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Michael Goldberg

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Member Since

over 3 years ago

Total Posts

800

Total Comments

623

Current Artist Influences

Looking Back

  • San Francisco, American Music Club - 1994
  • Blonde On Blonde, Bob Dylan - 1966
  • Goodbye And Hello, Tim Buckley - 1967
  • This Year's Model, Elvis Costello - 1978
  • Stage Fright, The Band - 1970
  • Feats Don't Fail Me Now, Little Feat - 1974

Vital Signs

  • Mogger Since

    December 05, 2005

Posts

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New! Stream Speck Mountain's "Fidelity Shake"
23 days ago

I've been digging this track, "Fidelity Shake," for months now. It's off Speck Mountain's most recent album, Some Sweet Relief. I guess you could call this dreamy shoe-gazer rock, but it's way cooler than that. Very trippy.

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New! Stream Magnolia Electric Co.'s "Josephine"
about 1 month ago

The new album from Magnolia Electric Co. (Jason Molina's band) is titled Josephine and is due out July 21. The album was engineered by Steve Albini at his Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago. I've really dug Molina's many previous recordings, some of which were released under his own name and some under the Songs: Ohia name. Not sure yet about this one.

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Catching up with "Old Joy"
2 months ago

Watched Kelly Reichardt's "Old Joy" with Will Oldham & Daniel London last night & learned a lot about pacing, dialogue and story minimalism.The film is everything I love about what we used to call "art films." Plus a soundtrack by Yo La Tengo that is as beautiful as the cinematography that perfectly captures Portland and the Cascade mountain range.Will Oldham as Kurt is fascinating to watch as ...

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Top Albums This Month

Albums You Should Know About

  • "Telephono," Spoon
  • Harper's Arrow, Sarah Dougher
  • Springtime Can Kill You, Jolie Holland
  • Crashing The Either, Tommy Keene
  • Ballad Of The Broken Seas, Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
  • I've Got My Own Hell To Raise, Bettye Lavette
  • It Don't Bother Me, Bert Jansch
  • Fleur Carnivore, Carla Bley
  • The Covers Record, Cat Power
  • Catalpa, Jolie Holland
  • Five Pillars Of Soul, John Wilkes Booze

My Current Fave New Sounds

  • The Night Races Into Anna, The Green Pajamas
  • Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits
  • Catastrophe Keeps Us Together, Rainer Maria
  • Rather Ripped, Sonic Youth
  • Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited, Various Artists
  • The River In Reverse, Elvis Costello & Allen Tourssaint
  • Stadium Arcadium, Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Living With War, Neil Young

Fave Authors

  • J. D. Saliinger
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Haruki Murakami
  • Mikhail Bulgakov
  • William Gibson

Best Nightspots

  • Great American Music Hall

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