Choose Your Own Adventure - The October 2024 Spin Challenge

22-Oct On this date in 1832, conductor and composer Leopold Damrosch is born in Posen, Kingdom of Prussia. The violinist would earn a PhD in medicine to appease his parents before turning his focus completely to music. Expert: Play an album by a musician who was born in a country that no longer exists-ish.

Molchat Doma are from Belarus which gained independence when the Soviet Union broke apart in 1991. However its since been essentially folded back into Russia with a puppet government, so i'm going to stretch the prompt to 'no longer exists-ish' since for all intents and purposes its not its own country anymore.

Points:

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Molchat Doma / Молчат Дома ~ Etazhi / Этажи

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21-Oct On this date in 1992, Madonna's book Sex is released. Everything about it is shocking: the $50 price, the Mylar wrapping, the metal covers, and especially the images inside.

Expert: Play a musician who has posed nude.

Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour

How about performing nude (well, except for the cowboy boots and guitar) on SNL?

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22-Oct On this date in 1832, conductor and composer Leopold Damrosch is born in Posen, Kingdom of Prussia. The violinist would earn a PhD in medicine to appease his parents before turning his focus completely to music.

Medium: Play an album led by a conductor. Hard: Play an album by a musician who has a PhD.

Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises

Combining the medium and hard- the London Symphony Orchestra is led by a conductor, and Floating Points has a PhD in neuroscience.

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23-Oct On this day in 1962, 12-year-old Little Stevie Wonder recorded his first single for Motown Records, “Thank You For Loving Me All The Way.” Expert: Play an album by a musician who has a physical disability that they have overcome to play music.

Cedell Davis didn't let two hands twisted and mangled by polio prevent him from playing guitar. He got creative...





Cedell Davis - The Horror Of It All

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MTD Tally - 197.5
 
23-Oct On this day in 1962, 12-year-old Little Stevie Wonder recorded his first single for Motown Records, “Thank You For Loving Me All The Way.” Expert: Play an album by a musician who has a physical disability that they have overcome to play music.

Jerry put it right there on the cover:

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Point total:

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Jerry Garcia ~ Garcia

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22. Expert: Play an album by a musician who was born in a country that no longer exists.

Сказ – Лучшее Из Репертуара Квартета "Сказ" = The Best Of "Skaz" Quartet
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Born and founded in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; these days they hail from Russia.
This compilation is from the Soviet days.

Points: 183
 
18-Oct On this date in 1991, Los Angeles declares it "Rocky Horror Picture Show Day" in honor of the 1975 cult classic musical. Expert: Play a musician/band who has performed in drag.
= points

Janes Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
I dont feel like sifting through a million articles about them fighting, but trust me, they performed in drag before

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Day 23: Expert: Play an album by a musician who has a physical disability that they have overcome to play music. Total Points: TK

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
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If Tony Iommi hadn’t lost the tips of two digits in a machining accident Black Sabbath might have just been another blues rock band. The modification Tony made to his playing style and guitar help him develop Sabbath’s signature “heavy” guitar sound, creating Heavy Metal in the process.
 
24-Oct On this day in 2004, Queen became the first rock act to receive an official seal of approval in Iran. Western music was still strictly censored in the Islamic Republic, where homosexuality is considered a crime, but an album of Queen's greatest hits was released this week in Iran. Freddie Mercury, was proud of his Iranian ancestry, and illegal bootleg albums and singles had made Queen one of the most popular bands in Iran. Expert: Play an album by a band that is popular in a country that does not have stable diplomatic relations with the US.

Paul > Putin...



Пол Маккартни - Choba B CCCP

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MTD Tally - 212.5
 
19-Oct Guitars (Part 1). Expert: Play an album that features either a resonator guitar or an acoustic lap steel guitar.
=142.5 Points

Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
I remember Mike Mogis was playing a lap guitar when I saw them on the Down In The Weeds tour. So I checked, and the wiki has him credited for it on this album.
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