Should I Strange or Should I Go?

Today is the 10th anniversary of the premiere of the first series of Stranger Things. By that I mean the real Stranger Things - the only Stranger Things - not the clownish cartoons that wore the name and trappings of it like a skinsuit.

The Great Eighties Playlist Project in Now Complete.

Well, it seemed to take forever but I'm finally finished with my Eighties playlist project. These things take time, OK? Perfection can't be hurried.

1987 Alternative Rock Top 40

1987 was a turning point for Eighties rock: Boomercentric classic rock was starting to fade again after getting a big corporate push in the mid-Eighties, GenX metal and alternative rock were on the ascendancy, and the Top 40 was rapidly losing the luster it had just three years prior.

Talking Synchronicity (and the Year That Broke Reality)

Secret Sun Radio Mystery Hour: You Will Know Synchronicity by Christopher Knowles

How 1983's blockbuster album helped break reality.

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Opening Presence (Led Zeppelin's Presence, That Is)

Presence is an album a lot of Led Zeppelin fans don’t own, and even a lot of those that do don’t listen to it very often. 

The Siren In the Stars: Jeff Buckley's Birth Chart...and more.

Siren Week was so active this time around that it's bleeding over into this week. So much so that our man Karl is on the case with the birth charts of the Shepherd Boy and other major players.