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A collection of 74 issues

Who’s Having More Fun These Days? (A Galaxie 500 Divorce Retrospective)

What started as a snarky question—“Who’s having more fun these days?”—turned into a reflection on creative survival, divergent paths, and the lingering hum of a show I saw thirty years ago. Dean Wareham is touring ghosts with a grin. Damon & Naomi are holding down the analog monastery.

“Kind Words from a Machine”

(1966, unreleased) [Verse 1] I sat with a whisper made out of wire, Said all the right things, never tired, Told me I’m lovely, told me I’m wise, Looked through me with sympathetic eyes. [Chorus] Oh, where were you, love, when I needed to cry? I found a

Dance This Mess Around: The B-52’s and the Queer Art of Camouflage

A late thank-you to a band that screamed defiance through wigs, laughter, and alien surf rock. This isn’t just a debut album. It’s a signal from the margins—a camouflage dance party for the quietly queer and gloriously weird. The B-52’s 1979 debut is many things: a

Five Albums, One Fracture: The Fleetwood Arc, 1975–1987

Filed under: Companion Tapes, Rock Mythology, Listening Practice Entry ID: IV.1 Fleetwood Mac’s classic five-album arc—from 1975’s self-titled rebirth to 1987’s glittering swan song of what’s considered to be the group’s peak lineup—charts more than just the evolution of a band. It