I grew up on metal. I graduated from high school in 1989, right before a summer when Jane’s Addiction and The Cure disrupted my musical trajectory forever. But up to […]
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The Satanic Panic
I was listening to the 666th episode of This American Life the other day, which is appropriately about Satan. The first act of the show features a story about longtime […]
The Day Metal Died [For Me]
I will never forget the first time I heard Disintegration by The Cure. It was released in May 1989, right around the time that I graduated from high school. Coming […]
ETF004: James Plotkin Does What He Wants
In the mid 1990s, guitarist and producer James Plotkin was exploring and experimenting. In this episode, my old friend and collaborator Dave Bellard chats with Plotkin about what he was […]