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"I Hate Radio" Music News 10/21/2016

Yesterday I came down with one of those 24-hour bugs, it was not pretty (sigh).

Anyway, here is today's Music News!

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"I Hate Radio" Music News 10/21/2016

My Music news for 12/20/2016

This one includes a plea for sentencing reform from Pusha T, an album by Exotica, and some Easter Eggs in the album art for David Bowie's Blackstar album.

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"F" The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame (No, I am Not Bitter at All)

Okay, the Rock and Roll HOF inductees were announced today, and no surprise, the list is ZZzzzzzzz....

Most important, Kraftwerk, MC5, Bad Brains and anyone else who never played in a massive arena were culled.

I say "F" the Rock Hall!

"I Hate Radio" Music News 10/20/2016: Why Pinegrove Rules!

Here is the music news that I cared most about for 12/20/2016

Today Pinegrove does something AWESOME, True Vision = 7-minute heroes, and why South Park is still super funny (I'm super cereal).

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The “Eggnog From a Drunk Tank (on Christmas Eve)” Spotify "I Hate Radio" Playlist

Every Tuesday (often a bit early) I put out a new Playlist.

This week's playlist is Holiday themed and features songs from Fiona Apple, Ramones, Sufjan Stevens, The Knife, Pet Shop Boys, the Pogues and many others.

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeDecember 19, 2016This Was The Worst Christmas Ever, Sufjan Stevens, Sufjan Stevens Presents Songs for Christmas (Singalong), Do They Know It's Christmas, Band Aid, Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight), Ramones, Brain Drain, Oi! To The World, The Vandals, No Doubt, Everything In Time, This Time of Year, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Medium Rare, Candy Cane Children, The White Stripes, Merry Christmas From The White Stripes, Frosty the Snowman, Fiona Apple, The Hotel Cafe Presents Winter Songs, Is This Home On Ice, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Christmas Island, Depedhe Mode, A Question of Lust EP, Reindeer, The Knife, Christmas Reindeer, It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas, Pet Shop Boys Christmas, Fairytale of New York, Asthmatic Kitty Records, Asthmatic Kitty, Phongram, Colombia, Sire, KIDinaKorner, Big Rig Records, XL Recordings, Wichita Recordings, Mute, Rabid, Island, chamber pop, indie pop, indie folk, indie christmas, folk pop, folk christmas, freak folk, indie rock, stomp and holler, singer-songwriter, Christmas, Pop Christmas, punk, permanent wave, heavy christmas, punk christmas, rock, classic rock, hard rock, alternative rock, pop rock, dance pop, post-grunge, ska, ska punk, skate punk, boston rock, funk rock, garage rock, punk blues, blues rock, Classic Rock, lilith, piano rock, brooklyn indie, new wave, new romantic, dance rock, synthpop, electronic, electroclash, alternative dance, new rave, swedish synthpop, indietronica, europop, new wave pop, celtic rock, celtic punk, ounkComment

Tales From A Red Wheelbarrow (eps1.91_redwheelbarr0w.txt) Part 12: Defensive Wounds

This is the 12th entry of my deep-dive into the Mr. Robot companion book Red Wheelbarrow.

In this post, Elliot and Mr. Robot come to violence, Elliot returns to his roots, and more discussion of Dissociative Identity Disorder.

Enjoy!

Today's "I Hate Radio" Music News 10/19/2016

This is the music news that moved me for 12/19/2016.

Today I am covering a Punk Button's exhibit, an argument for "free" music, and the sad passing of Greg Lake (RIP).

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Today's "I Hate Radio" Music News 10/17/2016

Today's music news includes stories about Lucy Dacus, R.E.M., and some movie called Rogue One.

I may have worked Cthulhu in too.

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Today's "I Hate Radio" Music News 10/16/2016

New Feature, instead of trying to comment and post all of these links on Twitter, I am going to try to reduce the list down and use more than 140 characters to comment.

So, this is the first edition of my Music News curation.

