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Mar
04
Abundant Living New Music Recommendations for March

Abundant Living New Music Recommendations for March

So, how many essays about music this week are starting or ending with a variation of “in times of horror,
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Feb
18
Closing Time: Premrock, Art Vs. Work, Hip Hop Influence, and the Tom Waits-To-Tending-Bar Pipeline

Closing Time: Premrock, Art Vs. Work, Hip Hop Influence, and the Tom Waits-To-Tending-Bar Pipeline

Every once in a while, while I'm tending bar, a customer will ask me, "what do you
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Feb
02
Ranking The Sprechgesanganistas

Ranking The Sprechgesanganistas

Recently, The Quietus reviewed [https://thequietus.com/articles/31041-yard-act-the-overload-review] a band called Yard Act who are apparently popular in the
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Jan
12
Nobody Can Touch Him: Mark Eitzel, Poetry vs. Rock Music, Fame, Failure, and The Other Star of Maverick

Nobody Can Touch Him: Mark Eitzel, Poetry vs. Rock Music, Fame, Failure, and The Other Star of Maverick

Part 1 The other day, Zohra and I got into a small but significant disagreement about the old television show,
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Dec
21
Yr On The List (plus 50)

Yr On The List (plus 50)

It’s been a decidedly terrible year in more ways than I can count, and I can honestly say that
18 min read
Nov
25
The Revolution Will Not Be Shoegazed (Or Maybe It Will)

The Revolution Will Not Be Shoegazed (Or Maybe It Will)

A heated online brawl can be nice, especially when not all of the participants are outright scumbags. Like one of
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Nov
14
Notes On Satanic Energy In Music

Notes On Satanic Energy In Music

Pity the poor, pasty black metal musician, spending his every waking hour texting “u up?” to Lucifer Morning Star, only
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Nov
03
Upper Wilds, Classic Rock Band

Upper Wilds, Classic Rock Band

When I claim that the band Upper Wilds [https://upperwilds.bandcamp.com/album/venus]plays Americana, I know I’m
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Oct
15
Cool For Cats: New Record Recommendations For Now Enough People (like you)

Cool For Cats: New Record Recommendations For Now Enough People (like you)

Welcome to a new Abundant Living, the newsletter that is trying its damndest to get back on a semi-regular schedule.
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Oct
03
21st Century Party People: Whatever The Opposite of Anxiety of Happy Mondays Influence Is

21st Century Party People: Whatever The Opposite of Anxiety of Happy Mondays Influence Is

Part One You may or may not be tired of old people telling you how they found out about new
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