HeyJaredThe Thrill Of It All
Missives on music, film, and physical media from the '70s, '80s, and sometimes beyond.
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“He never expected to live past the age of 30.” (opens the original)
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Cheetah Chrome has died. His reputation as a hard partying, rough-around-the-edges punk pioneer often overshadowed his true self. This was something Cheetah expressed strongly to me in 2007, when I spent a weekend following him around between Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario. <source type="image/w
Music and physical media in the age of AI, Spotify, and digital glut (opens the original)
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Thanks for reading The Thrill Of It All ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.It was the subtitle of Rollie Pemberton’s Ways of Listening that made me immedia
Square those shoulder pads! (opens the original)
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When Rough Trade was invited to open for David Bowie’s 1983 Serious Moonlight tour, it was the kind of opportunity that could catapult a band’s career to new heights.Touring at that level is an investment, especially internationally. It requires visas and a traveling crew; staging and lighting; and more. The Toronto band were doing quite well in ‘83.Their single “All Touch,” off of For Those Who Think Young, was charting in Canada, the U.S., and Australia; it would become of the band’s most succ
One of the best music memoirs you'll read this year (opens the original)
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On an unusually warm spring evening, I packed into a hot, stuffy room to listen to Don Pyle share from his new book Rough Description. There was a steady line-up at the bar as the overheated crowd thirsted for white wine and beer.I spotted writers, and musicians, and DJs throughout the audience. When Don read out the title of one the book’s chapters, “That Time I was a Gay Hairstylist,” several people whooped in what I assumed was collegial familiarity. The book launch had opened with readings b
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