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Brian Flota
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Humanities Librarian at JMU; co-editor of COMIC BOOKS, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, AND THE ACADEMIC LIBRARY; co-author of "Sustainable Futures for Comics Collections"; #FirstGen; Opinions mine, vinyl records, etc.
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Record #1264: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1982 reissue, 12”, UK, PRT Records)
December 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Record #1263: Perfect Pussy, Say Yes to Love (2014, 12”, US, Captured Tracks)
December 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Record #1262: Lee Castro, He Touched Me (12”, US, Vision Records)
December 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Record #1261: Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist, Alfredo II (2025, 2x12”, US, ESGN)
December 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Record #1260: The Beatles, The Early Beatles (1976 reissue, 12”, US, Capitol Records)
December 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Record #1259: Dope Purple / Bei San Q Nan, Psychedelic Scum Freaks (2023 reissue, 2x12”, UK, Riot Season Records)
December 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Record #1258: Bob Dylan, Time Out of Mind (1997, 2x12”, US, Columbia Records)
December 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Record #1257: Ornette Coleman, Ornette at 12 (1969, 12”, US, Impulse! Records)
December 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Favorite Films of the Last Ten Years [2016-2025]
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FAVORITE FILMS OF THE LAST TEN YEARS [2016-2025] THE ALCHEMIST COOKBOOK [2016, Joel Potrykus] BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN [2021, Radu Jade] A DIFFERENT MAN [2024, Aaron Schimberg] DRIVE MY CAR [2021, Ryusuke Hamaguchi] FIRST REFORMED [2017, Paul Schrader] GOOD TIME [2017, Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie] GREENER GRASS [2019, Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe] JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3–PARABELLUM [2019, Chad Stahelski] JOHN WICK: CHAPTER FOUR [2023, Chad Stahelski] THE LIGHTHOUSE [2019, Robert Eggers] MANDY [2018, Panos Cosmatos] MIDSOMMAR [2019, Ari Aster] MOONLIGHT [2016, Barry Jenkins] O.J.: MADE IN AMERICA [2016, Ezra Edelman] ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER [2025, Paul Thomas Anderson] PARASITE [2019, Bong Joon-ho] PEARL [2022, Ti West] THE POLKA KING [2017, Maya Forbes] POOR THINGS [2023, Yorgos Lanthimos] THE POWER OF THE DOG [2021, Jane Campion] RELAXER [2018, Joel Potrykus] SHE DIES TOMORROW [2020, Amy Seimetz] STAND UP SOLUTIONS [2024, Harris Mayersohn] UNCUT GEMS [2019, Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie] THE ZONE OF INFLUENCE [2023, Jonathan Glazer]
December 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Record #1256: Buck Owens and Ringo Starr, Act Naturally (1989, 7”, US, Capitol Records)
December 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Record #1255: John Coltrane, The Other Village Vanguard Tapes (1977, 2x12”, US, Impulse! Records)
December 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Record #1254: The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra, The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra (1968, 2x12” box set, US, JCOA Records)
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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‪My Favorite Albums of the Last Ten Years [2016-2025]
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[أحمد] AHMED - Giant Beauty [2024] [أحمد] AHMED - Wood Blues [2024] SHEIK ANORAK + SCHAKALENS BROR - Sheik Anorak + Schakalens Bror [2019] CONWAY - G.O.A.T [2017] DEVOURMENT - Obscene Majesty [2019] DOPE PURPLE+北山Q男 - Psychedelic Scum Freaks [2019] FREDDIE GIBBS & THE ALCHEMIST - Alfredo 2 [2025] GOLDEN OFFENCE ORCHESTRA - Ode to Pauline Oliveros [2017] ROBERTO LANERI - Harmonic Crystals [2023] ROBERTO LANERI - Magister Perotinus Meets the Jedi Masters [2024] LIGHTNING BOLT - Sonic Citadel [2019] LOVE THEME - Love Theme [2017] MACH-HOMMY - Pray for Haiti [2021] KALI MALONE - Does Spring Hide Its Joy [2023] OPENING PERFORMANCE ORCHESTRA - Four Walls of Sound [2021] SCHAKALENS BROR - Overdrive [2018] SCHAKALENS BROR - Georgia (Guitar) Overdrive [2023] SCHAKALENS BROR - 240 Brother [2024] SKIN TENSION - Omni [2022] SKIN TENSION - Celebrant [2023] SLEEP - The Sciences [2018] SUNN O))) - 25th Anniversary Rehearsal Demo [2023] VOICE ACTOR - Sent from My Telephone [2022] WATER DAMAGE - But the Rat Was Very Smart [2022] WESTSIDE GUNN – Hitler Wears Herme 8: Side B [2021]
