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Random Old Records Podcast #44
I've been sorta hibernating for the winter, so this is as good of time as any to put together a new podcast. Random Old Records Podcast #44 is the first one I've done since September 2012, and it's an uninterrupted hour of whimsical psychedelic pop f...
Posted: 2/13/2013 11:53 PM
2012: The Year In Review, Part 1
An important discussion arose in 2012 among my blogger brethren, an ongoing dialogue regarding the role of the internet music writer in the post-OLD-WAY relationship between artists, PR people, and critics, and the sticky subjects of objectivity, hon...
Posted: 1/15/2013 10:48 PM
Random Old Records #43
Oh shit! Random Old Records Podcast is back from its summer vacation! I'm sure most of you fine readers have stopped checking this blog by now, but I'm back and plan on staying around. Not gonna try to make up any crazy excuses, the truth is that I w...
Posted: 9/14/2012 5:37 PM
Teledrome - Double Vision 7"
(HoZac Records, 2012)OK, so I kinda sorta made it my New Year's resolution to stop comparing newer bands to older ones, with special attention paid to the tired "Well, these guys sound like the second coming of whatever iconic band from the 90s they ...
Posted: 6/6/2012 11:35 PM
Random Old Records Podcast #42
So yeah, after over three years and 41 monthly episodes, I needed a little break from Random Old Records Podcast. When I started thinking about episode #42 back in March, there was just too much shit going on, and the inspiration wasn't there, so I f...
Posted: 6/4/2012 5:47 PM
Random Old Records Podcast #41
Jesus Christ, things are crazy as shit in the midwest right now! Tornadoes, hail, sunshine, and a huge pile of badass rock n' roll records to listen to are among the highlights. Random Old Records Podcast #41 is now out and about, and it features an ...
Posted: 3/15/2012 4:06 PM
ROR #001: 20th Century Tokyo Princess - I've Never Been Happy & I've Never Had Fun
Ted Clark is 37 years old, works in a liquor store, and hates rock n' roll. He fronts the 20th Century Tokyo Princess, and writes songs that take the life lessons he learned while trawling the back catalog of Lou Reed and Jonathan Richman and turns t...
Posted: 3/9/2012 8:24 PM
Random Old Records Podcast #40
Goddamn! 2012 is less than two months old, and there's already so much kick-ass rock n' roll coming out that it's making my head spin! So yeah, this time around, Random Old Records Podcast #40 is an uninterrupted hour of straight-up jams, because the...
Posted: 2/9/2012 12:28 PM
Random Old Records Podcast #39
Whew, even after I promised myself last year that I would never do it again, I went ahead and made a top 25 albums of the year list that took me damn near a month to complete. Naturally, I posted the last of it yesterday long after all of the bigger,
Posted: 1/11/2012 2:23 PM
The 25 Best LPs of 2011, Part 5: 05-01
5. Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread(Drag City)If the slow, steady strum that kicks off this album didn't give it away, the press release written by none other than 60s Rolling Stones manager and bon vivant Andrew Loog Oldham sure as hell does. Goodbye Bread
Posted: 1/10/2012 8:59 PM
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