Brian Sawyer

@brianjsawyer.bsky.social

This record was released in 1989 (so too early for AI accusations), and I have known it for many years. But today is the first time I realized this guy has six fingers on his right hand.

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If you're in the Towson area, there's a new El Salvadorian restaurant called El Rincón Salvadoreño at 905 York Road next to the Towson Vaporium - pupusas are excellent (my mother is El Salvadorian so I know from good pupusas!)

The Sinners OST arrived in my mailbox today just in time to see the film receive well-deserved nominations for Best Original Score and Best Original Song (among a record number of other categories) at the Oscars.

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Spot the differences! For a long time I was frustrated to have only the first BOMP! repress on the right. I finally found the original Mohawk first pressing on the left for a (relatively) reasonable price. I still don’t know why “I’m Straight” was removed from all later pressings.

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Today marks the 10-year anniversary of the first vinyl record I ever bought (though my parents had a record collection when I was a kid, my own purchases were all cassettes, followed by a transition to CDs), beginning a hobby and bit of obsession that has kept me busy all these years later.

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Nebraska is my favorite Springsteen album, and its story is even more impressive (I haven't seen the movie yet, but I read the book). One nagging thing the editor in me always notices, though, is how a few lines find their way into more than one song.