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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I listened and enjoyed it but it’s the Lily Seabird record that really got my attention.

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Not getting the Dylan reference.

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thanks for the heads up. I’ll have to try it the next time I’m up there.

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I’ve heard that one track. Thanks for the reminder.

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I’m anxious to listen. My first spin of the day is the new one from Lily Seabird.

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Not all R.E.M. fans are Gen Xer’s. R.E.M. themselves are not Gen X. My favorite post-Bill Berry album is Up. Following his departure they could’ve taken the easy way out but instead rose to the challenge by taking a new musical direction. The last 2 albums are them trying to sound more familiar.

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It was Waxahatchee & MJ Lenderman’s cover from earlier this year that put the song on my radar.

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I hate I missed Plains a few years ago but there was absolutely no way I could make it.

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m somehow managed to miss this, @dbtph.bsky.social & Ben Hackett performing one from Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams for The Tomboy Sessions. #PattersonHood #MusicSky youtu.be/8fNHVtLqBJ8

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Patterson Hood "The Van Pelt Parties" | THE TOMBOY SESSIONS

YouTube video by The Tomboy Sessions

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I didn’t become aware of the song until Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman started covering it in their shows earlier this year.

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I grappled with this recently when writing about specific romantic memories that Nada Surf’s The Weight Is A Gift album never fails to conjure up. It turned 21 (!) recently.

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

R.E.M. announced they were disbanding 15 years ago today. In ‘83 I was drawn in by “Laughing.” As I dove deeper I was captivated not just by the sound but also the mystique. Shadows, catacombs, kudzu, a rustic pastoral landscape of sound that was at once ancient & contemporary. youtu.be/KStirqnmD6Y

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R.E.M. - Gardening At Night (Live Chateau Neuf Oslo 1985)

YouTube video by Trygve Østbye

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

(6/6) Fast forward to the waning months of 1980 when we lost John Bonham & John Lennon. So many of the artists responsible for the music that helped shape me began to disappear from the landscape. These live albums take me back to a more hopeful & joyful time that defined the days of my youth.

Newspaper article reporting on the death of John Bonham

Fans of John & the Beatles gathered in Central Park in New York City mourning his death

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

(5/6) One More From the Road was our introduction to Steve Gaines, who helped Skynyrd soar to new heights. A little over a year later tragedy struck when their plane went down in a Mississippi swamp just a few days after the release of Street Survivors. #MusicSky #Skynyrd #OneMoreFromTheRoad

Steve Gaines at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA

LA Times article reporting on Lynyrd Skynyrd’s plane crash

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

(4/6) ”I sure am glad I don’t wear shoes when I’m out there singing,” he whispered. “I love to feel that stage burn.” #MusicSky #Skynyrd #OneMoreFromTheRoad #RonnieVanZant #LiveAtTheFox

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

(3/6) From One More From the Road: When the last notes of “Free Bird” had faded out on the third night, they had given everything. Euphoric & exhausted, Ronnie Van Zant plopped on a backstage sofa & kicked his bare feet onto a table. His voice was gone. #MusicSky #Skynyrd #OneMoreFromTheRoad

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

(2/6) At the start of the year Peter Frampton’s Frampton Comes Alive! was released. It became a huge part of my summer soundtrack. All three records included liner notes from Cameron Crowe. #MusicSky #Skynyrd #OneMoreFromTheRoad #CameronCrowe

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

(1/6) Lynyrd Skynyrd’s One More From the Road was released 50 years ago yesterday when I was 14. That Christmas I received that record & Led Zeppelin’s The Song Remains the Same as gifts from my parents. #MusicSky #Skynyrd #OneMoreFromTheRoad

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

(3/5) Various Artists Psychic Readings (various artists cover Bad Bad Hats in celebration of the 10th anniversary of their Psychic Reader album) #MusicSky #NowPlaying

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

(2/5) Lily Seabird - Lightspheres on Their Way (4 song digital preview) Erika Wennerstrom - The Sweet Unknown Wild Pink - Still Coming Down Dehd - Poetry Ducks LTD - Modern Fiction #MusicSky #NowPlaying

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

(1/5) Today’s listening inspired by a recent Guardian article, KEXP, WXPN, & artists contributing to the deluxe edition of Ratboys latest album, Singin’ to an Empty Chair that’s out 9/18 (links below). #MusicSky #NowPlaying

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’m anxious to hear where her music will take us next.

