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February 18, 2023

Blue Plate Special: Public Image Limited

Public Image Limited (PiL) is an English post-punk band formed in 1978 by John Lydon, former lead singer of the Sex Pistols. The initial...

February 11, 2023

Big Audio Dynamite (or BAD) was an English band formed in 1984 by Mick Jones, who was the former lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist...

February 4, 2023

One of my earliest music purchases (in the summer of 1982, I believe) was a compilation cassette that I picked up at the Alpha...

January 28, 2023

A four-piece founded in Leeds, England in 1987, CUD remains one of my all-time favorite bands. I first heard their single ‘Magic’ on the...

January 25, 2023

I am almost 17 months into my goal of daily blog posts for 730 days (2 years). I’m not going to sugarcoat it —...

January 21, 2023

Winner of both the 2005 BBC Radio 1 Beatbox Championships and the Channel 4 Talent Awards in the UK, ThePETEBOX uses loop pedals, his...

January 15, 2023

Just wanted to provide a quick update on my job status since leaving AvePoint in December. Quite a few people have been reaching out...

January 14, 2023

Since being introduced to the bands Bauhaus and Tones on Tail back in 1983, I have been a fan of Daniel Ash. Picking up...

January 7, 2023

From his start at the age of 15 until his untimely death in 2016 at 69, David Bowie was one of the most influential...

December 31, 2022

To close out 2022, I thought I’d use this Blue Plate Special to share not one, but five “deep dive” playlists from Spotify that...