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Neil Rajala
May 87 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
Dec 19, 20236 min read
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
Dec 5, 20237 min read
EC BUYERS GUIDE - 2023 Red + Blue = ?
There was a time when these two Beatles compilations were all your LP collection needed, if you weren’t a completist or obsessive. A lot...
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Neil Rajala
Nov 5, 20237 min read
ALBUMS WORTH A SPIN: Hackney Diamonds
The Rolling Stones, Hackney Diamonds (10/20) – When the announcement was made back in September that the Rolling Stones would be...
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Neil Rajala
Oct 22, 20234 min read
ALBUMS WORTH A SPIN: Four for Fall
Nope, not Hackney Diamonds yet. I passed up all opportunities to stream or download it ahead of yesterday's vinyl release date, so I'm...
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Neil Rajala
Oct 6, 20236 min read
ELTON JOHN: FIRST 10, TOP 10
Rather than trying to create a Top Ten list from Sir Elton’s entire catalog, I decided to limit my ranking to his first ten albums. Why?...
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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
Jul 23, 202310 min read
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 25, 20235 min read
ALBUMS WORTH A SPIN: Spring Harvest Has Surely Come, Pt. 2
Batch number two of my spring new music favorites. To follow along, start with the biggest one and go counterclockwise this time, 'cause...
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Neil Rajala
Jun 21, 20234 min read
ALBUMS WORTH A SPIN: Spring Harvest Has Surely Come, Pt. 1
Time to play catch up - spring is gone, summer's here. I’ve been listening to and living with a lot of new releases over the last few...
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Neil Rajala
Jun 2, 20233 min read
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 21, 20235 min read
RSD ROUNDUP: The Final Score
It took a while (explained below) but I finally consider Record Store Day 2023 in the books. I had a great time with the crowd and staff...
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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
Apr 18, 20233 min read
CRATE DIGGING: Lawrence Welk & Johnny Hodges
I've been feeling like Mr. Teflon for the last month or so. I’ve been listening to my weekly batches of new releases and none of them are...
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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
Mar 8, 20236 min read
ALBUMS WORTH A SPIN: Mid-Winter Winners
A short month, but quite a few new releases grabbed my attention. I wanted to give the last week’s new stuff time to sink in, so this is...
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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
Feb 5, 20234 min read
ALBUMS WORTH A SPIN: January Roundup!
January new releases are the trickle before the flood every year. Labels and artists assume everyone has shot their financial wad during...
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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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