during his one hour show. Great to listen to while cooking dinner on Friday night.
Mahogany with Bailey is one of the most exciting new shows. A continuous mix of jazz/hip-hop/spoken-word and more. Really good vibe. Don't take my word for it.
Matt Fiveash and Becky are holding it down with old-school blues and country on Wednesday nights. As Mr. Fiveash puts it "An antidote to the moribund, corny and/or humorless blues programming generally found on the radio.", and the same applies to Becky's show.
Rex, Marty McSorely and Jeff Sarge are long-time weekend favorites.
John Allen's "jazz" show has been a favorite of mine recently.
If the on-air programming isn't enough, there are a couple decades of archived programs...
...like that one time when someone played "Ween - Push th' Little Daisies" on repeat for 3 hours straight...
https://www.wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=3&show=120870&archive=225767
Or old favorites like Tom Scharpling's comedy/call-in show
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Getting ready to move across town so my commute isn't so long and I can hopefully bike to work again. Pulled this one off the wall and out of the frame and slapped it on the turntable. The dynamic range of vinyl doesn't come close to CDs, but regardless, it's obvious this one was intended to be played loud. Really loud. Sorry neighbors. (Ominous tones)
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I still have my copy of Nirvana's Nevermind that I got from BMG as part of my 20 CDs for $0.01, but honestly wasn't a huge fan of them until I hit my mid-30's. Unlike most bands which (hipster voice) "Their first album was the best, but it just slowly got worse after that"; Nirvana's last album was their best IMO. Radiohead is the only other band I can think of off the top of my head that follows that arc.
Edit: It never stops amusing me that someone named "Cleveland" sharpied their name onto my copy of "In Utero" that I bought used for $0.50 or a buck, what with the cross-dress dude and what-not...
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Speaking of Nirvana-related things, the former Smart Studios building (where "Nevermind" was recorded) on east wash here in Madison has recently been bought and turned into an air-bnb.
https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/news/2022/03/11/smart-studios-rehab
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Speaking of Nirvana-related things, the former Smart Studios building (where "Nevermind" was recorded) on east wash here in Madison has recently been bought and turned into an air-bnb.
https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/news/2022/03/11/smart-studios-rehab
Learned something new today, very cool.
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Automated vanity search
I sold a bunch of stuff on discogs ~5-7-ish years ago. I logged back in today to do some vanity searches to see if any of the stuff I bought years ago has appreciated in value. Turns out, I had actually entered a substantial portion of my vinyl collection into the database there back-in-the-day. Sorting by highest median price for maximum vanity...
Predictably, this John Zorn LP is still the best performer because I knew it was worth $50-100 when I bought it for $20 at HPB. Someone F'd up pricing this one (avantgarde grindcore jazz etc (1990)).
There were a few surprises on the list, but this might be the biggest one for me. This was one of a few different 2-piece bands that I was interested at the time. The drummer (Zach Hill) went on to do some other stuff, so maybe that explains the interest in this album...?
Another surprise was this re-issue of a 60's LP. I took an interest in the Cadet Concept label primarily because of the band Rotary Connection which was a hit in this region back-in-the-day. That album and this one have both been sampled frequently by an assortment of hip-hop artist.
Tracy Chapman. Not much else to say here. It's from 1998 and unless it gets re-issued it will probably never go down in value.
Another surprise. Lunk-head rock 'n roll from 2008 Austrailia. Goes for more than double the original sticker price.
Going farther down the list gets into wierder/boringer territory, so I guess I'll stop here...
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I lied.
In the interest of true vanity, there are a couple albums I bought 2 copies of because they were cheap and I figured they would gain value. Turns out I was right in both cases. Both of these were ~$8 records and now sell for ~$30. Guess I should unload them and make an amazing ~$30 profit after 5-10 years
Stoner rock. Both sides are ~20-minute jams.
This album is heart-breaking/infuriating. The pop-y 80's songs are all about a friend of the bands that went through a terrible relationship with some total d-bag and eventually died of an overdose. I really like this album, but can also barely stand listening to it.
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Remember discovering this video at random on some cable-access program during my high-school years:
The other kids were all about Brittany Spears and Christina Aguilera, but I would have preferred Beth Gibbons or Kim Gordon any day.
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