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Gypsy. Goomba. Garage.

Touring with Springsteen doesn’t keep guitarist Little Steven from fulfilling his “family” obligations. He’s also…

Lost Library Privleges

My father became a high-school librarian the year I was born. Each birthday brought a…

An Artist with the All-Seeing Eye

Saya Woolfalk knows more than your average artist about virtual reality, Oculus or otherwise. When it…

The Beard Presents: SOUL CLAP!

It's stylish to say that we've forsaken soul, but the idea that we've become numb to that body-wracking '60s sound is simply absurd. Tune in: Beautiful evenings are officially upon us...

AO26 – Popettes III: Indian Summer

Hibernation and stagnation aren’t analogous and summer comes for everyone. Break out the leg warmers: this Beard-curated comp refreshes last year's hits with the heat to keep us warm in winter...

The Beard's Wicked-Awesome Summer Singles

Beach Days are officially upon us (even if it's been hot-ass-hot for awhile), so let's celebrate. Acceptable Oddities is proud to re-visit our popular update ever... my ORIGINAL Popettes mix...

The Beard's Original Scandinavian Sweethearts

In the interest of fulfilling the requests of old-school Whiskerly Warriors, today's BEACH WEEK SPECIAL is the revival of the Beard's very first pop mix from the depths of AO obscurity...

Casual Sax

While horns are present in tunes by Lou Reed, Galaxie 500, and the Cure, it's often an afterthought, making this less a novelty comp and more a brassy soundtrack for summer soirées...

An Aspiring Nerd's Guide to the Beach Boys

Indie kids are insatiably obsessed and Paul McCartney once called Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson a "modern Stravinsky." Let's listen to four of his albums and see if we agree...

De La Soul & J Dilla – Smell The Da.I.S.Y. (Mixtape)

Mixtapes don't come more credible (or amped up) than this slate of Dilla beats newly adorned with the smooth tit-for-tat rhythmic wordplay of old-school songsmiths De La Soul...