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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I stopped watching TV because this spot for a new movie might show up during a commercial break www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sup...

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The Elephant Man 1980 TV trailer

YouTube video by robatsea2009

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Ah you know I guess it’s not, but I will try to put on my website this week and I’ll drop a line - thanks for asking!

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Great stuff, only seen a few of these (incl. Rectify, one of my favorite shows period), look fwd to digging in

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

just thinking about this album makes me happy

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I’ve been writing a bit more for my newsletter, here’s my most recent one. Maybe consider subscribing? markrichardson.substack.com/p/breathing-...

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Breathing Smog: Thoughts on Early Bill Callahan

This past weekend Julie and I saw Bill Callahan in Kingston, NY.

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I was 16, and yes it was a way to learn some things, my intro to those subjects as well (and it took some time to figure out the details). Also my intro to the concept of hifi, first time I really paid attention to an album’s sound

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Wow - that could have been me or Scott, I did like Goober and the Peas but don’t remember adding notes like that?

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Yeah it only left streaming in past couple of weeks, was there when I filed, physical copies have been crazy expensive for years

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

one of those singles comps that’s sequenced perfectly and plays like an album

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

would have been living at Slugs in those days

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

very sorry to hear this, Maura, thinking of you, I know he was a special guy ♥️

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

1983. Bruce runs into Keith in the Poconos on a trip back East, Keith asks “What are you working on, man? I just started a trio to play standards with my friends Jack and Gary.” Bruce says “Working on some sessions in my garage in LA, man.”

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

how about a movie where the “making of Keith Jarrett’s The Köln Concert” cinematic universe fuses with that of the “making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska?

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

the greatest work of art by committee since the King James Bible

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Trojan horse title - “Why Tubas Matter.” (my copy is waiting for me at the Golden Notebook in Woodstock, btw)

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

my favorite (“Sweet Talk”) nowhere to be found!

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

“The Experiment Requires That You Continue” b/w “450 Volts”

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

It was an awkward title, acted like “breaking training” was an everyday expression

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

should be a law that says this tune has to appear in every fall mix youtu.be/p0n9YEARMwg?...

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I Can Smell The Leaves

YouTube video by The Olivia Tremor Control - Topic

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Jeremy D. Larson @jeremydlarson.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Man, I remember hopping on the phone with Kaleb for this piece and thinking, "Oh you write almost exactly how you talk." He was so thoughtful & cared about his truth, his blue and funny vision of the world. Loved this piece, one of his many great accomplishments in life pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

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Johnny Cash: American Recordings

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we explore Johnny Cash’s 1994 comeback American Recordings.

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

I think there’s a bit of a “You can’t win if you don’t play” mindset where if one track breaks through it could mean the diff. b/t owning a house & renting. there’s a Grouper track from one of her most obscure records that went viral and revenue from that alone prob. covers her expenses for 5 years

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Marc Hogan @marchogan.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Love this, from @markrichardson.bsky.social : “Was the revolution in sound I perceived happening entirely in my own mind?” open.substack.com/pub/markrich...

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Revisiting a Half-Decade Ballot I Filed in 2004

Formative electronic dreams from the new millennium

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

feeling good about the car armrest bin curation

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

yeah that is a good point - which stood in contrast to earlier REM’s output

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

he put the drums very high in the mix, as was common then, but he did seem to go easier on the gated snare. “Life’s Rich Pageant” def has the loudest drums of any REM album (also sounds great)

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

one of my favorite music books of the past few years, doesn’t have the snappiest title but lots of interesting history about how jazz and rock were framed when the genres were in earlier stages

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

I definitely first heard it on ILM, and when K’s piece hit I thought of it as riffing on an ILM idea

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

and I think the same goes for pop—it’s expected that if you review pop you care about the genre and are informed about it, where once many dismissed it out of hand

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

all v interesting points. something important tho under-discussed that @stevenhyden.bsky.social mentioned is how this trend fits with the move from generalist to specialist critics. xgau has viciously panned 100+ metal records because he doesn’t like metal. now, you have a metal fan review those

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

I'm thinking a sandwich where you put lettuce and tomato on hours before you eat it and wrap it in plastic, and the water soaks into the bread

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

I wrote a little newsletter about Brian Eno’s Thursday Afternoon open.substack.com/pub/markrich...

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Forty Years of Thursday Afternoon

Brian Eno and the Power of Formats

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I picked one up recently that included an insert with William Ackerman’s perspective on home taping

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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Congrats, looks fantastic. The TOC on its own is enough to spur debate

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