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  1. 2012–05–11   Letters to strangers
    Readings: Incite! publisher Timothy Alborn / Zachary Sachs
  2. 2012–05–10   Stayin’ alive
    Readings: Disco as revolution / Zachary Sachs
  3. 2012–03–30   Prismatic pop
    Readings: Thomas Jones on David Bowie / Zachary Sachs
  4. 2012–03–02   What time is it?
    Song: Jesse Johnson's "Verbal Penetration" / Justin Mitchell
  5. 2012–02–28   Debased currency
    Readings: Lil B's confessional mode / Zachary Sachs
  6. 2012–02–21   Post-industrial folk music
    Readings: Robert Wyatt's reminiscences / Zachary Sachs
  7. 2012–02–02   Nostalgia for the mud
    Readings: Herbie Hancock's fusion appropriations / Zachary Sachs
  8. 2012–01–20   Bad education
    Playlist: 1982-1994 / Zachary Sachs
  9. 2012–01–14   Half a world away
    Song: R.E.M., "Wicked Game" / Zachary Sachs
  10. 2011–12–20   Once bitten
    Video: Wham!, "Last Christmas" / Zachary Sachs
  11. 2011–11–28  

    The new issue of Terminal Boredom
    Readings / Zachary Sachs
  12. 2011–10–24   Aspiration information
    Video: Johnny Kemp and New Jack Swing / Justin Mitchell
  13. 2011–10–18   Auteur, auteur
    Song: Bruce Springsteen, “I’m Goin’ Down” b/w "Janey Don’t You Lose Heart" / Zachary Sachs
  14. 2011–10–12   Swamp thing
    Readings: Tom Ewing on Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ / Zachary Sachs
  15. 2011–10–07   The last hurrah
    Song: Wimple Winch, "Coloured Glass" / Zachary Sachs
  16. 2011–09–29   He lives in a time of his own
    Song: Roky Erickson, “Bloody Hammer” / Zachary Sachs
  17. 2011–09–26   Flying Nun turns 30
    Video: Live at the Rumba Bar, 1982 / Zachary Sachs
  18. 2011–09–23   The raw and the cooked
    Readings: Charles Keil’s “Urban Blues” / Zachary Sachs
  19. 2011–09–20   Can’t go back
    Playlist: Homesick blues / Zachary Sachs
  20. 2011–09–19   Astral projection
    Video: Crowded House, “Don’t Dream It’s Over” / Megan Walsh
  21. 2011–09–17   Easter egg
    Song: Creeper Ohio, “Little Black Egg” / Zachary Sachs
  22. 2011–09–16   Not my type
    Image: The typography of “Pet Sounds” / Zachary Sachs
  23. 2011–09–14   Anxiety attack
    Essay: A review of Simon Reynolds’ “Retromania” / Zachary Sachs
  24. 2011–09–13   Bagatelle
    Video: Lana Del Rey, “Video Games” / Doug Schrashun
  25. 2011–09–12   The Nashville of hip-hop
    Readings: Kelefa Sanneh on Atlanta / Zachary Sachs
  26. 2011–08–17   Perspectives on decadence
    Readings: Simon Reynolds and Ortega y Gasset / Zachary Sachs
  27. 2011–08–01   I’ll be your mirror
    Song: Harpo, "Movie Star" / Zachary Sachs
  28. 2011–08–01   Retromania revisited
    Miscellany: Simon Reynolds on the Police and ELO / Zachary Sachs
  29. 2011–07–26   Tune in
    Song: Gregory Isaacs / Jesse McCarthy
  30. 2011–07–25   Duke Ellington all over the world
    Song: Destination dining / Zachary Sachs
  31. 2011–07–01   Head full of steam
    Video: The Go-Betweens, "Head Full of Steam" / Zachary Sachs
  32. 2011–06–25   De gustibus
    Miscellany: Jennifer Egan's musical taste / Justin Mitchell
  33. 2011–06–23   Decomposing trees
    Image: Interview with Naomi Yang / Zachary Sachs
  34. 2011–06–20   Pro blush
    Video: Kim Carnes, “Bette Davis Eyes” / Megan Walsh
  35. 2011–06–17   Rock for naught
    Readings: Ellen Willis and rock criticism / Justin Mitchell
  36. 2011–06–16   Uniform distribution
    Essay: Locality in popular rap / Zachary Sachs
  37. 2011–06–15   Paradigm shift
    Video: Jason Moran’s jazz / Justin Mitchell
  38. 2011–06–14   Ray Bryant (1931–2011)
