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In sixth grade, everyone in my class had to trace their footsteps onto a long sheet of paper and write who their hero was, i.e. the person whose footsteps they wanted to follow in. Everyone else wrote bullshit like “my dad” or “Michael Jordan,” but I said that my hero was Jonathan Richman, the lead [...]
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Tags: garage rock, jonathan richman, modern lovers, proto-punk
Aphrodite’s Child – 666 (1971)
666 is a double-disc prog concept album based on the Book of Revelation.
I wouldn’t recommend listening to “Infinity” alone in the dark; it’s the most terrifying thing I’ve ever heard. It sounds like a demon-possessed woman being raped. Even extreme genres like black and death metal make people headbang and throw devil signs in [...]
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Tags: 666, prog, prog rock, vangelis
If I could sum up this album in two words, they would be “fuck yeah.” Listening to it is like injecting yourself with a syringe full of testosterone and THC. It doesn’t get more badass than this. They even cover Grand Funk! You know… Mark Farner’s wild, shirtless lyrics, the bong-rattling bass of Mel Schacher… [...]
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Tags: grand funk railroad, psychedelic, stoner rock
Book recommendation
I just finished The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross. It’s pretty much essential for anyone interested in avant-garde music. There’s a lot of musical analysis, but also a lot of awesome stories about the composers. Who knew that Philip Glass and Steve Reich used to run a moving company [...]
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