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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 13h

Today's listens! 🎶 Bauhaus Hum L7 Radiohead Throwing Muses Elvis Costello & the Attractions

Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 13h

Greetings! The first episode of my new weekly radio show, Radio Free Purgatory, will be broadcast on 10/29 from 10pm-Midnight on WAHS 89.5 FM in Auburn Hills, with a replay on 10/31 from 10pm-Midnight. Catch it streaming on wahsradio.org and archived on my website! #detroit

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

If I have been unkind I hope that you can just let it go by If I have been untrue I hope you know it was never to you

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Today's music delivery 🎶 LL and Ella #vinyl

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I've never read a book based on a video game before but I don't think Bioshock is just any video game. Well-written, with an interesting fusion of mid-20th century atom age-punk with science fiction biotech and the moral collapse of objectivism. 3.5/5

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

"Money can't give what the truth takes away" #vinyl

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Today's music delivery 🎶 "It's not punk. It's New Wave. Totally different head. Totally." 😎

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Today's workout jams 🎶 "Mommy? Where's Fluffy?"

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Five months. I'm still insane; it's just more controlled and razor sharp! 😘

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Next up, some later-period Sonic Youth 🎶

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I think this is a promotional copy. 🤔

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Today's music delivery 🎶 2016 reissues

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Jack White used his RRHOF induction speech to name-check influential bands and artists who are not yet inducted into the Rock Hall themselves.

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

In 1978, Mercury Records capitalized on Rush's breakthrough success by reissuing the band's first three albums in a triple LP collection, a promo copy of which I found at a record show for a mere twenty bones. #NowPlaying #vinyl

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Today's music delivery 🎶 Ratt is a guilty pleasure. I'm not normally a fan of "hair metal" and a lot of Ratt's lyrics are 2nd person present mansplaining, but Warren DiMartini is an excellent lead guitarist with "sick riffs." And it's white vinyl!

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

By the time of "Animalize," Kiss was enjoying a revitalized career, though much of the music is forgettable and not as good as their hair-metal peers. Still, Paul sat down with Desmond Child and wrote a big hit that pushed this album into platinum territory.

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The "Lick It Up" album is a bit of a step back but they found their formula to stay relevant for the rest of the '80s and stuck to it, just as glam metal was taking off. This album keeps up the energy and Vinnie's guitar solos are appropriately unhinged, keeping the material interesting.

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

"Creatures of the Night" sounds like the return to form as the band intended and the addition of two new members, Eric Carr and Vinnie Vincent, adds the energy the prior few albums sorely lacked. The music rocks harder and I like the production, especially with a crisp bass guitar in the mix.

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I don't think I've ever heard "Music from 'The Elder.'" I know the album has been raked over the coals and it's known as an oddball in the Kiss catalogue, but I can admit it's definitely interesting. I wouldn't call it "progressive," but it's definitely progressive for Kiss.

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Next up is Unmasked, which turned out to be a prophetic concept in a few years with Lick It Up. Although it went gold, the music's power pop stylings kept American fans away and a US tour fell through. Although it didn't hit the US Top 40, it was a hit in several countries.

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I'm reading Paul Stanley's autobiography and while he discusses Kiss' early '80s nosedive in popularity, I figured I'd do a quick dive from that period. So here we go with Dynasty! Not too promising but I asked for this.

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I have more copies of my 2016 poetry collection available. I'll keep some with me if anyone wants one. I'll let them go for free if you promise to sing my praises. 😉🤣 #poetry

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Pink Floyd visiting Delia Derbyshire at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Maida Vale, London, 9 October, 1967

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

White Stripes Halloween decoration, near Chicago.

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Dan Schell @danschellauthor.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

This was me yesterday when I saw all the guest photos from Heidi Klum's annual Halloween bash. I didn't recognize a single person, other than the host.

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