Month: May 2020

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Tame Impala @ the Forum on 03.11.20 … or the final show (before lockdown)

Tame Impala perform the 2nd of two sold out shows at the Forum in Inglewood, just days before the city stay-at-home order took effect.
It's high time to finally get this Tame Impala post up and out. I've metaphorically pondered it for near two and a half months. It's literally collected layer upon layer of pixel dust on my home system, concurrently occupying a fair slice of storage on my iPhone's video limits. And back at the start of …

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Morrissey @ the Hollywood Bowl on 10.26.19

Morrissey performs at the Hollywood Bowl on 10.26.19.
I just learned the recently rescheduled '80s-centric, alternative-minded Cruel World Festival was cancelled today. The notice came in the form of a non-assuming and somewhat under-the-radar email that I almost overlooked. I guess I can't say I'm all that surprised. Still, I'm disappointed. At the very least, I was hoping for perhaps a one year …

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The House of Love

The House of Love's 30th Anniversary Tour, originally scheduled for tonight at the Palace Theatre in DTLA
In the 2020 tradition of being bummed about life's seemingly endless postponement, and/or cancellation, I'm going to devote a little time today to British indie band The House of Love. Originally, they were scheduled to perform the Palace Theatre in DTLA this evening, celebrating their own 30th anniversary, as well as local sponsor Part Time …

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Death in Vegas’ “23 Lies”

Death in Vegas. Photo by Grant Fleming; sourced from the original CD liner notes to "Scorpio Rising.”
Just a quick post for the late afternoon/early evening. Yesterday, I was checking out the pilot for this new Netflix series "White Lines," and was unexpectedly (re) introduced to an old Death in Vegas track titled "23 Lies." It's an older cut, from their psychedelic-leaning 2002 electronic album "Scorpio Rising."The series itself is proving to …

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Stranger Things (Soundtrack from the Original Netflix Series)
First off, I'm not going to talk about the popular Netflix series "Stranger Things" - at least, not in any significant depth or detail. If you know the show, then you know why it's regarded with such adoration and acclaim, most notably for its tonally accurate and atmospheric throwback to '80s pop culture entertainment. If …

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