    Miscellany: Ray Bryant and the piano / Justin Mitchell
  39. 2011–06–03   Low blow
    Readings: Nick Lowe, “Bowi” EP / Zachary Sachs
  40. 2011–05–27   Knowledge games
    Readings: Simon Reynolds’s “Retromania” / Zachary Sachs
  41. 2011–05–23   False familiarity
    Readings: John Jeremiah Sullivan on Buddy Holly's “Not Fade Away” / Zachary Sachs
  42. 2011–05–18   Bus lines
    Song: Ian Matthews, “Mobile Blue” / Zachary Sachs
  43. 2011–05–10   Relics
    Song: Martin Newell, “Julie Profumo” / Zachary Sachs
  44. 2011–05–01   Glory days
    Readings: James Pants and Austin, Texas / Justin Mitchell
  45. 2011–04–29   Montage of attractions
    Video: Max & Intro, “Beogradska Devojka” / Zachary Sachs
  46. 2011–04–19   Eternal return
    Readings: Brian Dillon on repetition / Zachary Sachs
  47. 2011–04–18   Lucky star
    Image: Olivia Newton John in 1981 / Zachary Sachs
  48. 2011–04–16   Altavista
    Song: Third Eye Blind, “Semi-Charmed Life” / Megan Walsh
  49. 2011–04–15   Autumn harvest
    Song: The Beau Brummels, “Dream On” / Zachary Sachs
  50. 2011–04–14   Auxiliary language
    Readings: Simon Reynolds on the Ibizifaction of pop / Zachary Sachs
  51. 2011–04–13   They did things differently there
    Readings: Simon Reynolds and rediscoveries / Zachary Sachs
  52. 2011–04–10   The pride of the city
    Essay: Marching bands / Justin Mitchell
  53. 2011–04–02   Head of a pin
    Song: The Box Elders, “Plenty of Room at the Bottom” / Zachary Sachs
  54. 2011–03–25   Marble faun
    Song: Big Ben Tribe, “Tarzan Loves The Summer Nights” / Zachary Sachs
  55. 2011–03–25   Cuts both ways
    Readings: LeRoi Jones on the mainstream and black culture / Zachary Sachs
  56. 2011–03–18   How many licks
    Song: The Whispers, “Some Kinda Lover” / Zachary Sachs
  57. 2011–03–16   Tower of Babel
    Essay: Record store culture / Zachary Sachs
  58. 2011–03–03   Square peg
    Readings: British mind, American soul / Zachary Sachs
  59. 2011–02–27   Man in the chair
    Image: Maxell's iconic cassette tape ad / Zachary Sachs
  60. 2011–02–23   President’s day
    Readings: LeRoi Jones on Lester Young / Zachary Sachs
  61. 2011–02–21   Rare bird
    Song: Keith Richards on “Little Red Rooster” / Zachary Sachs
  62. 2011–02–18   Every heart vibrates to that iron string
    Readings: Keith Richards' “Life” / Zachary Sachs
  63. 2011–02–17   Elsewhere…
    Readings: Ariel Pink and the four-track sound / Zachary Sachs
  64. 2011–02–14   Rubber soul
    Readings: Melisma at the Super Bowl / Zachary Sachs
  65. 2011–02–11   Patois
    Image: “Rockers” / Zachary Sachs
  66. 2011–02–08   Elsewhere…
    Readings: Cassette culture / Zachary Sachs
  67. 2011–02–04   You don’t miss your water
    Essay: The Byrds, “Sweetheart of the Rodeo” / Zachary Sachs
  68. 2011–01–31   Leap here
    Video: Nat “King” Cole / Justin Mitchell
  69. 2011–01–28   Rented tux
    Song: Fleetwood Mac, “Oh Diane” / Zachary Sachs
  70. 2011–01–25   Fake book
    Readings: Hip hop as poetry / Zachary Sachs
  71. 2010–12–17   Hammer out danger
    Video: Trini Lopez, “If I Had A Hammer” (Live at UCLA, 1963) / Zachary Sachs
  72. 2010–09–09   Turn, turn, turn
    Video: Chris & Jed, "Only Fades Away" / Zachary Sachs
  73. 2010–09–06   Monoculture
    Essay: The new hegemony / Zachary Sachs
  74. 2010–09–03   Reversals
    Song: The Tremeloes, “Here Comes My Baby” / Zachary Sachs
  75. 2010–09–02   Invective against swans
    Transcript: Lady Gaga and spectacle / M. Hardy, A. Kwun, R. Funkhouser, Z. Sachs
  76. 2010–08–19   Summer vacation
    Miscellany / Zachary Sachs
  77. 2010–07–26  