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"I Hate Radio" Music NewsJoshua B. HoeDecember 16, 2016Colin Newman, Wire, Pink Flag, Chair's Missing, 154, NOTS, Cosmetic, The #OPS Best Albums of 2016 List, Heavenly Recordings, NIN, Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor, EP, March Of The Pigs, head Like A Hole, Nocturnal KoreansComment

Reflections From a Black Mirror: S3 E3 “Shut Up And Dance” (Netflix)

Okay, this is my first Black Mirror post in a while and the delay was because this episode was so disturbing.

Anyway, this one kind of sums up my feelings about the recent seasons of Black Mirror, Westworld, and South Park.

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Best of 2016: Top #OPS Twitter Interactions

Writing a music and television blog is a passion project, but sometimes it gives you a platform to talk to some of the people that you write about.

Here is a synopsis of some of the big Twitter interactions (or, at least big to me) that I had this year.

Enjoy!

Best Of 2016 – “The Best of the Rest” Spotify Playlist

Now that the Top Albums of 2016 list is done, all that is left is to rank the Best Of The Rest.

This is my Best is the Rest of 2016 Spotify Playlist highlighting the bands I liked that didn't make the final best albums list.

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeDecember 12, 2016Only Child, Shearwater, Jet Plane and Oxbow, Sub Pop Records, Fantasy Boys, BRONCHO, Double Vanity, Dine Alone Music, Size of the Moon, Pinegrove, Cardinal, Run For Cover Records, Mass Gothic, Nice Night, Sub Pop, Heaven and Hell, Desert Mountain Tribe, Either That Or The Moon, Metropolis, Slew, False Heads, 25 Hour Convenience Store Records, All That Heaven Allows, Mercury Girls, Slumberland, Ariana, 333, Against Me, Shape Shift With Me, Total Treble, Pink Coffin, Duchess Says, Sciences Nouvelle, Bonsound, WALL, Cuban Cigars, holding the void, Sp Pitted, neo, Ready for the Magic, Honeyblood, Babes Never Die, fat Cat Records, On The Lips, Frankie Cosmos, Next Thing, Bayonet Records, You Used to be a Good Girl, Beverly, The Blue Swell, Kanine, Kaninie Records, Margaret Glaspy, Emotions & Math, ATO Records, Pimp Hand, Vince Staples, Prima Donna EP, Def Jam Records, Ain't It A Sin, Charles Bradley, Changes, Daptone, Dean's Room, Allison Crutchfield, Merge, Jacuzzi Boys, Ping Pong, Hardly Art, Days, Cool Ghouls, Animal Races, Melodic, melancholia, chamber pop, slow core, austindie, freak folk, stomp and holler, new wierd america, lo-fi, indie rock, ok indie, alternative emo, emo, chicago indie, dreamo, indie punk, pop punk, preverb, psych gaze, alt indie rock, british indie rock, garage rock, sheffield indie, Indie Punk, garage psych, noise pop, folk punk, Against Me!, melodic hardcore, punk, orgcore, skatepunk, electroclash, dance-punk, new rave, brooklyn indie, nu gaze, alt-indie-rock, new americana, folk pop, underground hip hop, hip hop, funk, soul, deep funk, garage pop, bay area indie, indie garage rockComment

Tales From A Red Wheelbarrow (eps1.91_redwheelbarr0w.txt) Part 11: Paranoia

Part eleven of my extremely deep-dive into the Mr. Robot companion book Red Wheelbarrow.

This time Carla sets a really big fire and Elliot starts to get to know his own insecurities and paranoias.

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My "Back to the Future" Mr. Robot Theory of Elliot and Angela (USA Network)

A theory I have been working on to explain all of the Back to the Future references as well as the "meeting" between Angela Moss and Whiterose in Season 2.

It was originally posted (by me) on Reddit, but I wanted people to be able to check it out here as well.

