The Mercy Seat – The Mercy Seat (1987) From the shelves There are not many record stores left in my area. My favorite (the one already mentioned here) isn’t even that close, as it’s a one-hour drive away.  Though I

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Breather – Cry For Me (2001) From the shelves Back in the early ’00s, I was a subscriber to a Mother Love Bone mailing list (remember mailing lists?). This, eventually, led me to find out about Breather, a three-piece band

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I haven’t used this space in a long time. Not because I’m lazy, I swear. To put it simple: so little time, so much to do (yes, I’m quoting the theme song from a short-lived Olsen twins show). Musically speaking,

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Alice Cooper – DaDa (1983) From the shelves ‘DaDa’ is one of my favorite Alice Cooper albums, hands down. I know it’s an odd choice, as it includes some of his weirdest material ever, but that’s exactly why it sounds intriguing. For those who

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The Guns were a fierce hardcore band from Ohio active in the early ’80’s. They were really young kids, ages ranging about 12-14 when they formed, but they kicked ass as hard as most older guys from those days. Think

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I haven’t listened to Prince since his passing. He’s one of the musicians I listen to the most, but it suddenly felt strange. I was crushed and just didn’t feel like playing anything from him. I guess we all have

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My first Motörhead piece of vinyl was ‘Rock’N’Roll’. Not nearly their best, but it was the only one I could find at the record shop in my town back in May 1994. After listening to it, I definitely wanted more Motörhead. The

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In the early ’90s, discovering cut-out CDs was a real turning point for me. I was a little kid with a massive hunger for new music and not much money in his pockets, so heading to the store and being

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I’ve been making mixtapes (and then mix CDs) forever. Even before I had a CD player, I used to record my own mixes either taping songs from the radio or picking them from my then-small cassettes library. Cassettes weren’t user-friendly

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If you’re reading this blog, you should be familiar with crate digging. If you’re not, we can summarize it as “going on the hunt for records”. LPs (and sometimes CDs) on sale are often stored in crates. If you usually dig

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