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I’m very happy to be able to post this full one hour radio show recorded 7/19/2023 from 9 – 10p on WFUV. I’ve always been a huge fan of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965–1968 so it was a blast as well as an honor to have the man who created it, Lenny Kaye, come in and co-host an hour with me on-air. In addition to his adorable dog Sylvie, Lenny brought the 50th anniversary 5 LP set unleashed earlier this year for Record Store Day. We played some tunes from the original compilation as well as the planned but – until recently unreleased Vol. 2, and a bonus disc of songs that were considered for the original set but not included for one reason or another. Lenny spoke about the circumstances surrounding his curation, offered tidbits about a handful of songs and artists, and revealed details about the upcoming Golden Jubilee shows at City Winery.  

PINS Set To Drop In On NYC

As a fan of PINS, having been exposed to their first record Girls Like Us as well as the follow up Wild Nights released last summer, I was determined to seek them out in Austin. Even though it wasn’t especially convenient to hop a cab out to the Salvage Vanguard Theater which was a little outside the downtown action, I set forth in its direction on the day I arrived in Bat City (Tuesday March 15, 2016) before the SXSW tornado could engulf me. It was a good call. A cool space including beanbags on the floor (say no more) and a lot of creative and talented women on stage participating in an all-day hootenanny dubbed Babes Fest.

Before the set, I had a chance to say hi to all five PINS: Faith Holgate, Lois McDonald, Anna Donigan, Sophie Galpin, and newest member Kyoko Swan. Faith and Sophie joined me for a quick on-camera chat and they duly headed to the stage to tear it up. PINS is part of an appealing triple bill with The Subways and Born Cages at the studio at Webster Hall this Saturday: April 16th, 2016 (The studio is a more intimate space than Webster Hall’s Grand Ballroom.)

PINS will also be unleashing a piece of wax, red wax no less, for Record Store Day on Saturday. It’s a new tune called Trouble which was a highlight of the Austin set as it features (as Faith reportedly said) Lois playing a Cramps-esque guitar part.

Here is the last of the hollandude.com Record Store Day 2015 exclusive giveaways!  This is a “double A side” 7″ vinyl record – “Purple Haze/Freedom” – rock legend Jimi Hendrix playing live at the Atlanta Pop Festival in July 1970.  Enter using the Rafflecopter box below.

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Here is a chance for one lucky entrant to win the Record Store Day 2015 exclusive 10″ vinyl record – “You Go To My Head/The Mood That I’m In” – a record with Billie Holiday’s originals of the 2 songs on one side, and contemporary jazz singer Cassandra Wilson singing new versions on the other side.  Also included in this giveaway is the brand new Cassandra Wilson CD Coming Forth By Day which features brand new arrangements of 12 Billie Holiday classics.  Check out the short video above showing some of the creative talent and ideas behind this new album.  Enter using the Rafflecopter box below.

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It’s vinyl giveaway week here at Hollandude.com! Awarded to one lucky entrant will be the Record Store Day 2015 exclusive LP vinyl record – Koncert v Praze -which features the late great country legend Johnny Cash playing live in iron curtain era Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1983.  “Pressed on Soviet Red 180 gram vinyl” !  Enter using the Rafflecopter box below.

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Hollandude.com is giving away to one lucky entrant the Record Store Day 2015 exclusive 7″ vinyl record – “Touch Me I’m Dick” – by fictitious band Citizen Dick (really members of Pearl Jam).  They were big in Belgium in the early 1990’s as explained by Cliff Poncier (Matt Dillion) in this clip from the 1992 Cameron Crowe directed & written film Singles.  This song was in no way influenced by Mudhoney’s “Touch Me I’m Sick”.  Enter using the Rafflecopter box below.

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Flashback to a quick Record Store Day 2013 hang with the mighty American musical pop artist Marshall Crenshaw 2 years ago…

Record Store Day…What an excellent idea!  It’s not only really just become a thing.  It’s really just become a great thing!  Record Store Day 2015 is this Saturday, April 18.  As a guy who worked at Second Coming Records (the one between Harvard Square & Central Square in Cambridge, MA as opposed to the one in the West Village; both are closed) as well as the also now defunct Rainbow Books and Records in Honolulu… I can testify that some of life’s best conversations and encounters – not to mention acquisitions – happen at independent retailers of wax.  I had a very enjoyable chat with one of the guys who invented Record Store Day, Michael Kurtz, who gives a sense of the history and takes a look at a few of the titles that’ll be unleashed.  A word from this year’s ambassador Dave Grohl too…