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Mr- RobotJoshua B. HoeDecember 10, 2016Mr. Robot, Elliot Alderson, #MrRobot, Rami Malek, Angela Moss, Portia Doubleday, Whterose, B.D.Wong, B.D. Wong, Christian Slater, Sam Esmail, USA Network, Who Is Mr. Robot's Landlord?Comment

My Top 45 Albums of 2016: The Complete #OPS Guide

The easy guide to finding all 45 of my Top Albums of 2016 and all of the companion playlists.

Too many albums to list here but let's just say it was a good year for Car Seat Headrest, Danny Brown, and Savages.

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My Best Albums of 2016: The Gold Medals: 10-1

Here it is, 100's of hours of work, and a whole year of listening to albums has led to these final ten albums.

My Top Ten Albums of 2016 (and a special tribute)

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Best Of 2016Joshua B. HoeDecember 8, 2016glam rock, art rock, permanent wave, protopunk, rock, singer-songwriter, mellow gold, new wave, classic rock, dance rock, David Bowie, Blackstar, Columbia Records, straight edge, hardcore, fury, Fury, Paramount, Triple B Records, australian alternative rock, deep australian indie, Camp Cope, Poison City Records, folk-punk, indie-punk, folk punk, alternative emo, Jeff Rosenstock, Worry., The Arrogant Sons of Bitches, preverb, brooklyn indie, Mitski, Puberty 2, Dead Oceans, Your Best American Girl, St. Vincent, Lucy Dacus, No Burden, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Nonagon Infinity, ATO Records, Courtney Barnett, Talking Heads, DEVO, garage psych, post punk, post-punk, Preoccupations, Flemish Eye Records, Jagjaguwar, Joy Division, noise pop, neo-psychedelic, nu gaze, indie rock, dream pop, experimental rock, noise rock, dance punk, Savages, Adore Life, Matador, Matador Records, escape room, alternative hip hop, underground hip hop, detroit hip hop, Danny Brown, Atrocity Exhibition, Kanye West, Car Seat Headrest, Teens of Denial, Will Toldeo, Spotify, #SpotifyComment

Best Albums Of 2016 Part 2 Spotify Playlist (Albums #20-11)

Spotify Playlist - Selections from my Best of 2016 Albums List #20-11

Click on the playlist or hit play and then scroll down to learn more about the bands, including A Tribe Called Quest, Moon City Boys, Hideous Sun Demon, The Avalanches, Kimo Kimino and many more.

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeDecember 7, 2016deep australian indie, australian, australian alternative rock, boston rock, electronic, australian dance trip hop, alternative dance, new rave, indietronica, synthpop, indie pop, chamber pop, stomp and holler, freak folk, indie folk, folk pop, indie rock, lo-fi, anti-folk, noise pop, Neo-Psychedelic, post-punk, post punk, garage psych, preverb, brooklyn indie, noise rock, nu-gaze, experimental rock, dance punk, deep swedish indie pop, hip hop, east coast hip hop, alternative hip hop, rap, Never Be Mine, Angel Olsen, My Woman, Jagjaguwar, Rosy Rudiger, Kino Kimino, Bait Is For Sissies, Have a Heart, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Pretty Years, Sinderlyn, Ghost Ramp, Frankie Sinatra, The Avalanches, Wildflower, Astralwerks, Astonished Man, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, A Man Alive, Ribbon Music, Ego, A Tribe Called Quest, We got it from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service, Epic Records, Carry My Bags, Moon City Boys, I Need More, 8tta_7uor, The Girl With Electronics Inside, Hallelujah the Hills, hallelujah the hills, A Band Is Something To Figure Out, Discrete Pageantry, Bad Girl, Hideous Sun Demon, Corporate Influence LP, Pilerats Records, Warner Brothers Australia, Blood Bath, I'm In the Phone Book I'm on the Planet I'm Dying Slowly, Shut Up And Kiss Me, Whateva Will Be, Epic, This Is Radio Clash, The Clash, Captain Beefheart, Kim Gordon, Girl In A BandComment