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The Olivia Tremor Control, Love Athena, Memories of Jacqueline 1906, Black Foliage (Itself)
The oddly named Olivia Tremor Control hail from Ruston, Louisiana, and are probably the most beautiful thing ever to come out of that place. Along with Robert Schneider’s Apples in Stereo, the OTC were founding members of the Elephant 6 Collective, the group of like-minded psychedelic enthusiasts who sought to re-inject the world with the…
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The Beatles, Strawberry Fields Forever
In part 46 of my youtube countdown, we travel back to the past again, my past. When I was 17 years old, “Strawberry Fields Forever” was my favorite song in the world. I don’t know why exactly, but this song just seemed like the greatest work of music I’d ever heard. I loved the loping…
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The Flaming Lips, She Don't Use Jelly, Live on Letterman
Welcome to part 44 of my youtube countdown! Today I bring you a real blast from the past. It’s the Flaming Lips on the David Letterman show in 1995 performing their only commercial pop hit, “She Don’t Use Jelly.” I discovered the Flaming Lips when I was 17 years old ten years ago, right before…