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25 Albums in 25 Days – John Cage * Christian Wolff: CARTRIDGE MUSIC (1960)/THREE PIECES BY CHRISTIAN WOLFF (1961), by Tom Kipp

I’ve been nominated by my brilliant pal Chris Estey to post 25 albums in 25 days that have had a major CREATIVE impact on me—just album covers without any explanation—and to nominate a different person each day to do the same. Today I nominate: Devin McKinney Day 12: John Cage * Christian Wolff: CARTRIDGE MUSIC …

25 Albums in 25 Days – WANNA BUY A BRIDGE? (Rough Trade Records singles compilation, US LP, 1980; released w/ green, blue, and dark brown cover variants!), by Tom Kipp

I’ve been nominated by my brilliant pal Chris Estey to post 25 albums in 25 days that have had a major CREATIVE impact on me—just album covers without any explanation—and to nominate a different person each day to do the same. Today I nominate: Ray Damulag Day 10: WANNA BUY A BRIDGE? (Rough Trade Records …

1500 Completely Unforgettable Songs!: What Was in the Water at Warner Brothers, ca. 1978-80! by Tom Kipp

[Ed. Note: What follows is a work in progress. Tom Kipp is in the process of compiling “1500 Completely Unforgettable Songs! (A Musical Cornucopia of Rock, Punk, Soul, Funk, Pop, Postpunk, Grunge, Sludge, Spoken Word, Country, Hardcore, Hip-Hop, Metal, Industrial, and Beyond).” Some of these songs will be familiar, others less so. All will be …

‘The Rigors of Montana Postpunk with Ein Heit, “The Rocket from the Tombs of The Eighties”!’ by Tom Kipp

Blowin’ out my voice with Montana Postpunk colossus Ein Heit, at what appears to be our show in the gymnasium of Missoula Loyola High School in mid-March 1986. Likely singing our customary set closer, Husker Du’s “Diane”, which I then considered to be “The Greatest Song Written During The 1980s”, and would likely nominate for …

“All Weather Horrors are Relative: Havre, Montana has Been Cold Like You Can’t Believe!”, by Tom Kipp

Not to in any way diminish the Weather Horrors currently being visited upon so many parts of Our Great Nation. All atmospheric phenomena are of course relative, and very few towns or cities in America are notably prepared for significantly sub-zero weather conditions. But “facts is facts”, as Will Rogers surely said! And my hometown …