Playmixt aka Kevin
@playmixt.bsky.social
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Mystique and Deceit in R.E.M. Album Art
Back home in Pennsylvania, the next trip to the record store sent me straight to the “R” bin: did they have any other records? “Murmur” was already acquired, but the bin also held a blue-covered EP ti...
ihavethatonvinyl.com
Wrote a thing for the I Have That On Vinyl site:
ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/mysti...
ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/mysti...
The Travolta ad this season is an abomination.
December 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The Travolta ad this season is an abomination.
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60 years ago today, A Charlie Brown Christmas aired on CBS.
Here is the original promo as it aired in 1965.
🎄 🌲🎄☃️🌲🎄🌲☃️🎄🌲🎄☃️🌲🎄🌲
Here is the original promo as it aired in 1965.
🎄 🌲🎄☃️🌲🎄🌲☃️🎄🌲🎄☃️🌲🎄🌲
December 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
60 years ago today, A Charlie Brown Christmas aired on CBS.
Here is the original promo as it aired in 1965.
🎄 🌲🎄☃️🌲🎄🌲☃️🎄🌲🎄☃️🌲🎄🌲
Here is the original promo as it aired in 1965.
🎄 🌲🎄☃️🌲🎄🌲☃️🎄🌲🎄☃️🌲🎄🌲
December 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
My word - if you adore the Guaraldi music this time of year, make every effort you can to catch the Eric Byrd Trio at one of their many "Charlie Brown Christmas" programs in the greater DC area. Check their website for dates: ericbyrdtrio.com/gigs/
#CharlieBrownChristmas #VinceGuaraldi
#CharlieBrownChristmas #VinceGuaraldi
December 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
My word - if you adore the Guaraldi music this time of year, make every effort you can to catch the Eric Byrd Trio at one of their many "Charlie Brown Christmas" programs in the greater DC area. Check their website for dates: ericbyrdtrio.com/gigs/
#CharlieBrownChristmas #VinceGuaraldi
#CharlieBrownChristmas #VinceGuaraldi
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...'twas my lucky bun day,
you know what I mean! "
-#SpinalTap
you know what I mean! "
-#SpinalTap
December 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
...'twas my lucky bun day,
you know what I mean! "
-#SpinalTap
you know what I mean! "
-#SpinalTap
Audible hopes you have enjoyed this program.
December 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Audible hopes you have enjoyed this program.
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55 years old and only just found out that the cowboy in Glen Campbell's song does not weigh nine stones.
December 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
55 years old and only just found out that the cowboy in Glen Campbell's song does not weigh nine stones.
If you're going out to watch THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR, be sure to stay through every word of the credits... or you'll miss something. #KillBill
December 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
If you're going out to watch THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR, be sure to stay through every word of the credits... or you'll miss something. #KillBill
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"Patrons from Utah to Pennsylvania have apparently been buying Blu-Ray players and borrowing the Criterion Collection because they no longer have patience for the Disney-Hulu-Paramount-Netflix game of IP thrones." lithub.com/have-librari...
Have libraries have become the new Blockbuster?
Streaming is over. The magazine is back. And everyone who’s too online is apparently getting off again. The time is ripe for an analog revolution. And where better to start than the stacks? A…
lithub.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"Patrons from Utah to Pennsylvania have apparently been buying Blu-Ray players and borrowing the Criterion Collection because they no longer have patience for the Disney-Hulu-Paramount-Netflix game of IP thrones." lithub.com/have-librari...
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Last Bandcamp Friday of the year. Support independent music and the people who make it.
December 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Last Bandcamp Friday of the year. Support independent music and the people who make it.
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You know, I think if I owned the rights to a century's worth of the most acclaimed films ever like The Wizard of Oz and 2001, plus all the most popular characters in cartoon history, plus Superman and Batman, plus tons of other stuff, I could probably make enough money I wouldn't need to sell it.
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
You know, I think if I owned the rights to a century's worth of the most acclaimed films ever like The Wizard of Oz and 2001, plus all the most popular characters in cartoon history, plus Superman and Batman, plus tons of other stuff, I could probably make enough money I wouldn't need to sell it.
