1990s

Listening booth – “Joining a Fan Club”

Chris Holmes
posted on February 11, 2011
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Chris Holmes looks at two different takes of the excellent song "Joining a Fan Club" - the Jellyfish original and a cover from Puffy

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Album cover of the week: Ten

Chris Holmes
posted on January 3, 2011February 10, 2015
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A look at one of the seminal albums of the

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Listening Booth – Rollins Band, “Liar”

Chris Holmes
posted on November 2, 2010May 25, 2011
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A staple of '90s metal dedicated to all the politicians out

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Burst bubbles and stale bubble gum

Chris Holmes
posted on March 30, 2010June 16, 2014
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Via the Consumerist is a recent Slate article concerning the great baseball card craze of the ’80s and ’90s. It contains an excerpt from a new book by Dave Jamieson called Mint

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Listening Booth – David Sylvian & Robert Fripp, “Jean the Birdman”

Chris Holmes
posted on February 3, 2010April 21, 2011
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When he wanted to put together yet another version of King Crimson in the early 1990s, Robert Fripp reached out to Japan co-founder David Sylvian. Sylvian passed at the opportunity, but the pair

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Listening Booth – The Black Crowes, “Go Faster”

Chris Holmes
posted on August 3, 2009April 8, 2011
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I run hot and cold when it comes to the Black Crowes, but By Your Side is just a fantastic album. In fact it’s probably my favorite next to the dense and brilliant Amorica. Here’s the