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Man With A Spleen

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"A reluctant, tragic hero for these modern times..."

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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 19h
"You know what's wrong with America? Not enough dance parties." -Marco Schunder, 1990. I'm afraid young Marco might have been onto something. This place probably would be on a better course if we'd only listened. Boogie down, people, while we still can. Maybe it’s not too late.
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Hour Of Power 10•3•26
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: Naked Eyes “Promises, Promises” b/w “A Very Hard Act To Follow” ©️1983 EMI America Requiescat, Pete Byrne. Still one of my favorite singles of the ‘80s. Masterful production by Tony Mansfield.
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: Jogyo “Rude Boy” b/w “Thundacat” ©️2011 Dither Down Records
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: See See Rider “Stolen Heart” b/w “Rosey Singer” ©️1991 Lazy Records
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I had forgotten that Jackson Browne wrote “For A Rocker” for James Honeyman-Scott and now I’m angry all over again how lame a tribute song it is.
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: Queen “Need Your Loving Tonight” b/w “Rock It (Prime Jive)” ©️1981 Elektra Records Commemorating Freddie Mercury’s 80th birthday with one of my favorite Queen songs (and it most definitely isn’t the b-side).
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: David Sylvian “Taking The Veil” b/w “Answered Prayers” ©️1986 Virgin Records 𝘎𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘛𝘰 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩, Sylvian’s second solo effort 𝘢𝘯𝘥 my most listened-to album of all-time, released forty years ago this week.
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This month’s 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘖𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 is a musical sandwich layered with Black Marble, Evil Graham Lee, Neil Young, Labi Siffre, Lush, Anthony Moore… and more (again).
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Hour Of Power 9•2•26
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: The La’s “There She Goes” b/w “Come In Come Out” ©️1988 Go! Discs
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This new Black Marble album is pure cold wave ear candy... like Peter Godwin made a mid-fi record for 4AD.
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: Dolly Parton “Jolene” b/w “My Tennessee Mountain Home” ©️1973 RCA Records She really was the best of us…
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: ZZ Top “Tush” b/w “Blue Jean Blues” ©️1975 London Records Requiescat Frank Beard…
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: Annie “The Greatest Hit” b/w “The Greatest Hit” (7” Dub Rework) ©️1999 Tellé Records
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Africa ‘70 “Lady” b/w “Shakara Oloje” ©️1974 Editions Makossa Records
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: The Teardrop Explodes “Reward” b/w “Strange House In The Snow” ©️1981 Mercury Records Requiescat, Gary Dwyer…
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: Trash Can Sinatras “Hayfever” b/w “Say” ©️1993 Go! Discs Requiescat, John Douglas…
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This month's 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘖𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 is bursting at the seams due to the addition of Lyres' "She Pays The Rent" in honor of the late, irascibly great Jeff Conolly. Join us at this impromptu wake with fIREHOSE, Plaid, Star Moles, Hanoi Rocks, The Durutti Column and more. www.mixcloud.com/LordAlgae/ho...
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Hour Of Power 8•4•26 by Hector Sauvage
For the regular listeners, you may have cottoned onto the fact that all of this year’s “cover art” is landscape-ish photos by yours truly. This month’s is taken outside the north gate of the medieval...
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Hey America, it’s your birthday. Kick up your heels with Thee Oh Sees, Two Shell, Lambchop, HAAi, Popol Vuh, Marc Leclair and more. www.mixcloud.com/LordAlgae/ho...
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: The Smiths “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” b/w “Half A Person” ©️1986 Rough Trade Records/Virgin France …and the Martin D-28 acoustic guitar it was written upon from the exhibit of Johnny Marr’s guitar collection that we saw this weekend at Christie’s.
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: New Order “Touched By The Hand Of God” b/w “Touched By The Hand Of Dub” ©️1988 Factory Records Forty years ago today (June 22nd, I posted after midnight), the most infamous goal in World Cup history transpired…
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: The Horace Silver Quintet “Song For My Father” (Part I) b/w “Song For My Father” (Part II) ©️1965 Blue Note Records Happy Father’s Day, y’all!
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This month’s 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 is dedicated to the memory of and features music from Sonny Rollins and Doug Shaw, along with tunes from David Axelrod, Way Dynamic, Choir Boy, James Booker, Gia Margaret and more. www.mixcloud.com/LordAlgae/ho...
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Hour Of Power 6•3•26
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Les quarante-cinqs du jour: Silkworm “Couldn’t You Wait?” b/w “The Grand Tour” ©1995 Matador Records Come “Car” b/w “Submerge” ©1991 Sub Pop Records I bought tickets for the NYC Silkworm/Come show six months ago only to be thwarted by my son’s graduation. Some things aren’t meant to be.
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: The Go-Betweens “Streets Of Your Town” b/w “Wait Until June” ©1988 Beggars Banquet Records Today marks the 20th anniversary of Grant McLennan’s passing, which seems like yesterday and forever ago at the same time.
