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Every Record I Own - Day 358: Darkthrone Transilvanian Hunger

A friend of mine went to a book signing for British-Jamaican author Zadie Smith. It was a packed event, and my friend was towards the end of the line of fans with their newly purchased hardcovers waiting to talk with the writer and get her autograph. By the time my friend got to the table with her book, she could tell Smith was worn out by all the talking and signing. Smith asked her who to make the book out to, and because my friend’s name was a…

Bummed I can’t be with this dude today. Happy Valentine’s, Reno.
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Every Record I Own - Day 357: Bob Dylan Nashville Skyline

When you spend your formative years obsessed with bands that play in basements and VFW halls, you graduate into adulthood without the reverence for the mythology of rock music. In some ways, this helps keep me on my current path, because if success is gauged merely by entertaining a basement full of spectators as opposed to selling out Wembley Stadium, it’s not too difficult to attain a sense of accomplishment.

But not having that reverence also means…

Every Record I Own - Day 356: Bob Dylan Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits Vol. II

I have no memory of buying this record and no memory of ever having played it. Its presence is a total mystery. The track listing is decent though, so it’s a keeper.

Every Record I Own - Day 355: Bob Dylan Greatest Hits

Bought this record back in ‘96 shortly after picking up Blood on the Tracks. There was a stretch of time that winter when I was living in a four-bedroom rental house in Tacoma with only one other roommate. Neither of us had a television and we were too broke to turn on the heat at night, so we spent the evenings listening to old folk records like this one while huddling around the fireplace drinking hot tea. Good memories.