Date of exposure: c. 1993
Point of contact: 120 Minutes
Details: I first heard of them through the Columbia House catalog. Grave Dancers Union had already made me mostly like them but hearing this hit it
Result: realizing Minneapolis rocks
#musicsky #MusicChallenge
Date of exposure: c. 1993
Point of contact: 120 Minutes
Details: I first heard of them through the Columbia House catalog. Grave Dancers Union had already made me mostly like them but hearing this hit it
Result: realizing Minneapolis rocks
#musicsky #MusicChallenge
#i-dle #queencard #kpop #musicsky
#i-dle #queencard #kpop #musicsky
Date of exposure: 1992
Point of contact: Night on Earth
Details: I hadn’t really gotten into him yet but I loved the music in this movie
Result: I got all the Tom Waits albums and saw all the Jim Jarmusch movies I could
#musicsky #firsttime #tomwaits
Date of exposure: 1992
Point of contact: Night on Earth
Details: I hadn’t really gotten into him yet but I loved the music in this movie
Result: I got all the Tom Waits albums and saw all the Jim Jarmusch movies I could
#musicsky #firsttime #tomwaits
Date of exposure: 2000
Point of contact: Napster
Details: I was looking for Big Star’s third album which I had never seen anywhere and came across The Posies/Chilton live album which I had no idea existed as well as the Chris Bell album
Result: love
#musicsky #firsttime
Date of exposure: 2000
Point of contact: Napster
Details: I was looking for Big Star’s third album which I had never seen anywhere and came across The Posies/Chilton live album which I had no idea existed as well as the Chris Bell album
Result: love
#musicsky #firsttime
Date of exposure: 1989
Point of contact: MTV
Details: It may have been written for Roy Orbison but this came out first and it’s the best version w/a sexy music video
Result: intense attraction to Cyndi Lauper somewhat retroactively altered by Celine Dion
#musicsky
Date of exposure: 1989
Point of contact: MTV
Details: It may have been written for Roy Orbison but this came out first and it’s the best version w/a sexy music video
Result: intense attraction to Cyndi Lauper somewhat retroactively altered by Celine Dion
#musicsky
Date of exposure: 2002
Point of contact: Blind bought Handcream for a Generation
Details: I knew them from college radio; I got this album bc they were opening for Belle & Sebastian and I was curious
Result: This is a cool-ass record
#musicsky
Date of exposure: 2002
Point of contact: Blind bought Handcream for a Generation
Details: I knew them from college radio; I got this album bc they were opening for Belle & Sebastian and I was curious
Result: This is a cool-ass record
#musicsky
Date of exposure: 1993
Point of contact: The Line, The Cross and the Curve film
Details: I knew Kate Bush but seeing Rubberband Girl on 120 Minutes made me fall in love.
Result: I spent 5 years listening to this album every night; couldn’t sleep without it #musicsky
Date of exposure: 1993
Point of contact: The Line, The Cross and the Curve film
Details: I knew Kate Bush but seeing Rubberband Girl on 120 Minutes made me fall in love.
Result: I spent 5 years listening to this album every night; couldn’t sleep without it #musicsky
Date of exposure: 1992
Point of contact: Music video on 120 Minutes (fortunately randomly videotaped)
Result: Also took me till the streaming era to find the whole album
#basehead #firsttime #coolestsongsever
Date of exposure: 1992
Point of contact: Music video on 120 Minutes (fortunately randomly videotaped)
Result: Also took me till the streaming era to find the whole album
#basehead #firsttime #coolestsongsever
Date of exposure: 1990
Point of contact: Johnny Carson appearance, reinforced by tab published in Guitar (for the practicing musician) magazine
Result: I never learned how to play more than the first minute of the song
#EricJohnson #CliffsofDover #firsttime
Date of exposure: 1990
Point of contact: Johnny Carson appearance, reinforced by tab published in Guitar (for the practicing musician) magazine
Result: I never learned how to play more than the first minute of the song
#EricJohnson #CliffsofDover #firsttime
Date of exposure: 1988
Point of contact: Music video on Headbanger’s Ball (fortunately randomly videotaped). I couldn’t fathom how this wasn’t played constantly on the radio
Result: Also took me till the streaming era to find the whole album
#Pandoras #FirstTime
Date of exposure: 1988
Point of contact: Music video on Headbanger’s Ball (fortunately randomly videotaped). I couldn’t fathom how this wasn’t played constantly on the radio
Result: Also took me till the streaming era to find the whole album
#Pandoras #FirstTime
Date of exposure: 1993
Point of contact: Found Rhino Records’ DIY: Starry Eyes - UK Pop II (1978-79) in the cassette cut-out bin. All the songs are great. I had heard some Buzzcocks songs before but this one stuck
#Buzzcocks
Date of exposure: 1993
Point of contact: Found Rhino Records’ DIY: Starry Eyes - UK Pop II (1978-79) in the cassette cut-out bin. All the songs are great. I had heard some Buzzcocks songs before but this one stuck
#Buzzcocks
Date of exposure: 2000
Point of contact: Napster
Details: While looking for live Cure bootlegs I found one of Robert Smith singing this with Bowie at his 50th birthday concert. Though I’d had most Bowie albums since I was a teenager I somehow missed the best one: Hunky Dory
Date of exposure: 2000
Point of contact: Napster
Details: While looking for live Cure bootlegs I found one of Robert Smith singing this with Bowie at his 50th birthday concert. Though I’d had most Bowie albums since I was a teenager I somehow missed the best one: Hunky Dory