Audio Killed the Visual Star: The August 2023 Vinyl Challenge

Day 11: The Get Down

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message
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I love Hip-Hop and since today is supposedly the 50th anniversary of its creation, I figured I would play something from the early days. I liked the idea of The Get Down but Baz Luhrmann’s style was a bit much and I ended up bailing on the show after the first couple episodes.
 
Day 12: The Wire

Steve Earle & The Dukes - Exit 0
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The Wire is one of my all time favorite shows and Earle is one of my favorite Country artists. I picked this album up a couple weeks ago and figured today was a good day to crack it open. (It was sawcut and the cover was a bit scraped but the album was still sealed).

Earle, played a mentor to drug addict Bubbles as he tried to get clean (Bubbles mighta been the only storyline that ended on a relatively positive note when the show wrapped). I feel like he did a fantastic job in the role of Waylon, Earle’s own experience with addiction and recovery helped bring authenticity to role. Earle and his son, Justin Townes Earle would later pop up on David Simon’s next brilliant HBO series, Treme.
 
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