Steve Matteo
@matteomedia.bsky.social
Author of Act Naturally: The Beatles On Film, Let It Be (33 1/3), Dylan. https://linktr.ee/matteomedia
"...it looks like Future Soul is the kind of album that reflects Tedeschi Trucks Band's roots magic while remaining accessible."
Graded on a Curve: Tedeschi Trucks Band, <em>Future Soul</em> & <em>Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited, Live at LOCKN’</em> - The Vinyl District
The Tedeschi Trucks Band released their debut album, Revelator, in 2011. After combining two bands and with Derek Trucks playing full-time with the group once he was no longer part of the Allman Broth...
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"Over the years, the album has gone through a re-appraisal, and in fact, in retrospect, it has become a highly influential work. It’s fitting that the album is now receiving an audiophile release to mark its 50th anniversary..."
Graded on a Curve: Marvin Gaye, <em>I Want You</em> Vinylphile Edition - The Vinyl District
Marvin Gaye went from strength to strength throughout most of his career. His early Tamla/Motown singles became big hits, and he had some of those hits as a duo, primarily with Tammi Terrell. His albu...
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"These live dates distill and crystallize the genius and unconventional methods that are the core of Miles Davis’s ability to reinvent himself and jazz over and over again..."
Graded on a Curve: Miles Davis, <em>The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965</em> - The Vinyl District
With our previous article on Miles Davis, we kicked off commemorating the jazz trumpeter's 100th birthday year with a review of an excellent audiophile stereo reissue of Kind of Blue. While the album ...
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"The biggest-selling and most popular album in jazz history has been reissued countless times over the years in a myriad of formats. Oddly enough, both the stereo and mono issues of the album have major problems..."
Graded on a Curve: Miles Davis, <em>Kind of Blue</em> (Speed Corrected) - The Vinyl District
Kind of Blue from Miles Davis may be the most examined and re-examined album in jazz music history. The biggest-selling and most popular album in jazz history has been reissued countless times over th...
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"It’s difficult to explain to today’s pop music fans just how big Frampton Comes Alive! was when it was released in 1976. The double-live album was a blockbuster sales hit and a phenomenon..."
Graded on a Curve: Peter Frampton, <em>Frampton Comes Alive!</em> Vinylphyle Edition & <em>Carry The Light</em> - The Vinyl District
It's difficult to explain to today's pop music fans just how big Frampton Comes Alive! was when it was released in 1976. The double-live album was a blockbuster sales hit and a phenomenon. Music in th...
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Summer Reading List - Part Six - The Bloomsbury Group substack.com/@stevematteo...
Summer Reading List - Part Six - The Bloomsbury Group
The Bloomsbury Group
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"As is the case with these RHINO High Fidelity series releases, the album was mastered from the original analog tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal Media. There is a 4-page, 12-inch booklet with photos of the original master tape boxes and liner notes..."
Graded on a Curve: T. Rex, <em>Electric Warrior</em> (Rhino High Fidelity Singles Edition) - The Vinyl District
There was a time in the early to mid-'70s when Glam was the hottest trend in music. Also referred to as Glitter rock, it had been brewing for a while and often encompassed groups or artists from other...
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What did Elon Musk have to do with bringing the screwworm to Texas? Everything.
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"Not quite prog, something more than jazzy or folk rock, the group’s music was something entirely new and original..."
Graded on a Curve: Supertramp, <em>Even In The Quietest Moments</em>, <em>Breakfast in America</em>, & <em>Famous Last Words</em> - The Vinyl District
Supertramp is one of the many groups or artists who started in the late 1960s or early 1970s as artsy, offbeat, or even underground unknowns and, by sometime before the end of the 1970s, became multi-...
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If "Tommy Robinson" is such a patriot, why has he spent the last 72 hours sitting in a luxury hotel in Moscow disseminating propaganda created by the Russian intelligence services for the purpose of destabilizing the UK? The answer is pretty obvious.
TUNE IN! On Thursday, June 4th from 2PM to 4PM on WUSB, 90.1 FM (WUSB.FM online), Stony Brook, NY. Steve Matteo will be filling in for Chris Sorochin. He will be interviewing New York Democratic congressional candidate Chris Gallant. @wusbradio.bsky.social
Former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who Putin has repeatedly said he'd like to see as Europe's envoy to Russia, turns up in Moscow, together with the Tate brothers, Candace Owens and a number of Moscow-loyal MAGA podcasters. It's a convention of Putin's stooges.
