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Neil Rajala
May 8, 20247 min read
What Am I Missing?
Nobody likes all the music. To start with, nobody hears everything there is to hear. If you’re a typical music fan, with a life to live...
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Neil Rajala
Sep 4, 20235 min read
POST #100: Milestone & Coincidence
• 100 is a notable milestone number for lot of things in life, right? If you live long enough, it’s a birthday that astonishes your...
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Neil Rajala
Aug 12, 20237 min read
SHORT TAKES #11: Random Bits
Okay, time to bash out a few musical things rattling around my head lately. A couple of these topics were going to be their own post at...
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Neil Rajala
May 4, 20239 min read
PERSONAL REVOLUTION: My Five Favorite Punk Albums
I realized early on that keeping this list to five records was going to require some boundaries. The punk universe is huge. Once it hit...
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Neil Rajala
Mar 26, 20238 min read
CRATE DIGGING: Geef Voor New Wave
With Crate Digging I’m occasionally going to dive into my record collection and dig out the unusual, the seldom seen, and rarely heard...
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Neil Rajala
Feb 22, 20234 min read
SHORT TAKES #10: HOF & RSD
I’ve given both of these topics their own post in the past, but I’m cutting them down to size this year. They both deserve a look because...
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Neil Rajala
Jan 29, 20235 min read
Tom Verlaine, 1949 - 2023
Jeff Beck, David Crosby, and now Tom Verlaine. All within a span of a few weeks to kick off 2023. Something of a bleak start to the new...
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Neil Rajala
Jan 14, 20232 min read
Jeff Beck, 1944 - 2023
It was all in his hands. I don't need to do a recap or explanation of Jeff Beck's career as a legendary guitar innovator, an anti-rock...
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Neil Rajala
Dec 6, 20226 min read
SHORT TAKES #9: Random thoughts on the current state of fandom.
I decided on one last post before I start the deep dive into my “Best of 2022” lists. First, I wanted to offer my appreciation for a...
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Neil Rajala
Oct 14, 202213 min read
TAMING THE BEAST: Rocks Off
Anyone who knows me knows this is a big one, probably THE big one. I’ve been an obsessed fan and unashamed apologist for the Stones since...
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Neil Rajala
Oct 5, 20224 min read
SHORT TAKES #8: Random thoughts on the current state of fandom.
• Ronnie’s Setlists – In addition to being the luckiest sideman in rock history, Ron Wood’s got a decent side hustle going as an artist....
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Neil Rajala
Sep 27, 20226 min read
LOST & FOUND: Shoulda Been Hits from 1984
This series takes a look at a year at a time and gives a quick shout-out to a half dozen records that, to me, didn’t crack the public...
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Neil Rajala
Sep 20, 20225 min read
RECORD STORE DAY BLACK FRIDAY: THE WTF? LIST
The national holiday for vinyl collectors, part two. RSD is back on its pre-pandemic schedule – the big day in April and a slightly...
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Neil Rajala
Sep 14, 20226 min read
LOST & FOUND: Shoulda Been Hits from 1975
How many really great albums are out there? Too many to count, too many for any one person to hear. For every album that becomes a big...
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Neil Rajala
Sep 7, 20229 min read
WITH A LITTLE LUCK: Unexpected Vinyl Finds
Any personal collection of music in a physical format is a quirky microcosm, both of the collector’s tastes and of the music world as a...
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Neil Rajala
Aug 10, 20224 min read
SHORT TAKE: Feel free not to care.
• The Curious Case of Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab - I know from a couple previous drafts of this post that it’s damn hard not to go into...
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Neil Rajala
Jul 22, 20222 min read
SHORT TAKES: Saving the best for last.
I realized that my last Short Takes was a little hard on the elder rockers I mentioned. I wanted to follow up and make clear that it’s...
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Neil Rajala
Jul 19, 20227 min read
SHORT TAKES: More random thoughts on the current state of fandom.
• Hear Me Out: I'm raising a glass to one of my all-time favorite albums, and the one least likely for any reader of this blog to have...
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Neil Rajala
Jul 11, 20229 min read
CELLULOID HEROES - 10 Favorite Concert Films
This list’s pretty self-explanatory, just a couple of quick things to mention. I included films that are pretty much all live performance...
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Neil Rajala
Jun 27, 20224 min read
SHORT TAKES: More random thoughts on the current state of fandom.
• You know something makes me feel old these days? Commercials make me feel old. Especially commercials for tampons and toilet paper, two...
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