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Music journalist, historian, archivist, crabby old punk rock lady. Bimonthly column at Salon.com | WHY PATTI SMITH MATTERS, UTP 2022 Springsteen newsletter @ https://www.radio-nowhere.com/ clips @ https://carynrose.contently.com/ She / her

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · Jul 7

music journalist / historian / archivist. bylines in: Salon.com, NPR, Variety & others. I wrote WHY PATTI SMITH MATTERS. proprietor of RADIO NOWHERE (www.radio-nowhere.com), a newsletter about Bruce Springsteen. clips at carynrose.contently.com

Radio Nowhere: A Newsletter About Bruce Springsteen

Thoughtful and deeply-researched discussion and commentary about Bruce Springsteen's music and live shows.

www.radio-nowhere.com

Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 16m

Thank youuuu

Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 16m

Also, freelancers don’t write video or album or single previews. Don’t ask them to write one. Find a staffer at the publication

Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 2h

I don't always reply to the pitches I receive from publicists (because I have a job that I do and if I did, I would never get to do my job). But here is a tip for aspiring publicists: Critics do not "write a Rotten Tomatoes review." No critics do this.

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 21m

Do you have a recommendation? Or at least a link to the same kind you bought. I was thinking about a zero gravity chair but I like a hammock better

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Blanche Devereaux @gingerkap23.bsky.social · 55m

I know a common maga talking point, and I’ve heard it at the ICE job fairs too, is that ICE always did this and the only reason we are hearing about it now is that ppl hate DT/all eyes are on them. We need more LE and former ICE speaking up to explain how this isn’t normal or acceptable.

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2h

if you know a single soul in…

• the Kansas City metro area
• the St. Louis metro area
• the Indianapolis metro area
• the Nashville metro area

@ekkoastral.bsky.social is playing a few impromptu shows on our way back to DC

tomorrow thru friday

our last shows of the year!!!!

linktr.ee/ekkoastral

ekko astral on stage lookin epic photo credit alec pugliese

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2h

ICE is all over the city and burbs today, including Waukegan. Multiple reports on social media from people who have found empty work vans and are trying to locate family of their owners. This is a near daily occurrence now.

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 1h

i'd like to know what food isn't inspired by flavor

Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 1h

appreciate you <3

Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 1h

i said real ones would know!!

Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 1h

continuing the Nebraska coverage, I wrote about what I managed to unearth about the origins of the myth behind the so-called "Electric Nebraska": www.radio-nowhere.com/the-myth-of-... #springsteen

The Myth of "Electric Nebraska"

This turnpike sure is spooky at night when you're all alone

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 6h

i'm not sure spoilers apply to things that are over 40 years old but I wrote about Electric Nebraska for @theguardian.com : www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o... #springsteen

Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition review – fabled album falls short of expectations

Rumours of the existence of E Street versions of Springsteen’s masterpiece have swirled for decades, but the reality doesn’t live up to the hype

www.theguardian.com

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 2h

i mostly used it those times they just put the name of the band and the phone number in the ad (U2, Squeeze) bc I didn't have a credit card! but later on in life it helped me out when I was buying from across the country

Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 2h

212-307-7171

(not my home number)

(real ones know)

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 4h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Matthew Leach @matthewhleach.bsky.social · 3h

If you think there's no good new music out there, of any genre, you're just not trying.

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 3h

this book is working its way up my TBR queue! you should go

John Lingan @johnlingan.bsky.social · 4h

DC folks, I couldn’t be more excited to announce this BACKBEATS publication day event at Kramers in DuPont Circle. I’ll be in conversation with my friend and inspiration @andreapitzer.bsky.social. Come out and talk rock and roll with us!

John Lingan: Backbeats | Kramers

kramers.com

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 4h

Vinnie Vedecci. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 4h

On Saturday, Oct. 18, more than 100 communities from southeast Michigan to the westernmost part of the U.P. are set to hold “No Kings” rallies in support of civil rights, democracy and the rule of law.

Story from @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social

Activists and Michigan lawmakers sound alarms on political overreach ahead of ‘No Kings’ protests • Michigan Advance

More than four months after protestors across Michigan and throughout the nation gathered in opposition to President Donald Trump and his administration for No Kings Day, communities across the state ...

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 4h

now, *that's* a lineup!

Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 5h

there is no good option!! if you drive on the grating you're on the grating. if you don't you're next to that railing that barely earns the name

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Allison Hantschel @allisonhantschel.com · 8h

The last No Kings in Chicago was like 90 percent older female protest veterans who've been derided as normie lib wine moms for the past decade so maybe we could start nagging, like, "woodworking dads" or find a way to condescend to 30-year-old men for a goddamn change.

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 5h

i know you're kidding but you should absolutely do this before someone else does but worse

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 6h

i'm not sure spoilers apply to things that are over 40 years old but I wrote about Electric Nebraska for @theguardian.com : www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o... #springsteen

Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition review – fabled album falls short of expectations

Rumours of the existence of E Street versions of Springsteen’s masterpiece have swirled for decades, but the reality doesn’t live up to the hype

www.theguardian.com

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 8h

💜💜💜

Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 8h

“Enjoy your frog” should be the new antifa greeting

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Bowiesongs (C. O'Leary) @bowiesongs.bsky.social · 10h

30 years ago tonight: Bowie in Dallas; performance released decades later as "Ouvrez le Chien" (bit of an odd pick to be the official '95 US tour document; maybe just the best-sounding tape they had) www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ywh...

Look Back In Anger (Live at the Starplex Amphitheater, Dallas, 13th October, 1995)

YouTube video by David Bowie - Topic

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