@brianflota
Humanities Librarian at JMU; co-editor of COMIC BOOKS, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, AND THE ACADEMIC LIBRARY; co-author of "Sustainable Futures for Comics Collections"; #FirstGen; Opinions mine, vinyl records, etc.
Today's favorite line from Finnegans Wake.
p. 67: “We might leave that nitrience of oxagiants to take its free of the air and just analectralyse that very chymerical combination, the gasbag where the warderworks.” #FinnegansWake
Record #1464: Hawkwind, Hall of the Mountain Grill (1974, 12”, US, United Artists Records)
Record #1463: Paul McCartney, Man on the Run—Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack (2026, 12”, US, Capitol Records)
Record #1462: Alfred Hitchcock Presents Music to be Murdered By (1980 reissue, 12”, US, DRG Records)
Record #1461: My Bloody Valentine, Before Loveless (2009, 12”, bootleg, Lazy Records)
I've cooled on THIS Elvis over the years, and don't typically enjoy reggae, but this song, thanks to Nick Lowe's punchy production and Costello's clever lyrical turns of phrase, remains a favorite single of mine from the 1970s.
Record #1460: Elvis Costello, Watching the Detectives (1978 reissue, 7”, US, Columbia Records)
Historian here history first time as tragedy the second time as farce.
Record #1459: Ringo Starr, Wrack My Brain b/w Drumming is My Madness (1981, 7”, US, The Boardwalk Entertainment Co.)
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER P1-SLUGGO IS OUTSIDE OF A RECORD SHOP AND HEARS A SQUARE DANCE RECORD PLAYING SLUGGO: NANCY LOVES TO DO THOSE SQUARE DANCES SLUGGO DOES A LITTLE DANCE AS HE LISTENS TO THE MUSIC P2-SLUGGO GOES IN THE RECORD SHOP SLUGGO: I THINK I'LL BUY HER A RECORD P3- SLUGGO CALLS NANCY ON A TELEPHONE SLUGGO: OH, NANCY ---I BOUGHT YOU A SQUARE DANCE RECORD P4- NANCY ASKS SLUGGO ON THE TELEPHONE NANCY : BUT HOW WILL IT FIT MY PHONOGRAPH?? NANCY IS IMAGINING THAT THE RECORD IS ACTUALLY SQUARE.
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
March 04,1948
Record #1458: PJ Harvey, 4-Track Demos (1993, 12”, EU, Island Records)
Record #1457: Them, Gloria b/w Baby Please Don’t Go (1965 reissue, 7”, US, Parrot Records)
Record #1456: Traveling Wilburys, Handle with Care b/w Margarita (1988, 7”, US, Wilbury Records)
EBSCO is trying to nudge all of their publishers to agree to LLM training.
Shoutout to @libraryjuicepress.bsky.social for saying no and for being transparent with these messages.
litwinbooks.com/ebscos-publi...
Record #1455: Minutemen, Double Nickels on the Dime (1980s reissue, 2x12”, US, SST Records)
Making my way through this bad boy!
robertrich.bandcamp.com/album/somnium
Record #1454: Jimi Hendrix, Sound Track Recordings from the Film ‘Jimi Hendrix’ (1973, 2x12”, US, Reprise Records)
Record #1453: Third Grade Teacher, Band Aid Monster b/w Undershon, The Lisa Song (1996, 7”, US)
I'm in that category, apparently 🤷
Record #1452: Bikini Kill, Pussy Whipped (1993, 12”, US, Kill Rock Stars)
Record #1451: Motörhead, No Sleep ‘til Hammersmith (2010 reissue, 12”, Czech Republic, Bronze Records)
Record #1450: Wings, Give Ireland Back to the Irish (1971, 7”, US, Apple Records)
Record #1449: John Coltrane, Offering—Live at Temple University (2014, 2x12”, US, Resonance Records)
Underrated album. That bagpipe track is awesome too.
Record #1448: The Beatles, Live at the Hollywood Bowl (2016 reissue, 12”, US, Apple Records)
Record #1447: Times New Viking, Busy Making Love and War (2005, 7”, US, Columbus Discount)
Canned Heat
Record #1446: Nirvana, Incesticide (1992, 12”, US, DGC Records)
Record #1445: Ringo Starr, Photograph b/w Down and Out (1973, 7”, US, Apple Records)
The best one of those “bad album cover” classics I own
Record #1444: The Ministers Quartet, Let Me Touch Him (1960s, 12”, US)