I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs , but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.
New releases
CD
downy, untitled (eighth album)
Vinyl
Kelela, In the Blue Light
Post Malone, Post Malone Tribute to Nirvana
Sting, Sting 3.0 Live
Catalog
CD
Blind Idiot God, Cyclotron
Lounge Lizards, Live in Berlin, Vol. 1
Ned Doheny, Ned Doheny
Various Artists, Studio One Classi cs
Various Artists, Studio One Funk
Various Artists, Studio One Kings
Various Artists, Studio One Rude Boy
Vinyl
D’Angelo, Voodoo
Queens of the Stone Age, In Times New Roman …
SYML, In My Body
Reissues
Vinyl
a-ha, Hunting High and Low: The Demos
Charli XCX, Number 1 Angel
Dead or Alive, Youthquake Remixes
Duran Duran, DANSE MACABRE DE LUXE Bonus Tracks
Emmylou Harris, Spyboy
Hindu Love Gods, Hindu Love Gods
Lianne La Havas, Is Your Love Big Enough?
Neurotic Outsiders, Neurotic Outsiders
Passengers, Original Soundtracks, Vol. 1
Paul Hardcastle, Paul Hardcastle
Prince and the New Power Generation, Live at Grand Slam
Rage Against the Machine, Live on Tour 1993
Shudder to Think, Pony Express Record
Slint, tweez (tweethan mix)
Talking Heads, Live on Tour
Thievery Corporation, The Cosmic Game
Throwing Muses, Live in Providence
Tags: a-ha , charli xcx , d'angelo , dead or alive , downy , duran duran , emmylou harris , hindu love gods , kelela , lianne la havas , ned doheny , passengers , paul hardcastle , post malone , prince , purchase log , queens of the stone age , rage against the machine , shudder to think , slint , sting , syml , talking heads , thievery corporation , throwing muses , various artists
I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs , but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.
New releases
CD
Beyoncé, Act II: Cowboy Carter
Catalog
CD
Anthrax, Among the Living
Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles
Dead or Alive, Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
Doja Cat, Planet Her
Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway
Patrick Cowley, Afternooners
Sinéad O’Connor, How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?
Vinyl
Duran Duran, Do the Madison
Go West, Go West
Guided By Voices, Under the Bushes, Under the Stars
Hoodoo Gurus, Blow Your Cool!
Jason Isbell, Southeastern (10th Anniversary Edition)
Marine Girls, Lazy Ways
Olivia Rodrigo, SOUR
Robert Görl, Night Full of Tension
The National, Trouble Will Find Me
Vagabon, Infinte Worlds
Vagabon, Sorry I Haven’t Called
Washed Out, Within and Without
Reissues
CD
Utada Hikaru, SCIENCE FICTION
Tags: anthrax , beyonce , crystal castles , dead or alive , doja cat , duran duran , go west , guided by voices , hoodoo gurus , jason isbell , kelly clarkson , marine girls , olivia rodrigo , patrick cowley , purchase log , robert gorl , sinead o'connor , the national , utada hikaru , vagabon , washed out
I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs , but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.
This past weekend was the Friends of the Seattle Library Book Sale, which usually provides a few weeks’ worth of listening.
Catalog
CD
Aretha Franklin, Aretha’s Best Atmosphere, Overcast! Beck, Mutations Billy Idol, Idolize Yourself: The Very Best of Billy Idol bis, The New Transistor Heroes Björk, Drawing Restraint 9 Bon Jovi, Slippery When Wet Branford Marsalis Quartet, Crazy People Music Daniel Lanois, Acadie David Bowie, Pin Ups Dawn Upshaw, Voices of Light Einstürzende Neubauten, 80-83 Strategies Against Architecture György Ligeti, Ligeti Edition 5: Mechanical Music Jane’s Addiction, Nothing’s Shocking Joanna Newsom, Ys John Zorn, The Gift Johnny Cash, American Recordings Josquin des Prez / Giovanni Palestrina, Motets / Masses Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II Lizz Wright, The Orchard Lovage, Nathaniel Merriweather Presents … Lovage: Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By Mazzy Star, So Tonight That I Might See Mike Patton, Adult Themes for Voice Oingo Boingo, Dead Man’s Party Osvaldo Golijov, Ainadamar PJ Harvey, Let England Shake PJ Harvey, Rid of Me Pop Will Eat Itself, This Is the Day … This Is the Hour … This Is This! Queen Latifah, Nature of a Sista Robert Palmer, Addictions Volume 2 Roberta Flack, First Take Sonic Youth, Washing Machine Soundgarden, Louder Than Love Spice Girls, Spiceworld Stephen Sondheim, Putting it Together (Original Cast Recording) The Beatles, Yellow Submarine The Mars Volta, De-Loused at the Comatorium The White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane, At Carnegie Hall Tom Tom Club, Tom Tom Club William Grant Still, Africa XTC, Nonsuch Yaz, You and Me Both Various Artists, Stay Awake Soundtrack, Pride and Prejudice (BBC Television serial) Soundtrack, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away) Soundtrack, Sense and Sensibility Vinyl