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Welcome back to another installment of the 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘖𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳. It's another moody one, full of minor keys... dissonance... lyrical themes of alienation... Who knows what could have possibly inspired such a tone? [gestures out across the American hellscape]? www.mixcloud.com/LordAlgae/ho...
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Hour Of Power 5•5•26
Welcome back to another installment of the 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘖𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳. This month's set is new music heavy (Leif, Iceage, Memorials, R. Boy) with a few old favorite chestnuts thrown in for good measure (Mission O...
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: Sugar “Tilted” b/w “JC Auto” (Live) ©️1993 Creation Records Last night’s fantastic @sugarcopperblue show reminded me that one of the first records I worked when we moved to NYC was 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳. #1 at 𝘊𝘔𝘑, baby! 😏
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: Brittany Howard “What Now” b/w “Meditation” (featuring Ramona Reid & Anne Sensing) ©️2023 Island Records
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: The Weather Prophets “Hollow Heart” b/w “Joe Shmoe The Eskimo” ©️1988 Creation/Grabaciones Accidentales
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: Alice In Chains “Would?” single-sided 7” ©️1992 Epic Records
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: The Outsiders “One To Infinity”/“New Uniform” b/w “Consequences”/“Freeway” ©️1977 Raw Edge Records Adrian Borland passed away twenty seven years ago today…
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: British Sea Power “Remember Me” b/w “The Scottish Wildlife Experience” ©2003 Rough Trade Records Requiescat, Keith Wood…
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: Wall Of Voodoo “Call Box (1-2-3)” b/w “Full Of Tension” ©️1981 I.R.S./Illegal Records Happy birthday, Stanard Ridgway…
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: Diana Ross “Love Hangover” b/w “Kiss Me Now” ©️1976 Tamla/Motown Records Requiescat, James Gadson…
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
If there is one thing that can bring our horribly divided nation together, it’s “𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘋𝘶𝘬𝘦.” Let the healing begin with Prefab Sprout, Lee "Scratch" Perry vs. Mouse On Mars, Black Box Recorder, Chris Cohen & Cass McCombs, Holger Czukay, Kim Gordon and more. www.mixcloud.com/LordAlgae/ho...
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Hour Of Power 4•2•26
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: Minutemen “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love”/“The Red And The Black” b/w “Green River”/“Lost” ©️1985 Reflex Records Happy birthday, D. Boon…
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: Cass McCombs & Chris Cohen “Steel Reserve” b/w “Ignis, Fatuus, Hinkypunk, Sharkfins And Ambergris” ©2026 Hardly Art / Domino Recording Company Opening night of 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘖𝘢𝘬 tour was the best Cass McCombs show I’ve ever seen after a half-century or so of them.
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: Hüsker Dü “Sorry Somehow” b/w “All This I’ve Done For You” ©️1986 Warner Brother Records On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the release of 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘺…
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
👋 🌾
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: Eddy Grant “Electric Avenue” b/w “Time Warp” ©️1982 Ice/Portrait Records Happy birthday, Eddy… and don’t sleep on the underrated b-side. Pure electro bliss.
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The musical mood’s been a bit dark here lately at 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘖𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 HQ, I must admit. In the meantime, let’s commiserate with Bill Orcutt, Let’s Active, Cootie Catcher, Phyllis Hyman, Nathan Fake, SOFTJAW and a whole lot more. www.mixcloud.com/LordAlgae/ho...
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Hour Of Power 3•3•26
The musical mood’s been a bit dark here lately at 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘖𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 HQ, I must admit. Between an interminable winter, the increasing frequency of health & personal challenges and loss amongst friends and...
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: Aztec Camera “Walk Out To Winter” b/w “Set The Killing Free” ©️1983 Rough Trade Records First proper blizzard in fifteen years… NYC is so soft and lovely in the moment.
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: Catapult “Let Your Hair Hang Down” b/w “Performers Prayer” ©️1974 Polydor Records
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The karma for Trossard’s shithousery at the end of the Arsenal/Wolves match is delicious.
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: Charli xcx “360” b/w “360” featuring Robyn & Yung Lean ©️2024 Atlantic Records
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: The Pogues “London Girl”/“Rainy Night In Soho” b/w “The Body Of An American”/“Planxty Noel Hill” ©️1986 Stiff Records Requiescat, Andrew Ranken…
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: Bell Telephone Laboratories 𝘏𝘦𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘸 𝘋𝘩𝘶𝘩 𝘒𝘢𝘦𝘵 7” EP ©️1963 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
This month's 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘖𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 is live and direct... and chock full of new and obscure tracks this month, but pleasantly so methinks (Sure there's a few classic jams thrown in for good measure): www.mixcloud.com/LordAlgae/ho...
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: Pat Kelley “How Long Will It Take” b/w “Try To Remember” ©️1970 Ember Records
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Le quarante-cinq du jour: The Strapping Fieldhands “Albacore Heart” b/w “Neptune’s World” ©️1995 Siltbreeze Records Worth the price of purchase for the David Mitchell cover illustration alone…
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Man With A Spleen @manwithaspleen.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Oh shit… #olympic curling is underway. 🥌
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