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Saw Velvet Goldmine recently; it was a whole vibe, and this tune certainly didn't hurt. Been a few weeks! Yes, even workhorses such as ...

Keepin' the energy up. Still on vacation (take heart, Roy Edroso Breaks It Down readers, I rejoin you on Monday!), but thought I’d l...

Ah, that's a bit of the old pepper. I’m on my way out the door for vacation but I can still get mad at stupid shit. Tubby’s seizure o...

lol Sorry I missed last week’s edition -- guess I'm really due for a vacation. Or a nervous breakdown. In either case, as St. Augie sa...

 I keep the telephone beside me all the time  It’s been one of those weeks where the bright side and the dark side are one and the same – ...

I'm still playin' the victim and you still playin' the pick-me. I don’t usually front-load these weekly updates with a Roy Ed...

I follow Robert Christgau because how can I not, but also because he catches me up on acts like this. On the one hand, the outrages never ...

If you hate us, you just don't know what you're sayin'. A lot of people are gloomy this Independence Day, so right out of the ...

If I’m not mistaken I’m surely right. Still recovering from surgery, I woke up late this morning to the smell of burning Constitution . I th...

Regular readers know I lived most of my life in New York and love it in the bittersweet way of exile. So the mayoral primary victory of Z...

The Spanish guys working on the building down the street played this. They know what's good. I'll be less attentive to the collap...

I mean. Used to worry on Friday the 13th but we’re not feeling too lucky anyhow; every week it seems Tubby’s mob pushes a little harder...

Yeah, I like this shit. What about it? I know everyone’s enjoying the TrumpMusk drama, and I hate to find myself on the side of the squares,...

You know what, I don't listen to enough Betty Wright. In addition to serving as the conscience of the nation I have a day job, so it’...

This one goes through my mind a lot lately. One of the problems with missing my customary Friday 'R-T-H filing is, so much weird stuff c...

My hands were made out of silver/ But they were looking for gold Another wild week, this one with a Pope in it, an American at that! I hardl...

Jumpscare!  I seldom post outside of Friday-'Round-the-Horn weekly summaries anymore -- subscribe to Roy Edroso Breaks It Down for dail...

I'm sure you know the early work of David Thomas ( RIP ) and Pere Ubu. Here's something from 2017. He got kinda Beefheart as he went...

Local neo-soul cafe filling me in on what I've been missing. Look , I’m busy, OK??? So Friday ‘Round-the-Horn is atrociously late, an...

A little light for the dark,  How are you liking Life in These (Former) United States? I’m keeping tabs on Judge Xinis hearing an as...