The Unblinking Ear Podcast 2/20/14

I hope you appreciate that I completed this edition of the podcast last night instead of beginning a binge watch of True Detective (no spoilers, please) or catching up on the new season of Walking Dead (go ahead and spoil). However, it's a good thing Rick and Morty is on hiatus until March, otherwise you'd be S.O.L.

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The Unblinking Ear Podcast 2/6/14

Yes, it's a new Unblinking Ear Podcast, shockingly delivered on its regular schedule, just in time for you to sync up with your Facebook movie or use as a soundtrack to the opening ceremony in Sochi (that is assuming you're comfortable with using the internet there).

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The Unblinking Ear Podcast 1/16/14

Whoa! A new Unblinking Ear Podcast a mere two weeks after the last one? Will this usher in a new era of timeliness and consistency in 2014? Probably not, so enjoy it while you can.

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The Unblinking Ear Podcast 1/3/14

Welcome to 2014! While this edition of the Unblinking Ear Podcast contains no music from the new year (or The New Year), it does feature some of 2013's best. However, it is not a "best of." It's a mix of some late in the year releases, a few things I've been meaning to play and a few things I overlooked but gleaned from the best of lists of others. If you happen to be the OCD-list-making-and-reading type (and if you've read this far I bet you are), you can check out the best of the year broadcast I did on WFMU last week.

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The Unblinking Ear Podcast 12/12/13

The Unblinking Ear Podcast is back for the first time in over a month! Did you miss me? No, you were more than satisfied by each of the three WFMU fill-ins (available to stream here, here and here), you say? I suppose that's fair.

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The Unblinking Ear Podcast 11/7/13

The days are getting shorter. The night are getting longer. Here's a new Unblinking Ear Podcast to keep you warm.

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The Unblinking Ear Podcast 10/17/13

Another CMJ week. Another year where I don't get a badge despite spending pretty much my entire adult life on the periphery of the music "biz."

Though my lack of badge something of badge of honor at this point. I can always say that one's ability to secure a CMJ pass is inversely proportioned to his or her taste in music (which is only slightly inaccurate). Also, most the "must-see" CMJ events are awful experiences, overstuffed with the desperate to impress and the generally clueless, who will suck the fun out of the room and make you second guess how much you really liked the musical act you are witnessing in the first place.

I can pretty guarantee that the below podcast will be a more rewarding experience than nearly every NYC area show the week of CMJ.

There are, however, exceptions.

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The Unblinking Ear Podcast 10/3/13

Here's the first Unblinking Ear Podcast in just under a month. Unfortunately, we had to skip our semi-annual "punkquinox" edition of the punkcast that was due around two weeks ago. In hindsight, in probably would have made a good soundtrack for one to be enraged by the failures of capitalist democracy. However, this latest edition is still pretty good and a better alternative to shooting someone.

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The Unblinking Ear Podcast 9/5/13

Caveat emptor. I have to confess, dear listener, that this edition of the podcast is not up to par. Oh sure, the songs are all excellent but the sequence and "flow" is severely lacking. I have failed as curator when I can't even order songs in a manner of more significance than an iPod shuffle.

Perhaps I'll do better on my WFMU fill-in this Saturday at 3pm EST. Or maybe I'll just waste my time playing Simpsons Tapped Out on my iPhone instead of preparing like I did for this podcast. (My handle is "djpbruno" if you should want to add me as a friend.)

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The Unblinking Ear Podcast 8/22/13

Here tis, another edition of the Unblinking Ear Podcast, packed with the energy and chaos of an inefficiently run, foul-smelling "punk house."

Don't agree? Just let me know about it in the comments.

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The Unblinking Ear Podcast 8/8/13

As I was getting ready to post this podcast someone sent me an excellent article on some of the more annoying habits of people on social media. As a lark, I decided to see how many the very human but very irritating motivations outlined in the article one could apply to this podcast.

Image Crafting. I have great knowledge of and good taste in a certain silver of a subgenre of rock music.

Narcissism. My my knowledge is so deep and taste so impeccable, it would a crime not so share them with the world.

Attention Craving. Please recognize my awesome knowledge and taste!

Jealousy Inducing. Yes, I own that rare record which I just played. Don't you want it/wish you were me?

Loneliness. I have nothing better to do with my life than assemble these.

Wow. 5 for 5. I'm pretty insufferable. Hopefully you find this podcast interesting/informative/entertaining enough to justify my abhorrent behavior.

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The Unblinking Ear Podcast 7/26/13

Do you enjoy this podcast but wish it consisted of more of my blathering and less music? You say you wouldn't wish that on your worst enemy? Well if you change your mind and want your enemy to truly suffer than click on over to this week's Jaded Punk Hatecast where I appear as their first and perhaps only guest who has never heard Lagwagon but has heard Henry Cow. We discuss the finer points of what qualifies one for meaningless genre label and other subjects of even less relevance.

Of course, you could simply listen to the podcast below for less talk and more rock. In fact, one person even claims that it is the BEST punk podcast. And if you can't trust some stranger on the internet, who can you trust?

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