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My Weird Record Collection Podcast

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My name is Sean, and I'm a music lover. I live Chicago. Huge fan of Beatles, Brian Wilson, and lotsa other stuff too, including classic video games! Also a podcaster, as you probably guessed by my handle! Apple Podcasts URL: tinyurl.com/267jcr7

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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Due to overwhelming demand, My Weird Record Collection is back with episode 29! To celebrate the occasion, Sean learns how to play bongos…or does he? The world may never know. myweirdrecords.fab4it.com/2026/08/30/e...
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Episode 29: Let’s Play Bongos
Due to overwhelming demand, My Weird Record Collection is back with episode 29! To celebrate the occasion, Sean learns how to play bongos…or does he? The world may never know. SHOW NOTES Let&…
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
What I did after work tonite. And I learned that I can get together with my friends for bongo sessions!
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I really need to engage more in this app. Well...My Weird Record Collection will be returning to your podcast feed on August 15. You have been warned.
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
It's now official: So Tough: Pet Sounds at 60. Chicago Public Library, Edgewater branch. June 20 (Brian Wilson's birthday -- coincidence? 😉), 11am CDT In 90 minutes I will cram as much Pet Sounds goodness as I can, including Q&A! chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/6a189...
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So Tough: Pet Sounds at 60
The Beach Boys’ album Pet Sounds is one of the most revered albums in pop music history. It was their eleventh album and influenced other music like the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band....
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Am I the only one who, when hearing a mention of Coachella, instantly thinks NOT the music festival but the big carrot festival...therein?
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I'm hardly active here - really it's almost exclusively been posts about my new episodes. I'm trying to get better at being active here tho. So... But in the mean time - So Tough: Pet Sounds at 60 - Joliet (IL) Public Library, downtown branch - Saturday, 5/16, 2pm! Likely June date in Chicago too!
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Where’s the new episode?! It's the 15th of the month! There's supposed to be a new episode, right? Right?? Well...listen for details!
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Where’s the new episode?!
It's the 15th of the month! There's supposed to be a new episode, right? Right?? Well...listen for details!
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Episode 28: A Lesson in Love Dr. Murray Banks was a psychologist who specialized in love, sex, and all the fun and not-so-fun stuff that goes with it. Join Sean as he learns all about these topics from Murray Banks as the New York shrink addressed a crowd in 1961, and also his reflections on his…
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Episode 28: A Lesson in Love
Dr. Murray Banks was a psychologist who specialized in love, sex, and all the fun and not-so-fun stuff that goes with it. Join Sean as he learns all about these topics from Murray Banks as the New York shrink addressed a crowd in 1961, and also his reflections on his first record show in over 20 years!
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Episode 27: A Bright New World Did you know that Amway had its own singing group? And that they released albums? Join Sean in episode 27 of My Weird Record Collection for an inspirational dive into The Sanborn Singers and a souvenir album from the 1971 World of Amway convention! SHOW NOTES COMING…
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Episode 27: A Bright New World
Did you know that Amway had its own singing group? And that they released albums? Join Sean in episode 27 of My Weird Record Collection for an inspirational dive into The Sanborn Singers and a souvenir album from the 1971 World of Amway convention! SHOW NOTES COMING SOON
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Episode 26: Christmas Bonus! Okay, recently you learned how to communicate your ideas, and it was proposed that if you do that well, you could get a Christmas bonus. So why is this recruitment pitch from the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company considered a Christmas bonus? Guess you're just…
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Episode 26: Christmas Bonus!
Okay, recently you learned how to communicate your ideas, and it was proposed that if you do that well, you could get a Christmas bonus. So why is this recruitment pitch from the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company considered a Christmas bonus? Guess you're just gonna have to listen to episode 26 of My Weird Record Collection and find out!
