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In July 1989, the best new movie, album, and song all hailed from, and took as subject matter, the great, tumultuous, fascinating, and super-violent (in 2020 standards) city of New York. Come with me on a journey of rambunctious music released that month. open.spotify.com/playlist/1mzGM…
There’s cop violence, black consciousness, hypocritical preachers, rising anti-Semitism, radical Islam, CIA plots, some occasional hippie counter-programming, and civilizational collapse. In other words, July 1989 is pretty interesting to listen to in August 2020.
I’ve been marching through the musical months of 1989 for our mutual edification. Enjoy!
June: open.spotify.com/playlist/3vOaB…
May: open.spotify.com/playlist/3Pect…
April: open.spotify.com/playlist/4l5rA…
March: open.spotify.com/playlist/1L6R1…
February: open.spotify.com/playlist/1EyDU…
January: open.spotify.com/playlist/4Yz10…
One realization doing these '89 playlists, especially but not only July, is how ENORMOUSLY @PublicEnemyFTP loomed in music that year. Nonstop @FlavorFlav-esque “boyeeeee”s, references to “it takes a nation of millions,” and flow/voice/topic straight oughtta @MrChuckD. Stunning.
Gratitude & good vibes to everyone who helped shape this [1/x]:
@ajwimsatt
@literaryeric
@MattEPannell
@gunrwilson
@Unicornisboss
@lesleynka
@EsotericCD
@AndBrent
@BitterDregz
@notjessewalker
@szarka
@BenjyOgden
@RealsSeals
@mattizcoop
@knowledgeprob
@Lellius
@IMsully77
@the_decadents
@the_house_dawg
@Grafne
@E_flat_Minor
@LennyGoodnight
@feefeespeaks
@KeithMcLachlan2
@MichaelGreenspa
@sfiches
@DServon
@1bstout
@Tuckwondo
@jeremyvenable
@RealSPCollins
@Alaska_Atoms
@mattcarton
@MikeHylandMusic
@SteveFosterLich
@chainsawbabytif
@ajwink
[2/x]
@BestUsedCarSale
@asizetoosmall
@SteveSugg
@darren_zen
@BarnMaven
@sduds14
@belmontfakemare
@AEngleberth
@waspswaxx
@timderoche
@christi69866318
@eknarfer
@robertgmoore
@hokey
@DarnFloor
@serious_expert
@chemobaby1976
@VWHORUSHD
@WhatIsBalG
@Chewcipher
@happygrackle
@HFPeroni
3/
Final one:
@WJHayesJr
@AhabGhost
@theonetruemango
@_abeginning
@Two1andLewis
@SwingCod
@Dave_the_Biggs
@JonkniKnight
@mmmjjj
@CousinDruce
@realdoctorworm
@T_ocean16
@crimsonjoe
Thanks y'all, hope your are enjoying even 1/10th as much as I am.
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