Thank you to
, , , , , , , my MOM, and many others for tuning into this edition of Abby shows you things and talks about them ad nauseam until your ears bleed. I appreciate getting to share any passion of mine with other people but especially music and physical media. I likely mispronounced too many words and got a few names wrong, so please bear with me as I wander through my music collection.I hope you’ll join me for my next Live! I’ll try and invite one of my favorite Substackers for a conversation or show my massive collection of postcards. To be determined—
Also—here is
’s essay about CDs that I love and think everyone should read as soon as possible. It really helped me reflect on my own childhood and music listening habits. Go check it out!Oh, a few people also asked if I would make a list of the EPs, albums, and zines I mentioned in this Live, so here you go!
Tapes:
Bitpunk.fm Is. 2.3—Touch Tones from Substacker
CDs:
Rattle & Hum (1988) / Pop (1997) by U2
Rocket (1996) by Primitive Radio Gods
Bloom (2012) by Beach House
blinking lights and other revelations (2005) by eels
Jesu/Sun Kil Moon (2016) by Jesu/Sun Kil Moon
Songs from the Woods / Songs From Before And After The Leisure Class (1997) by Margo
Knives Don’t Have Your Back (2006) from Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton
Vinyl:
Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
Crushing (2019) by Julia Jacklin
Historian (2018) by Lucy Dacus
Parallelograms (1970) by Linda Perhacs
New York Tendaberry (1969) by Laura Nyro
Nightout (1979) by Ellen Foley
Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) by Bruce Springsteen
Guy and Joe (1972) by Guy and Joe
Wallflowers (1980) by Huxtable, Christensen, & Hood
Humanhood (2025) by The Weather Station
Undergrad Romance and the Moses in Me (2015) by Stephen Day
It’s Summer, I Love You, and I’m Surrounded by Snow (2025) by Dead Gowns
Not God (2024) by Finom
Trash Mountain (2025) by Lily Seabird
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