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Things I Wish I’d Known Before My Wife Got Presumed Coronavirus
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— 25 Mar 2020 Tom 8 comments

For the last 12 days I’ve been nursing my wife Isabel through presumed COVID-19. She’s starting to feel better now, or I wouldn’t be writing this.  (more…)[…]

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Omargeddon #11: Arañas en la Sombra
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— 22 Mar 2020 Bec Comment

I’ve been categorising Omar Rodríguez-López’s solo recordings into three distinct, non-equal eras. Early ORL spans from 2004-2009, mostly consisting of experimental jams that were often reappropriated as Mars Volta songs. The middle period from[…]

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