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- Maison Ikkoku eps 1 & 2 January 1, 2021
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- Patlabor OVA ep 1 of 7: “Second Unit, Move Out!” January 1, 2020
- Episode 23: Welcome to Misaki and Episode 24: Welcome to the NHK July 1, 2017
- Vinyl – Hipster Affectation, Archival Format, Late Stage Capitalism Freak Out January 16, 2017
- Federale – They can Even do it Live January 15, 2017
- Episode 21: Welcome to the Reset and Episode 22: Welcome to God! January 14, 2017
- Lazy Friday Videos (warning:drumsolos) January 13, 2017
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![“I John” is Elvis gospel at its most propulsive. The feel is sweaty, churchy—body music animated with the spirit of the Lord. “Baby, Let’s Play House” may be the Hillbilly […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ijohnelvis-115x115.jpg "Elvis Presley – I John")
Elvis Presley – I John
Posted on August 22, 2014 | No Comments“I John” is Elvis gospel at its most propulsive. The feel is sweaty, churchy—body music animated with the spirit of the Lord. “Baby, Let’s Play House” may be the Hillbilly […] -
![You come home to someone who had waited. You guys aren’t close now. You’re strangers. You go outside for a walk. It’s good to be home, but you can’t shake […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/lcdwant-115x115.jpg "LCD Soundsystem – All I Want")
LCD Soundsystem – All I Want
Posted on August 15, 2014 | No CommentsYou come home to someone who had waited. You guys aren’t close now. You’re strangers. You go outside for a walk. It’s good to be home, but you can’t shake […] -
![The Kinks katalog is full of sidebars that other bands would kill to have written. Commissioned for a film about a penis transplant, “The Way Love Used to Be” is one […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/kinksgreatlost-115x115.jpg "The Kinks – The Way Love Used To Be")
The Kinks – The Way Love Used To Be
Posted on August 14, 2014 | No CommentsThe Kinks katalog is full of sidebars that other bands would kill to have written. Commissioned for a film about a penis transplant, “The Way Love Used to Be” is one […] -
![Solo Paul McCartney is full of crap. As folks have remarked for longer than I’ve been alive, his music from 1971 on misses the Beatles. It is no match for […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/zoogang-115x115.jpg "Paul McCartney – Zoo Gang")
Paul McCartney – Zoo Gang
Posted on June 27, 2014 | No CommentsSolo Paul McCartney is full of crap. As folks have remarked for longer than I’ve been alive, his music from 1971 on misses the Beatles. It is no match for […] -
![Stevie Nicks has said that “Sara” is about the doomed affair she had with her best friend’s husband — who just so happened to be Mick Fleetwood, her own drummer. […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/fleetwoodmacsara-115x115.jpg "Fleetwood Mac – Sara")
Fleetwood Mac – Sara
Posted on March 12, 2014 | No CommentsStevie Nicks has said that “Sara” is about the doomed affair she had with her best friend’s husband — who just so happened to be Mick Fleetwood, her own drummer. […] -
![Sometimes the greatness of a song lies not so much in the melody and lyrics, or even the resolution thereof, but the absence, perhaps the deliberate exclusion of these things. […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/inutero-115x115.jpg "Nirvana – Scentless Apprentice")
Nirvana – Scentless Apprentice
Posted on November 1, 2013 | No CommentsSometimes the greatness of a song lies not so much in the melody and lyrics, or even the resolution thereof, but the absence, perhaps the deliberate exclusion of these things. […] -
![Would you call this a work of art? Far from the love-me-goo of the Beatles’ shtick, pre-’65, and quickly overdubbed in the twilight of their studio-bound seclusion, “Old Brown Shoe” […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Old-Brown-Shoe2-115x115.jpg "The Beatles – Old Brown Shoe")
The Beatles – Old Brown Shoe
Posted on March 20, 2013 | No CommentsWould you call this a work of art? Far from the love-me-goo of the Beatles’ shtick, pre-’65, and quickly overdubbed in the twilight of their studio-bound seclusion, “Old Brown Shoe” […] -
![Co-written and produced by David Bowie, Iggy Pop’s “Baby” is a sketch. It’s drum-less and tight — a model of almost James M. Cain-like restraint. No less direct than the […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/leidiot-115x115.jpg "Iggy Pop – Baby")
Iggy Pop – Baby
Posted on March 9, 2013 | No CommentsCo-written and produced by David Bowie, Iggy Pop’s “Baby” is a sketch. It’s drum-less and tight — a model of almost James M. Cain-like restraint. No less direct than the […] -
![A dirge for River Phoenix. R.E.M. is here: the skew, the melody, the jangle. But it’s different; it’s Wagnerian, unlike (and better than) anything else they did. As Patti Smith […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ebowtheletter-115x115.jpg "R.E.M. – E-Bow The Letter")
R.E.M. – E-Bow The Letter
Posted on June 3, 2012 | No CommentsA dirge for River Phoenix. R.E.M. is here: the skew, the melody, the jangle. But it’s different; it’s Wagnerian, unlike (and better than) anything else they did. As Patti Smith […] -
Peter Frampton – Lines On My Face
Posted on April 21, 2012 | No CommentsA brave face on a breakup, before and after. His guitar weighs his loneliness.