Anyone got a copy of the 1994 demo by NJ hard-core band SEED? Even if not, read this - it is excellent.
Paging @ihavethatonvinyl.com !
Paging @ihavethatonvinyl.com !
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Anyone got a copy of the 1994 demo by NJ hard-core band SEED? Even if not, read this - it is excellent.
Paging @ihavethatonvinyl.com !
Paging @ihavethatonvinyl.com !
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A giant. One of the greats. Rest In Peace, Steve Cropper. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/a...
Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and a Shaper of Memphis Soul Music
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
A giant. One of the greats. Rest In Peace, Steve Cropper. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/a...
December 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Happy 60th birthday to Rubber Soul by the Beatles, released 3rd Dec 1965. Here is my intern deciding which of my copies of the LP I should listen to tonight.
December 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Happy 60th birthday to Rubber Soul by the Beatles, released 3rd Dec 1965. Here is my intern deciding which of my copies of the LP I should listen to tonight.
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Watch @drivebytruckers.bsky.social and Jason Isbell reunite to play "Hell No, I Ain't Happy" on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social
Drive-By Truckers & Jason Isbell Reunite On 'Colbert': Watch
For one night, Jason Isbell was a Drive-By Trucker again. Isbell joined the band in 2001 and left to go solo in 2007, and he’s existed on a parallel path with his old band ever since then. Isbell and ...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Watch @drivebytruckers.bsky.social and Jason Isbell reunite to play "Hell No, I Ain't Happy" on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social
[ mutes "Spotify" and "wrapped" ]
December 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
[ mutes "Spotify" and "wrapped" ]
Watch this, it's fantastic.
Shameless plug time.
The HBO Max movie we worked on, It's Never Over Jeff Buckley, is available for streaming starting this Thursday 12/4
It's a beautiful look at the brief but brilliant career of Jeff Buckley. You'll really enjoy it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGKg...
The HBO Max movie we worked on, It's Never Over Jeff Buckley, is available for streaming starting this Thursday 12/4
It's a beautiful look at the brief but brilliant career of Jeff Buckley. You'll really enjoy it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGKg...
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley | Official Trailer | HBO
YouTube video by HBO
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Watch this, it's fantastic.
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It's that time of year again
December 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It's that time of year again
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"For 15 years, he has been at the forefront of an obscure but vital industrywide effort to save old tapes — for which he employs an assortment of handmade tools and Rube Goldberg-worthy machines in a cramped workshop."
The ‘Race Against Time’ to Save Music Legends’ Decaying Tapes (gift link):
The ‘Race Against Time’ to Save Music Legends’ Decaying Tapes (gift link):
The ‘Race Against Time’ to Save Music Legends’ Decaying Tapes
New problems are plaguing old reels, putting decades of history at risk. One man, armed with hair dryers and a love of tinkering, is leading the charge to rescue them.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"For 15 years, he has been at the forefront of an obscure but vital industrywide effort to save old tapes — for which he employs an assortment of handmade tools and Rube Goldberg-worthy machines in a cramped workshop."
The ‘Race Against Time’ to Save Music Legends’ Decaying Tapes (gift link):
The ‘Race Against Time’ to Save Music Legends’ Decaying Tapes (gift link):
It's been so long since you read about "A Long December"...
I think you should.
(Thanks, Niko - as moving as I recalled reading it the first time)
I think you should.
(Thanks, Niko - as moving as I recalled reading it the first time)
Years ago, when I still wrote for SPIN, the great @danielkohn.bsky.social let me write about "A Long December", so of course I wrote a little about death and sadness and choosing to believe things can get better.
www.spin.com/2021/12/a-lo...
www.spin.com/2021/12/a-lo...
‘A Long December’ Always Gives Me Reason to Believe
December is a month of traditions. A myriad religious observances, baked goods, decorations and familial obligations. We all have our conventions, taking time t
www.spin.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It's been so long since you read about "A Long December"...
I think you should.
(Thanks, Niko - as moving as I recalled reading it the first time)
I think you should.
(Thanks, Niko - as moving as I recalled reading it the first time)
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You ever think the guy with the Tiny Desk just wants to get back to work?
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
You ever think the guy with the Tiny Desk just wants to get back to work?
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM