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meeting joey ramone, 31 march 1977
I left upstate New York at 18 still thinking Robin Trower and the Marshall Tucker Band were music. Until fall 1976, when I came across Punk magazine #3 (the Joey Ramone cover) in Boston. It was like...
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Best of 2015 – Sensitive Skin More Better Favorites
This was so much fun last year, I thought we’d do it again. (Two of my favorite books of the year were ones I picked up from last year’s list: Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel, recommended by...
View ArticleTimber Live At Brownies, NYC, June 1, 1995
Here’s a gem that just resurfaced, a video of the complete performance by Timber live at Brownies, NYC, June 1, 1995. 0:00 Let It Down 5:10 Jam/Belay That 10:47 Anti-Mother-In-Law Car 13:35 Robins Make...
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Enchanted Musics
One fall night in the 1980s I went to the Philip Glass/Robert Wilson opera Einstein on the Beach. After taking a seat in the balcony a part of me began fighting Michel Riseman’s relentless ostinatos....
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Three Times Bad Presents the Dirty String Summit
Three Times Bad, an Oakland-based alt-roots sextet, aims to channel the powerful energy of dirty stringbands like Uncle Dave Macon, Blue Ridge Highballers, and Mississippi Sheiks who plucked, picked,...
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Steve Horowitz – Child of Amerika, Entertainment Tonight, Vivo For Mr. Powell
This newly released collection—what some might call Horowitz’s “serious” work— is both a testament to his unique creativity and a blast to listen to. Sit back and enjoy great performances of quite...
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Three Dancers and Whenmill Recordings by Ryan Choi
Three Dancers is the debut release from composer Ryan Choi. The album derives its title from Pablo Picasso’s painting, Les Trois Danseuses, and features three intensely kinetic and intricate...
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New Monsters – Point Cloud – Brand-New Release
Point Cloud is the latest release from the New Monsters. Their third outing takes the listener on a fantastic voyage to the edge of jazz space—influenced by and in homage to the great Eric Dolphy....
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Exhibitionism: The Rolling Stones
“Ladies and Gentlemen, the greatest rock ’n’ roll band in the world, the Rolling Stones!” So start about half a dozen Stones bootlegs I own. I always cringe ever so slightly every time I hear it....
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Sensitive Skin Best Of 2017
Welcome! Time to ring in the old and ring out the new. Or whatever. Here’s the best of 2017 picks, from our editors and contributors. Remember, it didn’t necessarily come out in 2017—it’s just...
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