December 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Record #1253: Rod Stewart, Smiler (1974, 12”, US, Mercury Records)
December 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Record #1252: Nirvana, Bleach (2009 reissue, 2x12”, US, Sub-Pop Records)
December 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Record #1251: John Lennon, Live in New York City (1986, 12”, US, Capitol Records)
December 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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My Favorite "New to Me" Films of 2025 @bookmobility.bsky.social ‪ @apollotwin.bsky.social @cowsarejustfood.bsky.social @jackoften.bsky.social
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BUGONIA [2025, Yorgos Lanthimos] THE CRANES ARE FLYING [1957, Mikhail Kalatozov] A DIFFERENT MAN [2024, Aaron Schimberg] EBONY AND IVORY [2024, Jim Hosking] EDDINGTON [2025, Ari Aster] EMERALD CITIES [1983, Rick Schmidt] FRIENDSHIP [2024, Andrew DeYoung] GIRLFRIENDS [1978, Claudia Weill] GRIZZLY MAN [2005, Werner Herzog] HE RAN ALL THE WAY [1951, John Berry] JOBE’Z WORLD [2018, Michael M. Bilandic] KISAPMATA [1981, Mike de Leon] NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES [1948, John Farrow] NIGHTSHIFT [1981, Robina Rose] ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER [2025, Paul Thomas Anderson] THE POLKA KING [2017, Maya Forbes] SHARP CORNER [2024, Jason Buxton] SHERLOCK, JR. [1924, Buster Keaton] THE SHROUDS [2024, David Cronenberg] SPENCER [2021, Pablo Larrain] SPLIT SECOND [1953, Dick Powell] THE STORE [1983, Frederick Wiseman] THE SUBSTANCE [2024, Coralie Fargeat] THE WINDOW [1949, Ted Tetzlaff] TIE XI QU: WEST SIDE OF THE TRACKS [2002, Wang Bing]
December 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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One of my favorite movies!

Record #1250: Michael Small, The Parallax View (2021, 12”, US, Cinema Paradiso Records)
December 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Record #1249: The Smiths, The World Won’t Listen (1987, 12”, UK, Rough Trade Records)
December 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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My Favorite "New to Me" Albums of 2025 @bridgemusicbunker.bsky.social @thegnarrator.bsky.social @jacobsberg.bsky.social @swansfan2.bsky.social @dickflex.bsky.social @cowsarejustfood.bsky.social @jamesbrubaker.bsky.social @motherslug.bsky.social @rolandkayn.bsky.social
[أحمد] AHMED - Super Majnoon [2019] [أحمد] AHMED - Wood Blues [2024] [أحمد] AHMED - Sama’a (Audition) [2025] NIKHIL BANERJEE - Morning Ragas, Bombay 1965 [1997] JEAN-BAPTISTE BARRIERE - Pandemonium: Ville Ouverte – Esquisses pour une descente aux enfers [1979] BENNY THE BUTCHER - Tana Talk 3 [2018] BLACK BONED ANGEL - Verdun [2009] ROY BROOKS - Understanding [2021] BSIF - Whoever It Is, Is [2025] JEAN-CLAUDE ELOY - Gaku-No-Michi [1978] FREDDIE GIBBS & THE ALCHEMIST - Alfredo 2 [2025] JUTE GYTE - Penetralia [2018] HELL - Hell [2009] TOBE HOOPER & WAYNE BELL - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre [2024] ASGER JORN & JEAN DUBUFFET - Musique phenomenal [1961] ROLAND KAYN - Scanning [2019] ROLAND KAYN - Sezarytes [2025] MICHIO MIYAGI - Masterpieces of Koto [1956] THE NECKS- Disquiet [2025] PAULINE OLIVEROS - The Roots of the Moment [1988] TERRY RILEY - Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band: “All Night Flight” Vol. 1 [1996] THE MAX ROACH TRIO FEATURING THE LEGENDARY HASAAN - The Max Roach Trio featuring the Legendary Hasaan [1965] SUNN O))) - 25th Anniversary Rehearsal Demo [2023] TERRORIZER - World Downfall [1989] USA/MEXICO - Live in Paris [2025]
December 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Record #1248: Paul McCartney, Paul is Live (2019 reissue, 2x12”, US, MPL Communications)
December 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Record #1247: Sleater-Kinney, Dig Me Out (2002 reissue, 12”, US, Kill Rock Stars)
December 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Record #1246: Bernard Herrmann, Vertigo—Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2025 reissue, 12”, US, Varese Sarabande)
December 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Record #1245: Jackie Shark and The Beach Butchers, 2nd Generation Rising b/w Mary Lou (2010 reissue, 7”, US, Artifix Records)
December 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Record #1244: Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, Stranger Things, Volume One—A Netflix Original Series) (2018 reissue, 2x12”, US, Lakeshore Records)
December 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM