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Vinyl (HBO) Episode 10: Zelig, Carnac, or "Record Man"

This is my Episode 10 recap of Vinyl (HBO) - The Season One Finale

They call the episode "Alibi" and I call my recap: Zelig, Carnac, or "Record Man."

In this episode, Richie kind of wins, Zac definitely loses, and The Nasty Bits are fictionally amazing?

Vinyl (HBO Series)Joshua B. HoeApril 18, 2016Kill The Lights, Indigo, Nile Rodgers, Alex Newell, DJ Cassidy, Kick Out The Jams, Motor City 5, MC5, Vinyl, Vinyl (HBO), Vinyl Episode 10, Alibi, Richie Finestra, Bobby Cannavale, Zelig, Woody Allen, Forrest Gump, The Factory, Andy Warhol, Kool DJ Herc, Ingrid, The Velvet Underground, Velvet Underground, Hip-Hop, Rap, Mercer Art Center, New York Dolls, Hilly Kristal, CBGB, CBGB OMFUG, CBGIBs, CBGB's, Country, Bluegrass, Blues, Country Bluegrass Blues and Other Music For Uplifting Gormandizers, The Nasty Bits, Nasty Bits, Jamie Vine, Juno Temple, Devon Finestra, Olivia Wilde, Corrado Galasso, Armen Garo, Chuck Negron, Three Dog Night, Spinal Tap, Kip Stevens, James Jagger, American Century Records, Lester Grimes, Ato Essandoh, Pulp Fiction, Carnac the Magnificent, Terence Winter, Martin Scorcese, HBO, Mick Jagger, Joey Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone, The Stooges, Iggy + The Stooges, Ramones, Pixies, The Pixies, The Ramones, Nirvana, Richard Hell, Woman Like You, Johnny Thunders, That Thing You Do, Change The Channel, Alibi Records, Julie Silver, Max Castella, Max Casella, Tony Bennett, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, The Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Ray Romano, Zak Yankovich, The Godfather, Scott Leavitt, P.J Byrne, Xavier, Joe Corso, Bo Dietl, NYPD, FBI, Frank "Buck" Rogers, Andrew Dice Clay, Andrew "Dice" Clay, Clark Morelle, Jack Quaid, Booker T, Jimmy Castor, The Jimmy Castor Bunch, Aretha Franklin, Queen, Mr. Robot, Who Is Mr. Robot's LandlordComment

Expert Opinions: Rolling Stone Top 40 Punk Albums of All-Time List

In response to the release of Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "Top 40 Punk Rock Albums of All-Time," I started sending out requests to people I respect and asking each of them for 5 albums that they would have included.

I did not just ask random people, these are people who have forgotten more punk than even I know and I have been into punk since 1983.

Enjoy!

OpinionJoshua B. HoeApril 7, 2016G.I.S.M., Detestation, Discharge, Why?, Avengers, Cosmic Psychosis, Go The Hack, Famous Breathers, The Cramps, Mommies Little Monster, Circle Jerks, Golden Shower of HIts, Social Distortion, Bad Music For Bad People, The Exploited, Let's Start A War, Suicidal Tendencies, Minor Threat, The Stooges, Velvet Underground, Iggy + The Stooges, Nico, Andy Warhol, Plasmatics, New Hope, Motorhead, Stiff Little Fingers, Inflammable Materials, The Modern Lovers, Big Black, Earth Atomizer (Let's Go), Earth Atomizer, MC5, Kick Out The Jams, Dead Boys, Younger, Younger Louder and Snottier, Crucifucks, Dead Kennedys, Nomeanso, Wrong, The Stranglers, Rattus, ATV, Image Has Cracked, Alice Donut, The Pop Group, Y, Fugazi, Repeater, Songs The Lord Taught Us, Saccharine Trust, Surviving You, Public Image Ltd., PIL, The Saints, Call The Doctor, Sonic Youth, EVOL, Janet Weiss, Cosmic Psychos, Blink 182Comment

Vinyl (HBO), Unicorns, and the NYT

Vinyl has not been universally loved by critics. I am taking this opportunity to answer some of the most prominent and consistent criticisms of the show.

In particular, I am defending Richie's character arc, the treatment of female characters, and the criticism that the writers have made the female characters stereotypically "shrill." I also criticise the New York Times' coverage.

Vinyl (HBO) Episode 6: A "Record Man" Of Wealth And Taste

This is my Episode 6 recap for Vinyl (HBO). I am calling the recap - A "Record Man" of Wealth and Taste.

On this episode of Vinyl (HBO), Richie Finestra is plagued by a devil, haunted by a skinny four-eyed ghost, and loses his Ziggy Stardust to the planet Mars.

"Record Man" On Fire: Vinyl Episode 2 Recap

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.

LA Weekly's Punk Rock Fantasy

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Ramones album Ramones and also the rise of punk rock in London. Unfortunately, this has caused the punk rock haters to come out of the woodwork to mock punk rock's ultimate impact on music as a whole.

One of these punk rock "hater" articles was published by LA Weekly, this is my response to that and most of the others.