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		<title>Film Feature: Chad’s 100 Favorite Films of All Time (75-51)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chad Liffmann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[To catch you up: I’m turning forty-two this Thursday, June 11. I feel that commemorating this meaningful/meaningless birthday with an extrapolated version of my annual list of all-time favorite films would be fun, and it turns out to be a lot of work.  I have also decided to hang up my film critic hat. Over &#8230; <a href="https://spinningplatters.com/film-feature-chads-100-favorite-films-of-all-time-75-51/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Film Feature: Chad’s 100 Favorite Films of All Time (75-51)"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Film Feature: Chad&#8217;s 100 Favorite Films of All Time (100-76)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chad Liffmann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’m turning forty-two this Thursday, June 11. In the spirit of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, I’ve spent some time considering the existential mundanity of turning this age, and what has been the answer to the question of my life, my universe, and everything. Since I turned thirty and on every birthday since, I’ve curated &#8230; <a href="https://spinningplatters.com/film-feature-chads-100-favorite-films-of-all-time-100-76/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Film Feature: Chad&#8217;s 100 Favorite Films of All Time (100-76)"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Show Review: Magic Sword, Dance With The dead, Megan Mcduffie @The Echoplex, 06-22-2026</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Oliver Brink]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Live Show Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megan McDuffee]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, and perhaps more frequently, bands find themselves moved from an intended venue to another. The common assumption is that ticket sales are not meeting expectations and whether that is the whole truth is something I can only guess at. I was supposed to cover Dance with the Dead and The Magic Sword at The &#8230; <a href="https://spinningplatters.com/show-review-magic-sword-dance-with-the-dead-megan-mcduffie-the-echoplex-06-22-2026/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Show Review: Magic Sword, Dance With The dead, Megan Mcduffie @The Echoplex, 06-22-2026"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Show Review: Claypool Gold at Marymoor Park, 5/23/26</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Les Claypool's Frog Brigade]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I first heard Les Claypool when I was 11 years old and I heard “Tommy the Cat” played when Primus lost the San Dimas Battle of the Bands to Bill and Ted in their Bogus Journey. A few years later, Beavis &#38; Butthead’s interest in them solidified my own interest, and by the time 1995’s &#8230; <a href="https://spinningplatters.com/show-review-claypool-gold-at-marymoor-park-5-23-26/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Show Review: Claypool Gold at Marymoor Park, 5/23/26"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Single of the Week: &#8220;Kool Aid&#8221; by Debbii Dawson</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dakin Hardwick]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Times are dark. It&#8217;s refreshing to hear a truly uplifting and joyful song. &#8220;Kool Aid&#8221; by Debbii Dawson is about the most positive love song I&#8217;ve heard in ages. It&#8217;s also catchy as hell for a song about life being heavenly.&#160; &#8220;Kool Aid&#8221; is off Dawson&#8217;s upcoming EP,&#160;Where Have All The Good Men Gone?,&#160;dropping June &#8230; <a href="https://spinningplatters.com/single-of-the-week-kool-aid-by-debbii-dawson/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Single of the Week: &#8220;Kool Aid&#8221; by Debbii Dawson"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Single Of The Week: &#8220;nothing good to cry about&#8221; by wilt</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dakin Hardwick]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 14:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you just need a good, hook heavy pop-punk jam to get through things. You will have those in spades, and &#8220;nothing good to cry about&#8221; will make you feel all the feels you had when all you needed to get through the hard stuff was the right song.&#160; All you need to learn more &#8230; <a href="https://spinningplatters.com/single-of-the-week-nothing-good-to-cry-about-by-wilt/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Single Of The Week: &#8220;nothing good to cry about&#8221; by wilt"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>BottleRock 2026: A First Timer&#8217;s Impression</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dakin Hardwick]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 03:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arrested Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[better than ezra]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Griffin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Midnight Generation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Whang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Napa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the return of jackie and judy]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The first BottleRock was 13 years ago. I&#8217;m an avid concertgoer and Bay Area native, but, for whatever reason, making my way to BottleRock just hasn&#8217;t worked out. This year, however, there was a near-perfect synthesis of life and lineup working out for me to make my way there for a day. I made my &#8230; <a href="https://spinningplatters.com/bottlerock-2026-a-first-timers-impression/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "BottleRock 2026: A First Timer&#8217;s Impression"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>BottleRock Napa Valley 2026 Festival Journal, Day 3</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacy Scales]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 02:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[larkin poe]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ludacris]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mt Joy]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[(You’re reading Day Three &#8211; be sure to catch up on Days One and Two, too!) Day Three of BottleRock Napa Valley for 2026 started just as most days like it do: I was tired, sore, and a little bit sad that the fun of shooting a phenomenal music festival was winding down. It’s the &#8230; <a href="https://spinningplatters.com/bottlerock-napa-valley-2026-festival-journal-day-3/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "BottleRock Napa Valley 2026 Festival Journal, Day 3"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>BottleRock Napa Valley 2026 Festival Journal, Day 2</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacy Scales]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 02:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ajr]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blackhearts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[foo fighters]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Napa]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[(You’re reading Day Two. Be sure to catch up on Day One’s fun!) Saturday dawned sunny and cool in Napa Valley. I woke up feeling refreshed and ready to get back to the Expo for another fun day of music.  First up, I caught some of Joan Jett &#38; the Blackhearts’ set at the Prudential &#8230; <a href="https://spinningplatters.com/bottlerock-napa-valley-2026-festival-journal-day-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "BottleRock Napa Valley 2026 Festival Journal, Day 2"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>BottleRock Napa Valley 2026 Festival Journal, Day 1</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacy Scales]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 02:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chaka Khan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culinary stage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[del water gap]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lorde]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Napa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Natasha Bedingfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[papa roach]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[teddy swims]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hello from Napa! The weather has been gorgeous in these parts lately &#8211; blue skies, few clouds, gorgeous breezes, birds singing… this must be what the powers-that-be behind BottleRock call the “first taste of summer!” Indeed, it’s time again for this year’s festival, and as usual, I was ready with bells on! Day One kicked &#8230; <a href="https://spinningplatters.com/bottlerock-napa-valley-2026-festival-journal-day-1/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "BottleRock Napa Valley 2026 Festival Journal, Day 1"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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