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American Crisis Playlist: From Political Pestilence to Pandemic

American Crisis Playlist: From Political Pestilence to Pandemic

How music helped me cope with the pandemic and the 2020 nightmare presidential election.

2022

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The Album Cafe

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May 16

How White Is White?

Rethinking The White Album in the age of whiteness

How White Is White?

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Age of Empathy

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May 5

Thoughtless, Disgusting Men

Can we really be this lazy, too?

Thoughtless, Disgusting Men

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Beyond the Scoreboard

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Apr 23

Racism and Southern Football

A 1960's story from deep in the heart of…

Racism and Southern Football

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Jul 26, 2018

In the Summer, We Go a-Roamin’

How to Chase your dog without really trying

In the Summer, We Go a-Roamin’

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The Anamorphic Music Lens

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Dec 5, 2025

Are These Neil Young’s Best Songs?

Making a subjective case — for what else is there?

Are These Neil Young’s Best Songs?

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Rock On

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One Hit Wonder Clapping

You and I wonder what might have been

One Hit Wonder Clapping

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The Riff

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A Very Fine House?

Remembering the Columbia Record Club

A Very Fine House?

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The Riff

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4d ago

Beautiful Loser

How Bob Seger unsettles me

Beautiful Loser

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The Anamorphic Music Lens

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5d ago

Jump Into the Crate

You never know who’s waiting

Jump Into the Crate

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Rock On

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Jul 7

Mainly One-Hit Wonders

Songs I remember all-too-well

Mainly One-Hit Wonders

Terry Barr

Terry Barr

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I write about music, culture, and equality in The Riff, The Memoirist, Prism and Pen, Counter Arts, and The Narrative Arc. I am anti-Racist and anti-fascist

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