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Author: lmcquack

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NFL Wild Card Thread

January 6, 2018January 6, 2018 lmcquack

All Times Central Today 3:20 PM Titans @ Chiefs (-8) ESPN 7:15 PM Falcons @ Rams (-6) NBC Tomorrow 12:05 PM Bills @ Jaguars (-8.5) CBS 3:40 PM Panthers @ Saints (-7) FOX Continue reading NFL Wild Card Thread

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Lo-Fi Hi Fives: Los Angeles Free Music Society–Blorp Esette

December 30, 2017December 30, 2017 lmcquack

Welcome to the fifth installment of Lo-Fi Hi-Fives; I’m trying something experimental this week, so things might be a tad verbose and not make a lot of sense. I’ll need this outlook to cover Blorp Esette, an impentrable collection of … Continue reading Lo-Fi Hi Fives: Los Angeles Free Music Society–Blorp Esette

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Lo-Fi Hi-Fives: Sebadoh-III

December 23, 2017December 23, 2017 lmcquack

“Turning personal vendetta and small-minded revenge tactics into eventual cult status, Sebadoh!”–from “Showtape ’91,” a collection of hype tracks made by Sebadoh. Welcome to the rocky IVth installment of Lo-Fi Hi-Fives. Released the same month as Nirvana’s Nevermind, seBADoh’s III … Continue reading Lo-Fi Hi-Fives: Sebadoh-III

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Lo-Fi Hi-Fives: The Langley Schools Music Project-Innocence & Despair

December 18, 2017December 18, 2017 lmcquack

“If you wanna know if you’ve written a hit, play it for kids.”–Monica Lynch Welcome to the third installment of Lo-Fi Hi-Fives, where we favor tiny gyms over large stadiums. Today, we take a look at Innocence and Despair, the … Continue reading Lo-Fi Hi-Fives: The Langley Schools Music Project-Innocence & Despair

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Lo-Fi Hi-Fives: Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti- House Arrest

December 11, 2017December 11, 2017 lmcquack

(Note: This video is missing the last three songs) “I’m Davey Jones, enjoy the music!” Welcome to the second installment of Lo-Fi Hi-Fives, an examination of music produced outside of the traditional studio system. Today: Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti’s arresting … Continue reading Lo-Fi Hi-Fives: Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti- House Arrest

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Lo-Fi Hi-Fives: The Moldy Peaches-The Moldy Peaches

December 4, 2017December 4, 2017 lmcquack

Welcome to the first installment of Lo-Fi Hi-Fives: a column where I examine Lo-Fi albums albums in search of gold nuggets from rivers of tape hiss. Lo-fi (“low fidelity”) music is recorded at a lower quality than the usual contemporary … Continue reading Lo-Fi Hi-Fives: The Moldy Peaches-The Moldy Peaches

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Describe an Album Cover with a Simpsons Image

December 2, 2017December 2, 2017 lmcquack

Describe an album cover using a image from the Simpsons (or Futurama) (or Rick and Morty) Continue reading Describe an Album Cover with a Simpsons Image

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Artist Spotlight: Blake Babies

July 1, 2017November 5, 2017 lmcquack

As a teenager surfing through Pitchfork’s daunting Top 100 Albums of the 80’s list, one square in particular caught my eye. Galaxie 500’s On Fire: the perfect band name, the perfect album title, and an incendiary album cover that seemed to … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Blake Babies

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Artist Spotlight: Sugar

May 5, 2017November 8, 2017 lmcquack

Following the acrimonious break-up of transcendent Minneapolis punk band Hüsker Dü, guitarist Bob Mould was at a musical crossroads. Despite making two resentment-packed solo albums and opening for acts such as Nirvana and Dinosaur Jr., Bob was flat broke. He … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Sugar

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Artist Spotlight: Hüsker Dü

November 26, 2016November 5, 2017 lmcquack

On April 27, 1987, influencial Minnesota hardcore band Hüsker Dü appeared on the CBS program Late Show with Joan Rivers to give a short interview and promote the album that would eventually be their last. Although a large chunk of the chat … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Hüsker Dü

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Artist Spotlight: Chalino Sánchez

May 30, 2016November 5, 2017 lmcquack

The only solid information available on the legendary Rosalino “Chalino” Sánchez is engraved into his tombstone: August 30, 1960 – May 16, 1992. However, given what little we know about the late singer’s life, someone may have to travel down … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Chalino Sánchez

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Artist Spotlight: Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti

April 1, 2016November 4, 2017 lmcquack

If you’ve never listened to a single second of Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti before, I’d like your intro to be “Intro/Where Does the Mind Go?” Although I wouldn’t consider this track to even one of Ariel Pink’s Top 100 songs, … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti