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  Politics, Economics & Music. By Stephen Macaulay One thing that you probably don’t think about when it comes to music is the prevailing rate of inflation.... #economics #PhysicalMedia #politics #streaming #music #blog https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/politics-economics-music

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  Threefer Thursday: Aimee Mann Delivers Live. By Mike V Singer and songwriter Aimee Mann celebrated a birthday this past Tuesday - September 8! She is one of my favorite songwriters. She writes incredible pop nuggets with simple chord structures but complex riffs and arrangements that bring her songwriting to life. Not only is Mann a great songwriter, she is a great performer who puts together tight pop rock bands to bring her songs to the people.... #AimeeMann… https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/...

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  The Go: Secular Century Man Video: The Go - "Secular Century Man" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92cGwDhLVDw From Free Electricity, out now on Sub Pop. There's no good reason the Go didn't get as big as the Strokes.... #Detroit #SubPop #TheGo #videos #music #blog https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/the-go-secular-century-man

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  “Alive, She Cried”. By Stephen Macaulay “In a digital world, people will be increasingly attracted to real-world experiences that are immersive, emotional, contextual, and personal.” That’s one of the conclusions reached in the “PwC Global Entertainment & Media Outlook,” which forecasts that in that space total revenues will reach $4.2 trillion by 2030.... #music #blog https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/alive-she-cried

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  Lost Classic: The Verve – A Storm In Heaven. By Todd Totale The Verve: A Storm In Heaven (6/21/1993) Since so much of the Verve's identity is centered on their third and most successful album, Urban Hymns, it’s hard to think about the band before their commercial breakthrough. Most American listeners came to their earlier work through a path that had them combing titles in reverse, discovering A Storm In Heaven as a past-tense event.... #JohnLeckie #LostClassics… https://gloriousnois...

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  Threefer Thursday: Releases from Sep 24, 1991. By Mike V Who here remembers the early 90s? Can I get a show of hands? Because it turns out September 24, 1991 - a Tuesday - is one of the most important music release dates in modern history.... #ATribeCalledQuest #Nirvana #Pixies #RedHotChiliPeppers #ThreeferThursday #music #blog https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/threefer-thursday-releases-from-sep-24-1991

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  Runt Work. By Stephen Macaulay In a recent interview appearing in Vulture, Todd Rundgren, when asked by interlocutor Devon Ivie, “Where does the discipline come from to keep working when many of your contemporaries are choosing to stop?” Rundgren replied, in part, “Well, the IRS is a factor. They never go away. They’ve been my lifelong partners.... #Detroit #economics #LiveMusic #taxes #ToddRundgren #music #blog https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/runt-work

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  The Lowest-Selling Number One Album Billboard is a music industry trade publication so it doesn't love reporting bad news. But this week's number one album on the Billboard 200 chart, Ella Langley’s Dandelion, only "earned" 67,000 "units" in the week ending September 10, which "is the smallest for a No. 1 album in more than a year, since SZA’s SOS returned to No. 1 for a 13th nonconsecutive week on the May 3, 2025, chart with 52,000 u...

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  Threefer Thursday: Grooving With The Neville Brothers. By Mike V I’ve been meaning to do a Threefer Thursday post on The Neville Brothers since we started the series in January. It’s October 1st now, and the time feels right to celebrate their New Orleans R&B funk and soul music. We’re facing Fall weather here, so it’s cooling down, and I need something to keep my mind warm and musically nimble. The Neville Brothers fit the bill.... #NevilleBrothers #ThreeferThursday… https://glorious...

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  New Goldstars: The Halloween Album Audio: The Goldstars - "I Frankensteined U" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86XkSL51zso From The Halloween Album, out now on Mordorlorff Music. It's officially spooky season and what better way to celebrate than with a killer garage punk album full of creeptacular Halloween songs? Chicago's beloved Goldstars are back with their first new full-length album in 20 years. Wait, does that make us old?... #Goldstars #Halloween...

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  Sounds Old. By Stephen Macaulay Recently, Ringo got quite a bit of coverage because (1) he’s Ringo and (2) he’s old. That is: The Washington Post: “Why is Ringo Starr still performing at 86?... #BruceSpringsteen #LiveMusic #longevity #RingoStarr #RodStewart #music #blog https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/sounds-old

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  My Vinyl Solution: Round Six The idea of listening to the stuff you already have in order to temper the desire to acquire more more more stuff is good in theory. Consumerism is bad, right? Most of us already have access to more music than we could possibly listen to in a lifetime. Streaming is convenient and allows us to sample almost anything we ever hear about.... #MyVinylSolution #vinyl #music #blog https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/my-vinyl-solution-round-six

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  Elliott Smith: Nobody Broke Your Heart Nobody Broke Your Heart: An Intimate Biography of Elliott Smith by Jamie Fisher. Dutton/Penguin/Random House (560 pages, $34.00) I read a lot of rock and roll biographies. But I can't think of any that are able to combine clearheaded honesty and emotional engagement as well as Jamie Fisher's new Elliott Smith biography.... #books #ElliottSmith #music #blog https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/elliott-smith-nobody-broke-your-heart

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  Threefer Thursday: Some Choice Lennon Covers. By Mike V Tomorrow would be John Lennon’s 86th birthday, if he wasn’t taken from the world by that son of a bitch in 1980. RIP John. One of the great rock and roll songwriters, hugely influential on what followed him. It’s a sad thing to consider. What could have been. The pain for his family, his friends, his fans.... #covers #GeorgeClinton #JeffTweedy #JohnLennon #LouReed #ThreeferThursday #music #blog https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/threefer-th...

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  Playlist: The Piranha Tape Jerry's brother had a piranha. He was older, in high school already. I remember him being tall and tan and looking effortlessly cool wearing his football jersey and faded jeans. He ignored us completely. Didn't even care enough to make fun of us. We were ten-year-old babies.... #mixtapes #playlists #music #blog https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/playlist-the-piranha-tape

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  Why That Ticket May Be Surprisingly Expensive. By Stephen Macaulay Recently—as you may know from personal experience—pay increases are not keeping up with the price of things you need to buy. At least that’s the case for many of us. Probably not Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino, who recently signed a contract extension with the types of numbers that are rather, well, extraordinary.... #lawsuits #LiveNation #Ticketmaster #music #blog https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/why-that-ticket-may-be-surpris...

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  Threefer Thursday: Beck in Detroit. By Mike V Beck played in Detroit at the Fox Theatre on Monday night (October 12). I wasn’t planning to go, but about a week ago I ended up with a ticket in hand, and I’m so glad I went. It was a super fun show, a mix of classic Beck and stuff from the new album, Ride Lonesome. I managed to capture a few songs on ye olde iPhone, and I’m sharing three of my favorites with you today.... #Beck #Detroit #ThreeferThursday #music #blog https://gloriousnoise.com/20...

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  Trout Fishing in America. By Stephen Macaulay Early in my career there was a moment when fly-fishing had the sort of “this is what businessmen do” character in the way that golf has subsequently become the standard for.... #authenticity #BeachBoys #LiveMusic #longevity #MikeLove #WhatIsaBand? #music #blog https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/trout-fishing-in-america

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  Threefer Thursday: Mike D in Detroit. By Mike V Another week, another show, folks. This past weekend it was Mike D at the Masonic Jack White Theatre in Detroit, MI. First time for me in that particular room, and it felt like a very intimate place to see Mike D. The room was full of excited Gen X Beastie Boys fans ready to hear what Mike D was about to bring to the stage.... #BeastieBoys #Detroit #MikeD #ThreeferThursday #music #blog https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/threefer-thursday-mike-d-in-d...

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  New Twisted Teens: Stalks Video: Twisted Teens - "Stalks" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J6qF477cPc Directed by Bobbi Rich. From The Holy Cross Tigers, out November 6 on ?Sub Pop. I've been hearing good things about this band for a while but I avoided giving them a chance because I felt so far behind. They've already released two well-received albums in 2026 and they've got a third one coming in November.... #NewOrleans #SubPop #TwistedTeens #vide...