    Brad Paisley, Diplo, Glen Glenn (and girls!)
    Readings / Zachary Sachs
  78. 2010–07–14   Ranch-style blues
    Song: The Ron-Dels, "If You Really Want Me To, I'll Go" / Zachary Sachs
  79. 2010–07–06   Pipe dreams
    Essay: Taking the measure of Mariah / Megan Walsh
  80. 2010–06–30   On the right track now
    Miscellany: Making mixtapes / Zachary Sachs
  81. 2010–06–23  

    Frank Sidebottom, LCD Soundsystem, the vuvuzela explained
    Readings / Zachary Sachs
  82. 2010–06–21   High fidelity
    Essay: Love Unlimited, “I Belong To You” / Justin Mitchell
  83. 2010–06–17   Go your own way
    Image: Fleetwood Mac's “Tusk,” cover by Vigon/Nahas/Vigon / Zachary Sachs
  84. 2010–06–11  

    Hoagy Carmichael, Mutek Montreal, Ariel Pink
    Readings / Zachary Sachs
  85. 2010–06–10  

    Degrassi High, “Everybody Wants Something”
    Video / Zachary Sachs
  86. 2010–06–08   Some graphic violence
    Song: Lloyd Price, “Stagger Lee” / Zachary Sachs
  87. 2010–06–04   The ‘stone tone
    Video: “The Beau Brummelstones” / Zachary Sachs
  88. 2010–06–02   Texaco daydreams
    Song: Marshall Crenshaw, "There She Goes Again" / Zachary Sachs
  89. 2010–05–07  

    NWA’s posse, crate digging, ’70s trail stories, the fate of the kid on the cover of Nevermind
    Readings / Zachary Sachs
  90. 2010–05–06   Artificial paradise
    Song: Can, “Mother Sky” / Zachary Sachs
  91. 2010–05–02   Bronski Beat in Spin, 1985
    Image / Zachary Sachs
  92. 2010–04–26   What is pop?
    Essay / Zachary Sachs
  93. 2010–04–14   Advertisement for Sunn amplifiers, 1968
    Image / Zachary Sachs
  94. 2010–04–08  