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Episode 25: How to communicate your ideas Are you afraid to talk to people? Do your subordinates yawn a lot when you're presenting a simple plan? Have you ever overheard someone mumble "That meeting could have been a memo"? (This is 1967, by the way, so no e-mail.) Well, boy howdy, you're in luck!…
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Episode 25: How to communicate your ideas
Are you afraid to talk to people? Do your subordinates yawn a lot when you're presenting a simple plan? Have you ever overheard someone mumble "That meeting could have been a memo"? (This is 1967, by the way, so no e-mail.) Well, boy howdy, you're in luck! The editors of Nation's Business, courtesy of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have exactly the solution for you!
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Episode 25: How to communicate your ideas Are you afraid to talk to people? Do your subordinates yawn a lot when you're presenting a simple plan? Have you ever overheard someone mumble "That meeting could have been a memo"? (This is 1967, by the way, so no e-mail.) Well, boy howdy, you're in luck!…
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Episode 25: How to communicate your ideas
Are you afraid to talk to people? Do your subordinates yawn a lot when you're presenting a simple plan? Have you ever overheard someone mumble "That meeting could have been a memo"? (This is 1967, by the way, so no e-mail.) Well, boy howdy, you're in luck! The editors of Nation's Business, courtesy of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have exactly the solution for you!
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Episode 24: Chevrolet Salutes the 100th Anniversary of College Football It's the ultimate battle: two New Jersey college sports teams face each other with rules that they're not sure about because, well, nobody's ever played the game before! And who better to commemorate that event than Chevy?…
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Episode 24: Chevrolet Salutes the 100th Anniversary of College Football
It's the ultimate battle: two New Jersey college sports teams face each other with rules that they're not sure about because, well, nobody's ever played the game before! And who better to commemorate that event than Chevy? Legendary sportscaster Chris Schenkel brings us this and several other stories throughout college football's first hundred years. SHOW NOTES Chevrolet Salutes the 100th Anniversary of College Football on Discogs If the Walls Could Talk... podcast "How New Jersey Saved Civilization… the first intercollegiate football game"
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
I don't remember whether this was 1978 or 1979. Park-A-Tot Day Nursery in Kankakee, IL. I was four or five years old. I'm the one in the middle. RIP, Ace.
I and two classmates at nursery school. On my right is a kid named Syl. He was Peter Criss. The kid on my right, Michael C., is...some kind of cartoon astronaut. We're all wearing those cheap grocery store costumes with the rubber banded masks. I was Ace Frehley.
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Episode 23: Teenagers’ Questions About Life, Love, & Sex Father Francis Lad Filas S.J. was an expert in the fatherhood of Joseph to Jesus. Every year for decades he told viewers of ABC-TV about the Shroud of Turin. Oh, and he also knew about sex, and he was happy to fulfill the inquiring minds of…
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Episode 23: Teenagers’ Questions About Life, Love, & Sex
Father Francis Lad Filas S.J. was an expert in the fatherhood of Joseph to Jesus. Every year for decades he told viewers of ABC-TV about the Shroud of Turin. Oh, and he also knew about sex, and he was happy to fulfill the inquiring minds of the teen populace of 1964. Join Sean for this exciting adventure into Fr. Filas' record, and a brief walk with the Shaded Dog!
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Whoever did that to this seldom-obeyed stop sign in my neighborhood -- Thank you.
A STOP sign that a citizen augmented to with a sign saying "This is NOT a SUGGESTION! It's the LAW!"
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Hey, I know of a unique podcast about weird records hosted by a guy who's autistic. #JustSayin
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the awesomeness that is horchata?
