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Helena Deland’s “Take It All”

Helena Deland. Photo sourced from artist's Facebook.
Just a quick and lite post for the evening. This one's a slow-churner titled "Take It All" from Canadian musician and songstress Helena Deland, and comes courtesy of a Spotify shuffle and an afternoon jog. Thanks to these outdoor sprints, and against all societal programming, I've been gravitating towards the more somber-paced, mood and brood …

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The Black Angels @ the Mayan on 10.18.17

Fuzzed & defocused in a wash of reverb, The Black Angels perform at the Mayan Theatre on 10.18.17.
Today's been kind of a downer. One of my main work clients declared bankruptcy. Consequently, a number of co-workers received their pink slips. Considering that the economy is "reopening," this doesn't bode well for future endeavors. Hence, the darkness of mood.In that spirit, I'm going to tackle a moodier, broodier slice and sliver of neo-psych …

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Revisiting The War on Drugs @ the Hollywood Bowl on 09.16.18

From a soft-focus distance, The War on Drugs make their Hollywood Bowl headline debut on 09.16.18.
While I've been reformatting this site, I've run across a few early posts that I mistakenly thought were more robust than they actually were. I guess, at the time, I was in a less-is-more mindset. Nothing wrong with that … unless, of course, when it isn't. In hindsight, The War on Drugs' Hollywood Bowl performance …

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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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