    Sharon Jones, Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast, girl-group movie clichés
    Readings / Zachary Sachs
  95. 2010–04–05   Imperative mood
    Video: The Moody Blues, “Go Now” / Zachary Sachs
  96. 2010–04–05   Ring leader
    Transcript: Birdman, Pricele$$ / Alex Naidus and Zachary Sachs
  97. 2010–04–05   When is pastiche not pastiche?
    Song: Wizzard, “Come Back Karen” / Zachary Sachs
  98. 2010–04–02   Arrested development at large
    Song: Pere Ubu’s “Final Solution” / Doug Schrashun
  99. 2010–03–30   Theatrical production
    Transcript: Personal and the Pizzas, "I Don't Feel So Happy Now No More" / Andrew Romano and Zachary Sachs
  100. 2010–03–29   Yardbird suite
    Video: Céleste Boursier-Mougenot at Barbican Centre / Zachary Sachs
  101. 2010–03–24   Digestive aids
    Essay: Songs overtaken by visuals / Zachary Sachs
  102. 2010–03–21  

    Beethoven’s pianos, Spin back issues, The T.A.M.I. Show
    Readings / Zachary Sachs
  103. 2010–03–20   Our secular saints
    Essay: The old guard of jazz / Zachary Sachs
  104. 2010–03–19  

    Carrie Brownstein on Alex Chilton (1950-2010)
    Readings / Zachary Sachs
  105. 2010–03–14  

    Graeme Downes on The Clean
    Readings / Zachary Sachs
  106. 2010–03–12  

    Kentridge’s "The Nose," Christgau on Lil Wayne, tributes to Mark Linkous, Pimp C
    Readings / Zachary Sachs
  107. 2010–03–10   Good morning, Mr. Blues
    Video: The Horace Silver Quintet at the Newport Jazz Festival, 1960 / Justin Mitchell
  108. 2010–03–06  

    A letter from Morrissey
    Readings / Zachary Sachs
  109. 2010–03–03   Ex factor
    Video: Gwen Stefani, “Cool” / Zachary Sachs
  110. 2010–03–01   Cracking up
    Song: Scarface, “Money And The Power” / Zachary Sachs
  111. 2010–02–25   Deconstructing distortion
    Essay: The lo-fi aesthetic / Zachary Sachs
  112. 2010–02–24  

    Lady Gaga, Tom Ewing, Frankie Rose, Chopin, and Phil Schaap
    Readings / Zachary Sachs
  113. 2010–02–23   Boys and girls
    Video: The Beach Boys’ Lost Concert / Zachary Sachs
  114. 2010–02–22   We bleed love
    Miscellany / Zachary Sachs
  115. 2010–02–21   Song for Sunday
    Readings / Zachary Sachs
  116. 2010–02–20   The C86 style
    Video: The Bodines, “Therese” / Zachary Sachs
  117. 2010–02–18  

    Hot Chip versus Heinz Edelmann
    Image / Zachary Sachs
  118. 2010–02–17   Jim Jarmusch on performance
    Readings / Zachary Sachs
  119. 2010–02–16   Parallel tracks
    Song: Susan Jacks, “I Thought Of You Again” / Zachary Sachs
  120. 2010–02–16   From the third ward
    Video: Juvenile, “Ha” / Zachary Sachs
  121. 2010–02–13   Branding the Beets
    Image / Zachary Sachs
  122. 2010–02–13   Weekend update
    Readings: Christgau on Vampire Weekend / Zachary Sachs
  123. 2010–02–11   Tropical disturbance
    Video: Pet Shop Boys, “Domino Dancing” / Zachary Sachs
  124. 2010–02–09   Monk and habit
    Readings: Stand-ins / Zachary Sachs
  125. 2010–02–08   There she goes, again
    Video: The La's, “There She Goes” / Zachary Sachs
  126. 2010–02–07   Penthouse and pavement
    Essay: The death of rap / Zachary Sachs
  127. 2010–02–07   Appropriation art
    Song: The Pooh Sticks, “On Tape” / Zachary Sachs
  128. 2010–02–01   High notes and cheekbones
    Video: The Righteous Brothers, “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin” / Zachary Sachs
  129. 2010–01–30   Contra Jessica Hopper
    Essay / Zachary Sachs