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Fuck Trump. Fuck fascists. Fuck nazis.

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I don't have any stories to tell you about music or concerts this month. All I have is a plea to go out and vote. Get your friends to vote. I know this is said every election, but this is the most important election of our lives. We

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They totally sold out.

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This may be a boomer post. Or a post with extreme bias towards my musical formative years. But I've been thinking about it a lot recently. The other day, I watched YouTube videos about popular songs in the '90s; I realized that the '90s was the

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How do you feel about "best of" compilation records? I used to love them when I was younger, then avoided them for a long time. But now I am back on the compilation train, especially for records.

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Napster, the collapse of physical media, and the monthly playlist.

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Everyone hates Ticketmaster, and everyone is right.

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This month’s playlist features Waxahatchee, Field Medic, Thursday, Ovlov, Slow Pulp, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, The Watson Twins, Slingshot Dakota, Sports Boyfriend, and more!

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Before we get started, this past weekend was International Transgender Day of Visibility. It is vitally important that we continue to support trans people as they are under constant attack. If you can, please donate to an organization like The Trevor Project, PFLAG, or The Human Rights Campaign that helps

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Do you ever hear a song and get instantly transported in time?  I have a handful of songs like that, and the big ones are all from when I was 14-16 or so. That’s the time in life when you are trying to figure out who you are. Maybe

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Can you hear me now?

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Don't even take a breath... The air is cut with cyanide... In honor of the New Year

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I’ve been watching a lot of YouTube lately. Like, more than I ever have in the past. I have the app installed on my TV, and I’ll sit and watch hours of it. The rabbit hole first started with desk setups and home office tours. I was so

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Get back

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Hey all! Thanks for your patience with me sending out this newsletter a week or so late. It’s been a busy few weeks for us, and my parents are visiting from New Jersey, so it’s been a good kind of busy. On top of that, I’ve been

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Uncomfortably warm in Texas 😰

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It's too damn hot for this...

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When The Glow Of The Blood-Stained Moon Shines Upon The Land, The Aimless Spirits Of Slain Monsters Return To Flesh. The World Is Threatened Once Again...

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rekt

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Every once in a while, I think about weird stuff like, if I were a teenager in the 60s, 70s, or 80s, what kind of music would I listen to? I grew up in the 80s and 90s, and my parents exposed me to some great music as a ,kid

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In all the shows that I go to see I always pay close attention to the way the bands interact with themselves and, of course, the audience. In the over 90 bands that I’ve seen, they’ve run the range from seasoned professional bands, to little baby bands on

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Crunching the numbers, jamming the jams.

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And four, four, four for my headaches...

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This edition of Downbeat.fm marks the close of the third year and volume of this newsletter and playlist. What started out as a way to try and share music turned into an escape and something to keep me occupied during quarentines and lockdowns of 2020 and continuted to evolove