Al Shipley
@alshipley.bsky.social
Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music out August 19, 2025 on Repeater Books / [email protected]
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http://westernblot.bandcamp.com
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Al Shipley
@alshipley.bsky.social
· Apr 29
narrowcast: Deep Album Cuts Vol. 383: Faith No More
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I made a Faith No More deep album cuts playlist:
narrowcast.blogspot.com/2025/04/deep...
open.spotify.com/playlist/1xU...
narrowcast.blogspot.com/2025/04/deep...
open.spotify.com/playlist/1xU...
ai could never make the things that real human musicians make. except for october london, ai could totally do what he does.
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
ai could never make the things that real human musicians make. except for october london, ai could totally do what he does.
typo of the day: "flroida" instead of "florida"
November 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
typo of the day: "flroida" instead of "florida"
did my little grocery run...the store wasn't crazy packed yet but the storm is definitely brewing
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
did my little grocery run...the store wasn't crazy packed yet but the storm is definitely brewing
started thinking about living musicians born in the 1930s...Willie Nelson, Sonny Rollins, John Williams, Buddy Guy, Yoko Ono, Herb Alpert, Mavis Staples, Johnny Mathis, Frankie Valli, Ron Carter, Pat Boone, Bill Wyman, Grace Slick, Mike Stoller, Judy Collins, Shirley Bassey, Neil Sedaka,
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
started thinking about living musicians born in the 1930s...Willie Nelson, Sonny Rollins, John Williams, Buddy Guy, Yoko Ono, Herb Alpert, Mavis Staples, Johnny Mathis, Frankie Valli, Ron Carter, Pat Boone, Bill Wyman, Grace Slick, Mike Stoller, Judy Collins, Shirley Bassey, Neil Sedaka,
hilarious example of google doing too much
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
hilarious example of google doing too much
i always laugh at my cats 'play fighting' and it usually seems harmless, but i think elliott took a whole chunk out of iggy's ear last night, he's looking a little mangled this morning
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
i always laugh at my cats 'play fighting' and it usually seems harmless, but i think elliott took a whole chunk out of iggy's ear last night, he's looking a little mangled this morning
feels weird to have bought tickets for some 2026 concerts. i already have plans for next year!
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
feels weird to have bought tickets for some 2026 concerts. i already have plans for next year!
A Man on the Inside's Thanksgiving episode is so good. sometimes you just need Jason Mantzoukas to parachute into a show for a few scenes to say some unhinged shit.
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A Man on the Inside's Thanksgiving episode is so good. sometimes you just need Jason Mantzoukas to parachute into a show for a few scenes to say some unhinged shit.
Yeat's forthcoming album is called A Dangerous Lyfe but this song title looks like a warning about the Anti-Defamation League
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-50...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-50...
[ADL IS COMING]
YouTube video by Yeat Music
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November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Yeat's forthcoming album is called A Dangerous Lyfe but this song title looks like a warning about the Anti-Defamation League
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-50...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-50...
I appeared on The Bogus Otis Show podcast to talk about the Van Halen catalog, it was total tornado stuff:
www.buzzsprout.com/2050414/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2050414/epis...
S6 Episode 008: Music Journalist Al Shipley RE-SPINS his VH RANKINGS! - The Bogus Otis Show: 9 Degrees of Sammy Hagar
In this episode, music journalist Al Shipley crashes the cast to discuss, defend & dissect the Bo-Host's review of HIS "Every Van Halen Album, Ranked" article for SPIN Magazine! Al's a musicologis...
www.buzzsprout.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I appeared on The Bogus Otis Show podcast to talk about the Van Halen catalog, it was total tornado stuff:
www.buzzsprout.com/2050414/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2050414/epis...
do you think anyone tried to tell The Band they shouldn't do their farewell concert on Thanksgiving and they were like "pshhh we don't care, our Thanksgiving is in October"
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
do you think anyone tried to tell The Band they shouldn't do their farewell concert on Thanksgiving and they were like "pshhh we don't care, our Thanksgiving is in October"
coming up with folksy sayings about climate change like "t-shirt weather in november, die of heat stroke next september"
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
coming up with folksy sayings about climate change like "t-shirt weather in november, die of heat stroke next september"
today's typo was so incoherent that i wound up listening to a Scottish band called Shooglenifty
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
today's typo was so incoherent that i wound up listening to a Scottish band called Shooglenifty
blair underwood's family crest says "what's underwood doesn't need to be explained"
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
blair underwood's family crest says "what's underwood doesn't need to be explained"
if nicki minaj had to marry someone weird-looking and evil, why couldn't it be yo gotti, they at least make good songs together
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
if nicki minaj had to marry someone weird-looking and evil, why couldn't it be yo gotti, they at least make good songs together
a huge number of the world's animals eat insects, i'd be annoyed if i was the one species that got named "anteater"
November 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
a huge number of the world's animals eat insects, i'd be annoyed if i was the one species that got named "anteater"
"He took a gap year following graduation in order to pursue live-streaming full time, and created a Google Slides presentation in order to convince his parents to do so." #WikipediaSentences
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"He took a gap year following graduation in order to pursue live-streaming full time, and created a Google Slides presentation in order to convince his parents to do so." #WikipediaSentences
oh...nazi tattoo guy is still campaigning huh
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
oh...nazi tattoo guy is still campaigning huh
lmao @ r&b stations playing this street harrassment carol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pb1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pb1...
EJ Jones - Gas Station Love (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by EJ Jones
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November 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
lmao @ r&b stations playing this street harrassment carol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pb1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pb1...
typo of the day: "ixzizh" instead of "isaiah"
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
typo of the day: "ixzizh" instead of "isaiah"
typo of the day: "ixzizh" instead of "isaiah"
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
typo of the day: "ixzizh" instead of "isaiah"
i try to turn every homonym-based misunderstanding into a "who's on first" routine, force of abbott
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
i try to turn every homonym-based misunderstanding into a "who's on first" routine, force of abbott
TV Diary - Pluribus, The Beast in Me, Death By Lightning, Stumble, All Her Fault, Malice, The Vince Staples Show, A Man on the Inside, Bat-Fam, The American Revolution, etc.
narrowcast.blogspot.com/2025/11/tv-d...
narrowcast.blogspot.com/2025/11/tv-d...
narrowcast: TV Diary
narrowcast.blogspot.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
TV Diary - Pluribus, The Beast in Me, Death By Lightning, Stumble, All Her Fault, Malice, The Vince Staples Show, A Man on the Inside, Bat-Fam, The American Revolution, etc.
narrowcast.blogspot.com/2025/11/tv-d...
narrowcast.blogspot.com/2025/11/tv-d...
it's annoying when people act they're so impressed by tmz's hard working spies. people who happen to wind up with some celebrity dirt or footage sell it to them, it's mostly crowd-sourced. they're not clever, they're just mean mercenary little shits.
November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
it's annoying when people act they're so impressed by tmz's hard working spies. people who happen to wind up with some celebrity dirt or footage sell it to them, it's mostly crowd-sourced. they're not clever, they're just mean mercenary little shits.
whatever the Amazon Echo did to change its shuffle algorithm recently, i like it, it's been serving up a more varied mix of songs, not just the most obvious popular handful of tracks by any given artist
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
whatever the Amazon Echo did to change its shuffle algorithm recently, i like it, it's been serving up a more varied mix of songs, not just the most obvious popular handful of tracks by any given artist