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’ve already replied. You answered my question with a question.

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Yesterday was the 42nd anniversary of my favorite rock station going Country. I got turned on to lots of music outside the mainstream from friends & relatives but WQDR was like a lifeline, especially for those of in the rural areas. Hearing “Laughing” by R.E.M. on that station was revelatory.

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

(4/4) Stations like QDR only come along once in a lifetime. They were not flawless but they did achieve a remarkable merging of music, air personalities, and community. Link below to a segment WPTF did on QDR’s sign off in 1984. #WQDR youtu.be/UWWx48hw22g

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

(3/3) One of the DJ’s that returned was the late Rockin’ Ron Phillips, who had the honor of the sign off shift. Not everything went according to plan. If you so desire you can listen to the last 20 minutes of his shift courtesy of Tom Guild (link below). #WQDR tinyurl.com/y9mrt2hb

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

(2/2) QDR had roughly one month to say goodbye to their listeners. They made the best of that time by throwing the rules out the window. Former DJs returned to the roost, album sides were played in the middle of the afternoon, and song constraints were lifted. #WQDR

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

(1/4) 42 years ago last night I sat in front of my stereo in stunned silence as WQDR, my favorite radio station of all time, faded to black. After 11+ years as an AOR station the decision was made to flip formats to Country. In the current commercial radio environment there would be no notice. #WQDR

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

(2/2) Curiosity got the best of me so I looked her up to discover we’re only a year apart in age which blew my mind just a little bit. I also didn’t realize she’d walked away from acting quite some time ago. #PhoebeCates #Letterman youtu.be/I7Apl0juZ4k

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Phoebe Cates Loved Everything About "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" | Letterman

YouTube video by Letterman

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

(1/2) recently watched an old clip of David Letterman interviewing Phoebe Cates on his show circa 1984 when Gremlins was her latest movie. She was 21 at the time. #PhoebeCates #Letterman

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

What cover of “Mad World”?

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

(2/2) Also, the one where he found his sound thanks to a fateful trip to Key West with Jerry Jeff Walker. This remains my favorite era of his work & was hugely impactful to a kid that was more into Kiss, Alice Cooper, Sabbath, Zeppelin, Skynyrd, etc. at the time. #MusicSky #JimmyBuffett

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

(1/2) Jimmy Buffett passed away 3 years ago today at 76. One of my older brothers introduced me to his music in 1974 when I was 12. I immediately went out & purchased the first one of his albums I could find which was A White Sport Coat & A Pink Crustacean, his first for ABC/Dunhill Records.

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

(4/4) They were no one’s well kept secret anymore. In a few short years they would catapult to international stardom. File under fire. Allied no. 5. #rem #document #musicsky youtu.be/bhEswHBOtbs

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R.E.M. 1987-10-08 - News, USA (Interviews with Peter Buck & Michael Stipe, with live & video clips)

YouTube video by R.E.M. Video Archive

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

(3/4) This was a different R.E.M. but I didn’t view them as sell outs or anything of the sort. It was a continuing evolution of their sound. I loved them no less. They reached Top 40 radio. They would soon be on the cover of Rolling Stone, who declared them “America’s Best Rock n’ Roll Band.”

R.E.M. Rolling Stone cover, December 3, 1987 issue

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

(2/4) As I entered the store the song playing was “Disturbance at the Heron House.” The girl behind the counter that sold me the record had her arm in a cast. The week before, I’d just turned 25 years old.

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

(1/4) I can’t tell you my shoe size or what I had for breakfast but I can tell you that 39 years ago today I walked into Record Bar/Tracks in Jacksonville Mall in Jacksonville, NC.

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Never really got into “Popular” but was all in when I heard cuts from The Weight is a Gift on SiriusXMU back in 2005. It’s an all time favorite.

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

(2/2) Saying that I enjoy some of the music isn’t an endorsement of his behavior is often a futile response. My record collection is rife with artists that’ve exhibited less than acceptable behavior. If I stopped listening to them because of it there wouldn’t be much left to listen to.

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Jonathan Lee @beetlebump.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

(1/2) It was a few years after the NYT article before I could stomach his music again. Strangers Almanac is ingrained in my DNA. I’ll occasionally catch shit if I post that I’m listening to Whiskeytown or one of his solo albums.

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