“One government tactic was to flood record shops with unplayable records, many intended to damage record players. Some of these records included threatening vocals placed in the middle of a recording, which screamed at the unsuspecting listener, “You like rock… — Donnie Eichar Copy Share Image
“One government tactic was to flood record shops with unplayable records, many intended to damage record players. Some of these records included threatening vocals… — Donnie Eichar Copy Share Image
“Wunderkammer or “wonder room”—what the English would call a cabinet of curiosities.” — Donnie Eichar Copy Share Image
“Heiss Island, an island in the northern archipelago of Franz Josef Land, which was over 1,200 miles away from where the hikers had set… — Donnie Eichar Copy Share Image
“the 1962 Novocherkassk massacre in which Soviet troops with machine guns mowed down a group of factory protesters—” — Donnie Eichar Copy Share Image
“The hikers themselves would not have damaged their own tent in this way, even by accident, so this seems to suggest one thing: Someone… — Donnie Eichar Copy Share Image
“Across both doors was a splash of vandalism in the universal language of Fuck You.” — Donnie Eichar Copy Share Image
“During World War II, rationing in Russia had made vinyl prohibitively expensive, and cheap X-ray film became the bootleg music industry’s substitute. After purchasing… — Donnie Eichar Copy Share Image
“But then “Siberia,” historically, has been less a geographical designation than a state of mind, a looming threat—the frozen hell on earth to which… — Donnie Eichar Copy Share Image
