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Humanities Librarian at JMU; co-editor of COMIC BOOKS, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, AND THE ACADEMIC LIBRARY; co-author of "Sustainable Futures for Comics Collections"; #FirstGen; Opinions mine, vinyl records, etc.

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Record #1039: Dinosaur, Dinosaur (1988 reissue, 12”, US, Homestead Records)

06.08.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record #1038: Paul McCartney, Flaming Pie (1997, 12”, US, Capitol Records)

06.08.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record #1037: Flipper, Love Canal b/w Ha Ha Ha (2010 reissue, 7”, US, Superior Viaduct)

06.08.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Touchin' on Trane: Part A
YouTube video by Charles Gayle - Topic Touchin' on Trane: Part A

Happy birthday Rashied Ali!

Charles Gayle – tenor saxophone
William Parker – bass
Rashied Ali – drums

Released - 1993
Recorded - October 31 and November 1, 1991
Venue - Haus der Jungen Talente in Berlin, Germany
Label - FMP
Producer - Jost Gebers
#jazzsky #botd

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Record #1036: The Jesus and Mary Chain, Barbed Wire Kisses (B-Sides and More) (1988, 12”, UK, Blanco y Negro)

05.08.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record #1035: Warren Barker and His Orchestra, William Holden Presents A Musical Touch of Far Away Places (1959, 12”, US, Warner Bros. Records)

05.08.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You know things are going great when there’s a new arrested development gif for every higher ed headline.

04.08.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record #1034: Joy Division, An Ideal for Living (2014 reissue, 12”, US, Warner Music)

04.08.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record #1033: Mica Levi, Under the Skin (2014, 12”, US, Milan Records)

04.08.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Eat Pant Bart

Eat Pant Bart

This is better than any art AI has ever made

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Record #1032: Devourment, Obscene Majesty (2019, 12”, US, Relapse Records)

04.08.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record #1031: David Bowie, Young Americans (1975, 12”, US, RCA Victor)

03.08.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record #1030: Marvin Gaye, Come
Get to This b/w Distant Lover (1973, 7”, US, Tamla Records)

03.08.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record #1029: Jackie Lomax, Is This What You Want? (1969, 12”, US, Apple Records)

03.08.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record #1028: The Clash, The Clash [US Version] (1979, 12”, US, Epic Records)

02.08.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record #1027: Paul McCartney, McCartney III (2020, 12”, US, MPL Communications)

02.08.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record #1026: Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley is a Gunslinger (1987 reissue, 12”, US, Chess Records)

02.08.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record #1025: The Cramps, Gravest Hits (1979, 12”, US, Illegal Records)

01.08.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If he was alive today he'd be in very bad health.

01.08.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record #1024: John & Yoko, The Wedding Album (1969, 12”, US, Apple Records)

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Tip of the cap to my colleague Kathryn!

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Record #1023: Hysterics, E.P. (2011, 7”, US, M’Lady’s Records)

01.08.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record #1022: Circle Jerks, Group Sex (1982 reissue, 12”, US, Frontier Records)

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Record #1021: Miles Davis Sextet / Thelonious Monk Quartet, Miles & Monk at Newport (1977 reissue, 12”, US, Columbia Records)

31.07.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Holding the essay collection "Drawn to the Stacks" in a room of our library filled with bookshelves and a book cart. The background of the photo is made to look as if it was the cheap screen print of mid-century comicbooks

Holding the essay collection "Drawn to the Stacks" in a room of our library filled with bookshelves and a book cart. The background of the photo is made to look as if it was the cheap screen print of mid-century comicbooks

You love #GraphicNovels & #Libraries ? Then this essay collection, edited by Carrye Kay Syma, Robert G. Weiner & Donell Callender is for you! The 18 essays look at the depiction of #librarians & #archives in a variety of (mostly πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ) #comics incl. #Marvelcomics & #BTVS 's Giles

#ComicsStudies

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Record #1020: George Harrison, Bangla-Desh b/w Deep Blue (1978 reissue, 7”, US, Capitol Records)

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It was just six episodes, but pound for pound POLICE SQUAD! was the funniest thing ever to air on TV.

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Record #1019: Michael Jackson, Off the Wall (1979, 12”, US, Epic Records)

30.07.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Judge Removes Youngkin’s University Board Picks The ruling in favor of state Democrats will likely be appealed.

Republican governor Glenn Youngkin was overruled Tuesday as a Virginia circuit court ordered eight of his nominees be removed from their posts on three public universities’ boards, the @apnews.com reported and court records confirm. bit.ly/45swdIb

#HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky

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