ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Method to the Madness I (What was pulled from where): As always a mix of sleeves and cases. Mixed genres including Rock/Pop; American Roots/Blues/Gospel; Ambient/Electronica and a few International recordings with Africa and Asia/South East Asia as focuses. Also something from Smithsonian Folkways and a Non-Mosaic Box set. Älgarnas Trädgård - Garden… Continue reading In The Stacks 9/19/26
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In The Stacks 8/13/26
ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Bad Brains - I Against I - SST, 1986. 🪨🫧 🪩⾾ 🤘⚒️🎗️⨻🥃: A seminal Punk(?) Metal(?) band. Every song has an intense, violent delivery. In this case I think the drummer leans Punk, the guitarist Metal and HR is just HR (with a little Reggae influence). They were hugely influential and this… Continue reading In The Stacks 8/13/26
In The Stacks 7/7/26
ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Babes in Toyland - Painkillers - Reprise, 1993. 🪨🫧 🪩◐🤘⾾ ⚒️🎟️🏋🏽: Power jams! This EP with a lengthy, live bonus track delivers on some angst that I feel is still relevant in our current demise. Babes In Toyland definitely do it hard and strange, but I find myself recalling all of their… Continue reading In The Stacks 7/7/26
In The Stacks 6/4/26
ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix B-52’s - Wild Planet - WB, 1980. 🪨🫧 🪩 🧴🚘 🧀 🥃💰: The New Wave/Pop/Punk band from Georgia that I listened to with trepidation when they were most popular. They were a little too goofy weird, I was all for weird, but their weird seemed more comical than creatively weird. I did call in to request the video for… Continue reading In The Stacks 6/4/26
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ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading - A&M, 1976. 🪨🫧 🪩 🃁 🧀 ❤️🔥🎧: A superb Singer Songwriter album that leans into Rock, but was probably influential to a wide variety of artists because of the honesty in Mrs. Amatrading's expression and the voice she offered women in music. I return to the… Continue reading In The Stacks 4/26/26
