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Flashback: The Cure @ the Hollywood Bowl on 05.22.16

The Cure perform at the Hollywood Bowl on 05.22.16.
I've been sitting on this Cure post for a few months now. It's an older show, back from 2016. I originally thought I'd use it in January, during the typically slow month for live performances. Hence, the "flashback" moniker, intended to focus remembrance and reverence for outstanding shows from prior years … meaning before I …

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The Twilight Sad’s “There’s a Girl in the Corner”

The Twilight Sad perform at the Teragram Ballroom on 05.31.19.
Again, I'm going to attempt to keep things brief. This is my second selection of the night, probably my last, and it's also courtesy of the Spotify shuffle. Random is the night's theme, and that's lead me to Scottish indie act The Twilight Sad, and their post-punk single "There's a Girl in the Corner." I'm …

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The Cure’s “Close to Me – Extended Mix 1985”

The Cure's 1990 remix album "Mixed Up," reissued as an expanded edition in 2018, featuring the 1985 extended mix of "Close to Me."
There's really not a whole lot I can say about The Cure that hasn't already been said.  You either love these longtime vets of the alternative goth scene, or you're just not that into them.  I love The Cure.  Always have, ever since "The Head on the Door," which I perceived as a welcome blast …

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