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Episode 22: Educate Your Dog by The Heisenmann Method 90% of what you know about training a dog is wrong. Well, at least that's what Chuck Eisenmann says! If you have a dog and want to know what you've been doing wrong, perhaps this episode is for you. Otherwise, this episode is DEFINITELY for…
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Episode 22: Educate Your Dog by The Heisenmann Method
90% of what you know about training a dog is wrong. Well, at least that's what Chuck Eisenmann says! If you have a dog and want to know what you've been doing wrong, perhaps this episode is for you. Otherwise, this episode is DEFINITELY for you! Also, a story of a special black triangle on a certain Beatles album. SHOW NOTES Baseball in Wartime entry on Chuck Eisenmann Educate Your Dog by The Eisenmann Method on Discogs.com
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
So let me get this straight... People sing "You'll Be Back" during the movie and it's because Lin-Manuel Miranda encouraged sing-alongs during the movie. I do it, and somehow I'm ruining Oppenheimer for someone.
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
I know, the #bears game hasn't started yet, but might as well get the obvious message fans will be throwing out over with: FIRE JOHNSON!!!!!
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Wanna feel old? Deuce coupes will be 100 years old in eight years.
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Just heard that Taylor Hicks is enraged. Well...he SHOULD be. I mean...those folks at 19 Entertainment haven't done squat for him in years.
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Happy birthday to the late Glenn W. Turner, whose album Dare to Be Great! is featured in Episode 21 of My Weird Record Collection! The episode is now up on YouTube -- sorry for the delay, but a family emergency delayed the YouTube post. (All is better now!)
Picture of Glenn W. Turner on stage, standing on two chairs, from a 1971 article in Life
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Either LinkedIn has a severe spam problem, or there's a crap ton of tech recruiting firms in Liechtenstein and the US minor outlying islands all of a sudden.
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Episode 21: Dare to Be Great! Glenn W. Turner preaches the power of greatness and how to achieve your wildest dream of riches -- through multilevel marketing! Also...ever wonder what the deal is with ridges those large spindle holes on seven-inch records? Listen and learn...and be great! SHOW…
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Episode 21: Dare to Be Great!
Glenn W. Turner preaches the power of greatness and how to achieve your wildest dream of riches -- through multilevel marketing! Also...ever wonder what the deal is with ridges those large spindle holes on seven-inch records? Listen and learn...and be great! SHOW NOTES Dare to Be Great! on discogs.com "Glenn Turner's castle" - Orlando Observer, January 12, 2018 "A super-huckster builds an empire on a bold slogan: Dare to be Great!"
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
New episode is due out tomorrow! In the mean time...anybody else think Nick Offerman's current look is basically the love child of Ron Swanson and Neil Young?
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Okay, fellow Chicagoans... Y'know how nasty out it is today?? Well, imagine that with triple the humidity. That's how the Jersey shore was last week.
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
When Jim Lovell saw Hair on Broadway in 1968, he walked out, disgusted by this scene, as were many who saw it. Decades later, when Lovell was asked what was on his iPod, he admitted it had the Broadway cast recording of Hair. youtu.be/c49gVR5oV-k?...
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"Don't Put It Down" - Hair
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Man, nothing makes you appreciate not being in New Jersey like two unplanned five-day trips to New Jersey within a couple of weeks of each other.
Picture of a sign directing toward the Job Bon Jovi Service Area on the Garden State Parkway
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Shrinkflation has hit the Auntie Anne's at the airport too.
Newly opened container of Auntie Anne's cheese sauce, obviously not filled all the way
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
RIP, Tom. I thought I found a rare treasure when I got this for $6 in July 1998 at Record Setter in East Brunswick, NJ. Turns out that the 10-inch version is actually the most common!
Ten-inch version of Songs by Tom Lehrer - record on a turntable exposing a 12-inch cork mat. Album artwork on a "NOW PLAYING" wall decoration above the turntable.
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
An open skeet to Mike Judge: King of the Hill is an excellent show that, sadly, is cursed. Just ask Brittany Murphy, Johnny Hardwick, Tom Petty, Jonathan Joss, and Chuck Mangione. Please reconsider doing the new continuation.
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Currently on an emergency trip to New Jersey. Overheard after landing in Philly: "I was named after an '80s band. My mom and dad got drunk at a Scorpions concert..."
