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Day 11: Steely Dan May 2022, North Island Amphitheate Play something by an artist who had a release that disappointed you. Fisher Jan Moosey - Mahashmashana Josh Tillman’s run of albums under the Father John Misty moniker has been nearly flawless but his previous album, Chloë and the Next 20th...

I am still embarrassed for you.

I read that they’ve had to pull these from the market and are now going for big bucks on eBay.

I just like talking about music. Blind Spots are fun for discovery but just being able to espouse on bands and albums I love is pretty fun too.

Hey I hope I never make anyone here feel dumb. We all have our blind spots. I don’t spend much time with The Carpenters now and likely am only as familiar with them as I am is due to my Mom and Kim Gordon (who are surprisingly the same age) love of the group.

Yeah, a “blind spot” coulda meant a few things. I made the wrong assumption.

I think you should spend as much as you can while you can. How many of the Dead albums do you already own?

So these albums are now around $30 instead of of $45? Making something the actual value it’s worth shouldn’t be considered a sale.

The song is officially named “(They Long To Be) Close To You” not exactly a title that rolls off the tongue or, given the parenthetical; indicates that the label had confidence that people would instantly know which song the title referenced.

If you are unfamiliar with the band you might not realize what song it is. I bet more people know it as the “Why do Birds suddenly appear…” song than by its actual title.

I bet you know more Carpenters songs than you think you do.

My mom loved the Carpenters too. I actually parlayed that knowledge into convincing her to pick up that If I Were A Carpenter comp which has some fantastic covers, my favorites being Sonic Youth’s cover of “Superstar” and Crackers “Rainy Days & Mondays”. Sonic Youth was kind of obsessed with...

Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney is the best talk show on TV. I really wish it were on nightly instead of weekly.

Day 10: Simon & Garfunkel November 2023, Cox Arena Play something by a band that has disbanded, bonus points if they did a reunion tour. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond Dinosaur Jr. has never broken up but Lou Barlow’s departure was felt and it was a bit surprising when they got back together and...

Day 9: The Cure May 2023, North Island Amphitheater Play something by a band that has kept the fans in mind. Fugazi - Fugazi Fugazi practices what they preached. All show were cheap and for all ages. MacKaye’s label also never gouged for media meaning CD and Records have always been reasonably...

Fun fact I learned from Bird Notes on NPR the other day. When The California Condor was close to extinction two separate birds hatched chicks without having a male fertilize through the rare process of Parthenogenesis. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59097703.amp

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I think all four have said that Elvis was a big influence. Lennon was quoted as saying “If there hadn’t been an Elvis, there wouldn’t have been a Beatles.” And Macca regarding the Elvis album Heartbreak Hotel is quoted as saying “Everything we did was based on that album.”.