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King Diamond, Einsturzende, and Nick Cave
Of course, after this it’s Nick Cave: Nick Cave has got the moody snake-charmer voodoo-doll-selling undertaker style down. I’d buy whatever he’s selling.
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Playlist 12/19/22 – 12/25/22
On weekends I’m usually out and about and listening to music in the car. My weekday playlists depend on my mood and YouTube algorithms over the course of 40 or more hours in 5 days, fueled by A.D.D. and caffeine.
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Um, hello, Cosmo
I got a new guitar. It’s light and small and feels so nice.
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Tranzor Z and other memories
There was one cartoon (actually, anime, but back when I was a kid, I called this a cartoon) that consisted of those giant robots much like in Pacific Rim, but it wasn’t Voltron. My show had a giant woman robot who shot missiles out of her boobs. Over the years I’ve wondered what this show…
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Written in time
Music always reminds me of times in my life. Once I heard a teacher say that for a particular generation, they will always remember when JFK was shot. For me, I will always remember the moment I heard Kurt Cobain was dead (and less than a decade later, when the twin towers fell). I was…
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Unprocessed/Polyphia
Modern guitar playing at its finest! I think these bands sound enough alike (yet different enough to have their own identities) to squeeze them into one post. I haven’t read much about if one band influenced the other or vice versa, or if this type of sound might be like the invention of calculus independently…
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Trip to Mars
The Mars Volta had (has) some of the best lyrics I’ve ever heard, and their music wasn’t bad either. I was listening to these guys in my 20s to 30s, during my “indie bands phase”, which isn’t really a phase now, more of a rotation. I just gravitate towards the odd and off-the-beaten-track. And when…