You know, I don’t rant in public too often (yeah, right), but I’ve been getting really annoyed with iTunes and my iPod lately, so I think it’s time I let…
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WeÁ¢€â„¢re going to jump right into the songs this week as we have an extended post in order to finish up the letter E in just two weeks. Enjoy the…
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IÁ¢€â„¢m a list man. I love making them, I love talking about them, I love everything about them. And if I accept a challenge to make a list I will…
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It’s week 27 of Bottom Feeders and you know what that means. What? You don’t know what that means? Actually, neither do I. But what I do know is that…
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One of the things I just love doing that doesnÁ¢€â„¢t happen much anymore is laying on the couch, in the dark, listening to an album. As I get older, IÁ¢€â„¢m…
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The other day someone asked me what the Á¢€Å“most valuableÁ¢€ record in my collection is. ItÁ¢€™s a question IÁ¢€™ve always had a hard time answering, because I have no idea…
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A few weeks ago I laughed at someoneÁ¢€™s musical taste. I feel kind of bad about it. See, a buddy of mine asked me if I had heard the new…
Dave Steed
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Last weekÁ¢€â„¢s E.G. Daily track reminded me of bar trivia with my buddies, so I thought IÁ¢€â„¢d expand that into an intro. For a good three years, Wednesday was the…
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IÁ¢€â„¢m writing this week’s post on a Sunday afternoon. Why is that significant? Because itÁ¢€â„¢s the absolute best day of the week for Á¢€Ëœ80s music. My wife and I end…
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ItÁ¢€â„¢s amazing sometimes to see how music brings the world together. I was food shopping with my wife last week and Á¢€Å“867-5309/JennyÁ¢€ by Tommy Tutone was playing in the store….
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I turned on the radio the other day for the first time in months and the first thing I heard was Á¢€Å“more music, less talk,Á¢€ so thatÁ¢€â„¢s what weÁ¢€â„¢re going…
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You know, there are times when even I’ve had enough of ’80s music. ItÁ¢€â„¢s hard to believe that since IÁ¢€â„¢m still acquiring Á¢€Å“newÁ¢€ music all the time, but sometimes I…
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So hereÁ¢€â„¢s my question of the week for you — what the hell is a Á¢€Å“fancy dancerÁ¢€? IÁ¢€â„¢ve been listening to a lot of Á¢€Ëœ80s funk and R&B lately and…
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Every now and then I like to talk about what I have deemed Á¢€Å“inappropriate ghetto moments.Á¢€ These moments occur when I have the windows open in my car, the stereo…
Dave Steed
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Last week I talked about Á¢€Å“the Shrink,Á¢€ the guy at the record show who thinks he knows everything about every artist that ever recorded. This week we move on to…
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A few weeks ago I was at a record show for a few hours flipping through thousands of $1 records. I fully admit that I am a nosy person —…
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The other day Metal Sucks introduced me to FirewindÁ¢€â„¢s cover of Michael SembelloÁ¢€â„¢s Á¢€Å“Maniac.Á¢€ That in turn took me to iTunes to search for other covers and yielded the interesting…
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This past week I was like a pig in shit. Nine tracks from Chinese Democracy were leaked and I couldnÁ¢€â„¢t be happier. See, Guns nÁ¢€â„¢ Roses are my Led Zeppelin….
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I love collecting music, that’s a given. As with most collectors of something, it’s the thrill of the find that really does it for me. Two weeks ago I was…
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If youÁ¢€™ve got nothing to do on a Tuesday from 8 PM to midnight Eastern time, you should head on over to Bastard Radio and listen to DestinyÁ¢€™s Bastard Children,…
Dave Steed
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Welcome to double digits! This marks the tenth week of posting every song from the Billboard Hot 100 in the 1980s that peaked at #41 and beyond. I have to…
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How many of you remember your first music purchase? I have a terrible memory, so I’m not sure if it really was my first purchase ever, but I absolutely remember…
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Today weÁ¢€™re going to finish up with the story of my collection. As I mentioned last week, I consider Á¢€Å“The CollectionÁ¢€ to be complete, i.e. I own a hard copy…
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The story of how I completed my collection continues in 2006. I was winding down to the end. I found that collecting the first 4,000-plus songs to hit the Billboard…
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This has been an interesting trip so far. Since IÁ¢€â„¢m talking about the songs that reached the Hot 100 but not the Top 40, I know there are some stinkers….
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ItÁ¢€â„¢s 1999 Á¢€” IÁ¢€â„¢m working two jobs and finding myself with no money thanks to my record-buying obsession, so I pick up three new jobs. IÁ¢€â„¢m now working five jobs,…
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So, where did we leave off last week? ThatÁ¢€â„¢s right, the kid finally got some cash money. ItÁ¢€â„¢s 1999, and IÁ¢€â„¢m in my fifth year at the beautiful College of…
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So, we’re on the third post of this series, and I haven’t yet told you about my collection, and the reason I can actually do this type of thing. Last…
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I thank my dad for my love of ’80s music. My parents divorced before I can even remember, and I used to see my dad on weekends. Every weekend for…
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Welcome to Bottom Feeders, my friends. We are about to embark on a totally excellent adventure, the likes of which has never been attempted before. Over the course of the…
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