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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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Ken Jacobs, Visionary Experimental Filmmaker, Is Dead at 92

RIP KEN JACOBS one of the last masters of lo-fi avant garde cinema. if you don't know his work, do yourself a favor and check it out

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Mine unfortunately has a few gouges on Side D which affects the play on "Suzy is a Headbanger."

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Looks well loved!

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I got it at a thrift store for 50 cents in the late 90s!

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Rockaway BAYTCH

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Record #1141: Ramones, It’s Alive (1979, 2x12”, UK, Sire Records) @scottythered.bsky.social @ollypunk.bsky.social

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Record #1140: Electric Wizard, Come My Fanatics (2017 reissue, 2x12”, UK, Rise Above Records)

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Swing Easy! is my favorite. Only the Lonely is my second favorite.

07.10.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record #1139: Frank Sinatra, Swing Easy! and Songs for Young Lovers (1955, 12”, US, Capitol Records)

07.10.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record #1138: Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Research Arkestra, Planets of Life or Deathβ€”Amiens β€˜73 (2015, 12”, US, Strut Records)

06.10.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record #1137: Head East, Get Yourself Up (1976, 12”, US, A&M Records)

06.10.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless ("Only Shallow")

05.10.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've never read a single Harry Potter book or seen a single Harry Potter film

05.10.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

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Record #1136: Siouxsie and The Banshees, Juju (1981, 12”, US, PVC Records)

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Record #1135: Hawkwind, The β€˜1999’ Live Partyβ€”Live at the Chicago Auditorium: March 21 1974 (2019 reissue, 2x12”, UK, Parlophone Records)

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Record #1134: John Coltrane, The Africa Brass Sessions, Vol. 2 (1976 reissue, 12”, Japan, Impulse! Records)

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Record #1133: Brian Jones Presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka (1971, 12”, US, Rolling Stones Records)

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I miss that place!

01.10.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record #1132: Marty Robbins, Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1958, 12”, mono, US, Columbia Records)

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One of the best in my area

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Craft Beer | Redbeard Brewing | Staunton Redbeard Brewing is a small-batch brewery located in downtown Staunton, VA offering a variety of craft beer styles.

For a split second I thought you were at this place haha: www.redbeardbrews.com

01.10.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record #1131: Terrorizer, World Downfall (2025 reissue, 12”, EU, Earache Records)

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Can’t say i agree with all these selections, but this may be Pitchfork’s best list. It’s pretty damned esoteric!

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Record #1130: Herbie Hancock, Thrust (2008 reissue, 12”, US, Columbia Records)

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Record #1129: Gladys Knight and The Pips, Midnight Train to Georgia b/w Window Raising Granny (1973, 7”, US, Buddah Records)

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Record #1128: Raskovich, Science & Technology (2017, 12”, UK, Dead-Cert Home Entertainment)

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Record #1127: Aretha Franklin, Young, Gifted and Black (1972, 12”, US, Atlantic Records)

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Love Hurley's My War T-Shirt

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