Bastard Tapes

Mar 05 2024 24 ep. 47 mins 140

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The Internet’s “Found Footage Festival” (VCR Party, Shaturday Morning Cartoons) digs up the unlikely, unfortunate, and just plain unlistenable mistakes littering music history - If it shouldn’t have been recorded, it should be here.

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