Dead Or Alive, Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know Eleanor Steber, Barber: Knoxville: Summer 1915 / LaMontaine: Songs of the Rose of Sharon Millions Like Us, Millions Like Us Olivier Messiaen, Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum / Couleurs de la Cité Celeste Olivier Messiaen, Petites Liturgies de la Présence Divine Olivier Messiaen, Tashi Plays Messiaen – Quartet for the End of Time Robert Palmer, Clues Robert Palmer, Double Fun Robert Palmer, Maybe It’s Live Robert Palmer, Pride Robert Palmer, Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley Stephen Sondheim, Pacific Overtures (Original Broadway Cast) William Schuman, Symphony No. 3 / Symphony for Strings Yvonne Elliman, Yvonne Soundtrack, A Room with a View
Tags: aretha franklin , atmosphere , beck , billy idol , bis , bjork , bon jovi , branford marsalis , daniel lanois , david bowie , dawn upshaw , dead or alive , eleanor steber , gyorgi ligeti , jane's addiction , joanna newsom , john coltrane , john zorn , johnny cash , josquin de pres , led zeppelin , lizz wright , lovage , mazzy star , mike patton , millions like us , oingo boingo , olivier messiaen , osvaldo golijov , pj harvey , pop will eat itself , purchase log , queen latifah , robert palmer , roberta flack , sonic youth , soundgarden , soundtrack , spice girls , stephen sondheim , the beatles , the mars volta , the white stripes , thelonious monk , tom tom club , various artists , william grant still , william schuman , xtc , yaz , yvonne elliman
I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs , but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.
The KEXP Record Fair was on Saturday. I hadn’t known till the clerk at Jive Time asked me if I had gone.
New releases
CD
Jake Shears, Jake Shears
Renée Fleming, Broadway
Vinyl
Parquet Courts, Wide Awake!
Catalog
CD
Culture Club, Colour By Numbers (remastered)
Grace Jones, Warm Leatherette
Keith Jarrett, The Köln Concert
Michael Jackson, Thriller (Special Edition)
Missy Elliott, Supa Dupa Fly
UA, 11 (Deluxe Edition)
UA, AMETORA (Deluxe Edition)
UA, turbo (Deluxe Edition)
Vinyl
Dead or Alive, Sophisticated Boom Boom
Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew, Oh My God!
Franz Schubert, Die schöne Müllerin (Deitrich Fischer-Dieskau)
Janet Jackson, Dream Street
Joni Mitchell, Ladies of the Canyon
Julee Cruise, Floating Into the Night (original pressing promo)
Public Enemy, Yo! Bum Rush the Show
Tags: culture club , dead or alive , doug e fresh , franz schubert , grace jones , jake shears , janet jackson , joni mitchell , julee cruise , keith jarrett , missy elliott , parquet courts , public enemy , purchase log , renee fleming , ua
I didn’t know what to make of Pete Burns the first time I encountered him in the video for Dead or Alive’s “You Spin Me ‘Round (Like a Record)”.
Boy George and Annie Lennox had already blurred the androgyny lines in the years leading up to Dead or Alive’s debut, but Burns took it a step further. His rough baritone stood in sharp contrast to Boy George’s soulful tenor. He shook his hips and wagged his finger like a woman, but the eye patch and black clothing made you think he could kick your ass in the alley.
If I had been better conditioned to internalize my homophobia, I would have been repulsed by Burns’ feminine wiles. Instead, I would mimic his moves in front of the radio.
He was confusing, and that confusion was fascinating. He was scary and inspiring, no doubt offensive to my Catholic family to whom he would have probably given zero fucks.
I thought about buying Youthquake when it came out, but I wanted to make sure it had at least two other hits before I sank my allowance on it. Dead or Alive would score a second hit in the US with “Brand New Lover” on the following album, Mad, Bad and Dangerous . By then, I had already cycled through urban radio before eventually settling on college rock.
But I made sure to at least own “You Spin Me ‘Round” on 7-inch.
Over the years, I would encounter Pete Burns and shake my head over the transformation in his appearance. In my mind, he was a skilled acrobat on the thin edge of masculine and feminine, but he obviously disagreed.
Despite all the loss in 2016, Burns is the closest to home the Reaper’s scythe had hit. Prince was my brother’s artist, and David Bowie was once-removed in his influence on my life. Burns, however, was one of the first signals that I would not lead the heteronormative life of a first generation Filipino son.
Looking back on it now, he was probably the first public figure to plant the idea in my mind that being queer was not only acceptable but a source of strength. Yeah, you could be a sissy but a sissy who could kick someone’s ass in the alley.
Tags: dead or alive , gay influence , pete burns
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