Neil Rajala
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
- Dec 19, 2023
- 6 min
ECity 2023: The Music That Stuck!
I’m indulging in a quick year-end wrap-up, since that seems to be a social media thing to do. My method for determining what my favorite...
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Neil Rajala
- Jul 23, 2023
- 10 min
SIREN SONGS
“If I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.” That’s a quote from the great Aretha Franklin, and it pretty...
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Neil Rajala
- Jun 2, 2023
- 3 min
A Little is Enough.
This idea occurred to me as I pulled a record out of the stacks to play a while back. It was a greatest hits album, the only album I own...
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Neil Rajala
- May 4, 2023
- 9 min
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
- Feb 22, 2023
- 4 min
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 6, 2023
- 3 min
1ST ANNUAL EC AWARDS!
Okay gang, this is my last look back at the year that was. I had a few different ideas about how to put the final pin in 2022 but,...
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Neil Rajala
- Jan 1, 2023
- 2 min
BEST OF 2022: Reissues, Box Sets, Etc.
This best-of-2022 batch includes the stuff record companies dug out of their vaults and released, often for the first time; remasters...
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