Binge-watch HBO's Vinyl with this expert guide written from the perspective of the music. Vinyl certainly had its flaws, but also contained real genius.
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Vinyl is a television universe populated by musical ghosts.
Over the first four episodes I have pointed out nine "ghosts" who have appeared on the show to highlight or help demonstrate something about the characters on the show.
But each of these "ghosts" also represented a real figure in music history so I am using this article to bring some more attention to each of them.
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Okay folks, this was one of those "busy" episodes. The kind of episodes where writers realize that they are already at episode 4 and have yet to develop like 10 of the plot points that they have already introduced in the first three episodes.
This episode (called "The Racket") opens with not one but two ghosts, Otis Blackwell and Richie himself (My suggestion is that "The Racket" in the episode is the game Richie is running on himself).
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Not sure you want to dive in and start binge watching Vinyl (HBO)?
Here are five strong reasons you should take that plunge and start loving Vinyl!
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This is my Episode 2 recap for the series Vinyl (HBO, "Mugged By God").
I called my recap "Record Man on Fire." In this episode Devon meets Karen Carpenter and Richie tries to decide between Bruce Lee and Jerry Lee (Lewis).
You can usually find my recaps here very early on Monday mornings after an episode has aired.
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