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This Body is Love & Will Never Conform
Autonomy is a daily battle in this life, which is why when key artists emerge to show us that not only is it possible, but it can totally be
heathermariedrain
Dec 30, 20245 min read
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The Unknown Eyes See All: Genesis’ “Watcher of the Skies”
Back in 2023, I was moved as much by a clip of live music as I was by a story posted in the YouTube comments. In fact, I was so moved...
heathermariedrain
Nov 7, 20246 min read
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Falling into Dark Autumn: 5 Perfect Albums for the Season
So, follow my lit jack-o-lantern as we enter the quixotic soundscapes that fit the Harvest season like a black leather glove.
heathermariedrain
Oct 31, 20246 min read
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Dudes in Prison & the Hot Babes That Love Them: Incarceration in 1980s Hard Rock/Metal Music Videos
The concept of incarceration in the real world is terrifying. Anytime you lose autonomy via a highly flawed system, and then are forced...
heathermariedrain
Oct 8, 202411 min read
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Lights Like Fog: Lycia's Casa Luna
Beauty…true beauty…shifts into shapes and shadows. This is not the beauty that has been turned into a cold-hearted commodity to help...
heathermariedrain
Dec 6, 20234 min read
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April-May Showers Bring Podcastin' Flowers
If one was to program a podcast series in honor of the Spring season, they might be tempted to discuss the technicolor jubliance of...
heathermariedrain
May 18, 20232 min read
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Missive to Loozanteen: We Love You, Robert Haimer
Robert Haimer is gone. Well, at least in his physical form, since a cat like that can never truly be gone. Some artists are so...
heathermariedrain
Apr 20, 20235 min read
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No Man is an Island:Bill Ward's Ward One: Along the Way
I originally wrote this back in 2017 for my old Mondo Heather blog. It's now a few years later and this album is STILL out-of-print....
heathermariedrain
Apr 19, 20239 min read
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Rock & Roll Transcendence with a $30 Beer Tab: Blue Oyster Cult Live
One of the greatest shams that happened in the last few decades is the de-fanging of rock & roll: a genre that once inspired nervousness...
heathermariedrain
May 1, 20228 min read
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March 2022 Updated-The Rockabilly Music Video Verne Langdon Edition
Spring is almost a-sprunging, which means we are more than overdue for a little Mondo-update! On the podcasting front, I have had the...
heathermariedrain
Mar 10, 20222 min read
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The Rocket Files: TV Party Tonight!
There once was a gift to the American television landscape and that gift was called local or public access. The act of truly...
heathermariedrain
Jan 1, 20228 min read
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Your Nightmare is My Brand: The Art of Patriarchy
In an ocean of the expected, there is an angel of vengeance, a siren of light, and a ruddy-mouthed creature as an artist who goes by a...
heathermariedrain
Dec 16, 20215 min read
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