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graphic design | software UI design | remastering vinyl • record collector • satire • non-fiction

Deena Shoshkes Of The Cucumbers Has A New EP To Give Us Some Uplift

Yay! It’s a happy time when Hoboken’s Pop Goddess Deena Shoshkes of primo New Wave band The Cucumbers has new music out to soothe our savage breast. You don’t need me to tell you that were are heading into troubled … Continue reading

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Kaspar Hauser Pull Back From The Brink Of History With “Live At The Zone Art Center” CD From 43 Years Ago

One of the many benefits of living as long as I have is the ability to see what we call “orphaned albums” finally reach the ears of listeners sometimes decades after they had been recorded. Some of these are legendary … Continue reading

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Thomas Dolby Expands His “Iconic” 80s Recollections Tour Nationwide

When we last looked it felt like Professor Thomas Dolby was taking a quick Fall Break Tour in between classes at Johns Hopkins University where he teaches. But the Prof. is taking time off for a much wider tour judging … Continue reading

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Heaven 17 Drop First New Single In 9 Years With Sleek “There’s Something About You”

What do I often say? That it’s better to be late than never? That goes quintuple when the new Heaven 17 single is being discussed! We loved the last H17 singles to come our way in…[whistles] 2014 and 2016! “Pray” … Continue reading

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Head Noise Go There…With A Re-write Of A DEVO Cover On “Working On A Laptop”

This has been the kind of summer where I have been so busy I’ve forgotten that I pre-ordered releases! Now when the pre-order is for physical goods, that’s easy to deal with. We ignore it until a package arrives int … Continue reading

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A COAT Plow A Singular Furrow Of Idiosyncratic Pop With Self-Titled Debut Album

I’d not heard of the band A COAT before, but when word of them came over the transom, I had the spare minute to sample the wares on Bandcamp and I was immediately smitten by the poise and wit of … Continue reading

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Figures On A Beach Resurface 34 Years Later With Lost Demo Of “Play”

It was some time on September 19th when stealing a glance [all I can muster lately] at the trouser Press Forum that I was alerted to the fact that there was a “new” Figures On A Beach single available for … Continue reading

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