Altkanzler Schröder zu Besuch in Moskau
Besucht er das Internationale Wirtschaftsforum in Russland? Oder will er etwa Kremlchef Putin treffen? Vieles ist noch unklar, aber eins steht fest: Altkanzler Schröder ist zurzeit in Russland.
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Today, May 28, 2pm-4pm, guest host Steve Matteo (@matteomedia.bsky.social) is filling in for Chris Sorochin on WUSB's program "If This Be Treason". Steve will be doing a deep dive into the current state of the media! Listen on 90.1fm, 107.3fm or online: wusb.fm #radio #media #journalism #politics
"The latest reissue, Begin Here, like all the rest so far, is an excellent release. While there have been reissues of their 1964 debut album before, this new one is presented in glorious mono..."
Graded on a Curve: The Zombies, <em>Begin Here</em> - The Vinyl District
The Zombies are often remembered almost exclusively as a British Invasion 1960s pop group, best known for such delightful hits as “She's Not There,” “Tell Her No,” and “Time of the Season.” The group'...
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"There have been some exceptional bootleg series releases, but this one is truly consequential and could not have come at a more opportune time..."
Graded on a Curve: Bob Dylan, <em>The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through The Open Window, 1956–1963</em> & VA, <em>Jac Holzman Presents: Dylan’s Circle</em> - The Vinyl District
Bob Dylan turns 85 on May 24. June 20 will mark the 60th anniversary of the release of Blonde on Blonde, perhaps Dylan's most ambitious album and the one that concluded the trilogy of albums that was ...
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Join Steve Matteo at the The Gold Coast Book Fair on Sunday, May 17th at 12 noon as he interviews authors Bob Spitz about his new Rolling Stones biography and Alan Light on his new book on Rumours by Fleetwood Mac. The event is free and will be held in the Anchor Tent on Audrey Avenue in Oyster Bay.
"Lovers of bespoke, limited edition, audiophile reissues are living in a golden age as new audiophile reissue series continue to be launched. One that debuted recently is the Vinylphyle series. In this roundup, three of the initial releases in the series will be covered..."
Graded on a Curve: Three from UMe’s Vinylphyle audiophile reissue series - The Vinyl District
Lovers of bespoke, limited edition, audiophile reissues are living in a golden age as new audiophile reissue series continue to be launched. One that debuted recently is the Vinylphyle series. In this...
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In a little more than a year, Lee Zeldin has transformed the E.P.A. from an agency devoted to protecting human health and the environment into one that, more or less openly, sides with polluters, Elizabeth Kolbert reports. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/LtoxjN
Can the E.P.A. Survive Lee Zeldin?
The agency, which was founded to protect the environment and human health, has cancelled safety regulations, supported coal, and stopped caring about climate change.
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"This is a perfect time to relive these timeless recordings, and this box set does the trick."
Graded on a Curve: Robert Flack, <em>With Her Songs: The Atlantic Albums 1969–1978</em> - The Vinyl District
The music world lost Robert Flack in February of 2025. Flack began her singular career in 1969 and released her 15th and final album in 2012. Her Atlantic Records albums make up the bulk of her record...
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Chief Justice John Roberts once decried partisan gerrymandering as “unjust.” Last week, the high court made a decision that doesn’t just tolerate but encourages the practice, @dgraham.bsky.social argues:
How the Supreme Court Came to Accept a Practice It Called Unjust
The Court went from condemning partisan gerrymandering to effectively encouraging it.
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“The ex-major recalled: “For the KGB, it was a charm offensive. They had collected a lot of information on Trump’s personality. The feeling was that he was extremely vulnerable intellectually, and psychologically & he was prone to flattery. They played the game.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...
‘The perfect target’: Russia cultivated Trump as asset for 40 years – ex-KGB spy
The KGB ‘played the game as if they were immensely impressed by his personality’, Yuri Shvets, a key source for a new book, tells the Guardian
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"It’s a wondrous time to be a fan of the music of YES. The group’s classic period albums (The Yes Album, Fragile, Close to the Edge) have recently received mammoth reissue box sets, and there have also been some excellent live albums, including much-coveted Record Store Day releases..."
Graded on a Curve: Yes, <em>Tales From Topographic Oceans (Super Deluxe Edition)</em> & <em>Symphonic Live</em> - The Vinyl District
It's a wondrous time to be a fan of the music of Yes. The group's classic period albums (The Yes Album, Fragile, Close to the Edge) have recently received mammoth reissue box sets, and there have also...
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