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RiverRhythms

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active: 2024-10-18 → 2026-06-30

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#music ·9 #rock ·7 #rock-and-roll ·6 #los-angeles ·3 #radiohead ·2 #record-stores ·2 #songs ·1 #religion ·1 #xtc ·1 #80s-music ·1

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LO Loren Kantor · RiverRhythms

What is a Van Morrison Moment?

In 1984, I worked on a low-budget independent film in New Zealand called Shaker Run. I was a production assistant and traveled with the…

Jan 26, 2025 · 4 min read · 2,257 claps paywalled #spirituality #van-morrison #dreams

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LO Loren Kantor · RiverRhythms

Thom Yorke Is Not Crazy About People

Thom Yorke does not like celebrity culture. When Jack Black and Miley Cyrus expressed a desire to meet him, he spurned their requests. “I’m…

Apr 12, 2025 · 4 min read · 1,760 claps paywalled #radiohead #thom-yorke #rock

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LO Loren Kantor · RiverRhythms

Record Store Days: Mail Order Bride

Memories of Working at a Record Store in the ’80s

Jan 12, 2026 · 10 min read · 1,474 claps paywalled #record-stores #los-angeles #rock

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LO Loren Kantor · RiverRhythms

Did Jeff Buckley Foretell His Own Death?

Jeff Buckley’s musical coming out party occurred on April 6, 1991 at the St. Ann Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn. He made his first public…

Apr 19, 2025 · 6 min read · 1,409 claps paywalled #music #jeff-buckley #rock-and-roll

Did Jeff Buckley Foretell His Own Death?

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LO Loren Kantor · RiverRhythms

My Favorite Concerts

There’s nothing like live music. Hearing a band you love among thousands of strangers is like discovering your extended family. You feel…

Apr 21, 2026 · 12 min read · 1,324 claps paywalled #radiohead #concerts #music

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LO Loren Kantor · RiverRhythms

Record Store Days Revisited: The Corporate Spy

Working at a Retail Record Store in the ’80s

Aug 04, 2025 · 8 min read · 1,258 claps paywalled #record-stores #los-angeles #rock-and-roll

Record Store Days Revisited: The Corporate Spy

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LO Loren Kantor · RiverRhythms

Lou Reed Was Complicated

The first time I heard a Lou Reed song I was 18 and floating down the Chattahoochee River in a canoe. A shirtless Georgia teenager stood on…

Oct 18, 2024 · 6 min read · 964 claps paywalled #lou-reed #velvet-underground #rock-and-roll

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LO Loren Kantor · RiverRhythms

Classic Songs: Tomorrow Never Knows

John Lennon’s masterpiece about Eastern mysticism.

Jun 30, 2026 · 6 min read · 874 claps paywalled #beatles #rock #music

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LO Loren Kantor · RiverRhythms

Tom Waits’ Favorite Yiddish Curses

Tom Waits is a street poet with a heart of tarnished brass. With a voice like broken tiles spinning in an old washing machine, Waits fuses…

Nov 06, 2024 · 2 min read · 682 claps paywalled #yiddish #jewish #tom-waits

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LO Loren Kantor · RiverRhythms

Classic Songs: Dear God by XTC

How a throwaway song saved the career of a prominent ’80s band.

Jun 01, 2026 · 7 min read · 315 claps paywalled #music #songs #religion

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LO Loren Kantor · RiverRhythms

Elvis Perkins Makes Music To Overcome Tragedy

On September 11, 2001, Berry Berenson-Perkins was heading home to Los Angeles on American Airlines Flight 11. She was among the 92…

Nov 25, 2025 · 4 min read · 277 claps paywalled #rock #rock-and-roll #musicians