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
It's 1985. There's a famine in Ethiopia causing suffering and death. In episode 20 of My Weird Record Collection we take a look at that famous fundraising effort that happened in…San Diego??? We also dip our toes in the water of the sea of promo records. myweirdrecords.fab4it.com/2025/07/15/e...
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Now...I totally support non-cisgendered people and will call them what they want to be called, acknowledge their genders and pronouns, but this is just getting ridiculous.
A screenshot of a question that reads "What is your gender?" The options are "Male," "Female," and "I have no plans to purchase a new vehicle."
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I can't help but feel slightly insulted.
Transcription of a voice mail message. The automatic transcription simply reads "Dimb Dumb..."
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Peace & luv #HappyBirthdayRingo
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Hey, Ravinia -- if you have the gall to expect people to pay seven bucks for a 20-ounce bottle of Coke, and then have the absolute balls to ask if I'd like to tip FOR SELF SERVICE, that tells me that you're not paying your workers SHIT. Do better.
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Celebrating Canada Day by spinning my favorite Canadian band's debut album!
The Surfrajettes' debut album Roller Fink on pink vinyl. Record on a turntable, album cover (autographed by all four of the 2022 Surfrajettes) on a "NOW PLAYING" wall display
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Just watched the first episode of the new season of the comedy The Bear. As with the other episodes of this comedy, it was a laugh riot! Hilarious! I love this comedy!
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Went record shopping yesterday and found this candidate for a future episode. Still sealed after 65 years! www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCIl...
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UNSEALING a weird record that has been sealed for 65 years!
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Did you know Chaim had a solo career even before Wicked Lester?
Picture of a KISS divider at a record store, with a "Jumpjn' Gene Simmons" record filed in that section. Somehow I don't think it's THAT Gene Simmons.
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
So I sat in the attic, a piano up my nose, and a wind played a dreadful cantata...
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Twelve years ago today I was at the 7-Eleven at Sheffield and Diversey. A lady came in and asked where the nearest Lou Malnati's is. Neither clerk working had heard of it. How do you spend five minutes in Chicago and avoid ever hearing of Lou Malnati's? (For the record, about four blocks south.)
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
I mean...**this guy**...AM I RIGHT?
Part of the record label of Earl Nightingale's A Great Way to Live, a Tragic Way to Die album, featuring a drawing of a stern-looking Nightingale
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Media legend Earl Nightingale scolds you about driving before you even reach for your keys. Sean examines this spoken-word nugget in episode 19 and pays tribute to a musical genius who rolled up to heaven recently. So listen to My Weird Record Collection. And stay alive, will ya? buff.ly/NEnYHD2
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Episode 19: A Great Way to Love…a Tragic Way to Die Media legend and genius businessman Earl Nightingale scolds you about driving before you even reach for your keys. Why? My guess is someone cut him off in traffic on his way to work and he decided to vent his frustrations on a record. Whatever…
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Episode 19: A Great Way to Love…a Tragic Way to Die
Media legend and genius businessman Earl Nightingale scolds you about driving before you even reach for your keys. Why? My guess is someone cut him off in traffic on his way to work and he decided to vent his frustrations on a record. Whatever the case, Sean examines this spoken-word nugget in episode 19 and also pays tribute to a musical genius who rolled up to heaven recently.
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Now...pardon my ignorance, I'm still a noob -- after all, I have only twelve years of professional dev experience, but...doesn't this seem a bit on the low side, salary-wise?
An ad for Software Developer showing a pay rate of $2.38 to $2.75 per hour
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My Weird Record Collection Podcast @myweirdrecords.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Some listening for this morning, recorded and mixed (and performed) VERY digitally, so naturally...I'm listening on an analog medium. Brian Wilson's first solo LP from 1988. Not my favorite of his solo albums, but still great. If I could describe it in one word, that word would be...*triumphant*.
Brian Wilson's self-titled solo album. Cover on a "NOW PLAYING" hanging wall display, record on a turntable.
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