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  Threefer Thursday: Some P-Funk Classics for George’s Birthday. By Mike V Yesterday was George Clinton’s birthday! He turned 85. And he’s still performing. He is the architect of P-Funk - the founder of Parliament and Funkadelic and one of the great musical innovators in modern times. I first discovered George Clinton and P-Funk music as a freshman in college.... #Funkadelic #GeorgeClinton #Parliament #ThreeferThursday #music #blog https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/threefer-thursday-some-p-funk-...

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  Price of Experience Can Come With a Sting. By Stephen Macaulay There was probably a large number of people who traveled back to LA from the Empire Polo Club on Sunday April 19 or the morning of the 20th hacking and blistering. The second weekend of Coachella had a “Windblown Dust Advisory” because there were gusts of 25 mph kicking up the terrain on the 1,000-acre site that finished up its winter polo season in March.... #Coachella #fests #music #blog https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/price-of-e...

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  Threefer Thursday: Some Acoustic Hits from The Cure. By Mike V Robert Smith of The Cure celebrated a birthday this past Tuesday! Born on April 21st, 1959. He’s 67 years young now. So many great songs and albums. 14 studio records since 1979’s Three Imaginary Boys, with 2024’s Songs of a Los World being the most recent. I got to see The Cure live on their summer tour in 2023, and it was outstanding.... #TheCure #ThreeferThursday #music #blog https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/threefer-thursday-so...

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  A History of Violence On August 7, 1964, the “Gulf of Tonkin Resolution” was signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson. The reasons for the passage were because on August 2 a destroyer, the USS Maddox, was attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats, then, on August 4, that ship was again attacked along with another, the USS Turner Joy, although the second incident was later discovered, thanks to the release of the Pentagon Papers (officially: “History of U.S. https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/a-histor...

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  Tune in, Turn on, Unsubscribe There’s a minor cultural movement right now where the kids are throwing it back to 2016, back to when they were...kids. It seems nobody is particular happy to be in 2026 and nostalgia has some longing for a time a decade past for solace. Now, 2016 was not such a great year for me. The Seattle Sounders won MLS Cup that season, just one year after my beloved Portland Timbers (first in Cascadia!). https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/tune-in-turn-on-unsubscribe

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  Threefer Thursday: Symphonic PFunk at the Detroit Opera House Funk is a style of music that can move you to the core of your being if you let it. It’s got groove, it’s musically sophisticated, it feels good, and it embodies a certain kind of musical hope for the future. James Brown and Pee Wee Ellis invented modern funk music with 1967’s "Cold Sweat." Later, Bootsy Collins joined the James Brown band and Brown introduced him to the concept of… https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/t...

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  Twenty-Five Years: How’d That Happen? Twenty-five years. What the fuck? Time flies. It's a cliche but it's true. The older you get, the faster it goes. You blink and you're old. I was still in my twenties when we started this thing. Bill Clinton had been out of office for less than three weeks. The World Trade Center was still there. The Donnas had just… https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/twenty-five-years-howd-that-happen

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  Battle of the Bands “And right now. . .right now. . .right now it’s time to. . .kick out the jams, motherfuckers!” --MC5, “Kick Out the Jams” (1969) In photographs of and posters for the MC5 the American flag is rather prominent, as it was in the band’s performances. Wayne Kramer’s guitar has the Stars and Stripes as a motif. The MC5 was sometimes referred to as the “house band” for the White Panther Party. https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/battle-of-the-bands

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  New Ratboys: Penny in the Lake Video: Ratboys - "Penny in the Lake" Directed by Bobby Butterscotch. From Singin' to an Empty Chair, out February 6 via New West. I love Uncle Tupelo. There was a time where they were all I listened to for days on end. The guitars alternately ringing and screaming behind two voices that would define an entire sub-genre of music and spawn a million bands. https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/new-ratboys-penny-in-the-lake

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  Threefer Thursday: All On A Mardis Gras Day New Orleans. Where it all began. Musical ground zero for America. Where the American approach to music came to be defined by personalization, interpretation, and improvisation - definitively unique American musical elements. It’s part of why we have such a diverse array of musical styles, traditions, and genres in these United States. The Blues started in New Orleans. Jazz started in New Orleans. https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/threefer-thursday-all-o...