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Category: Strange Currencies Blog

Year Three in Review

January 1, 2023January 1, 2023 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Year Three in Review

Since Strange Currencies was inaugurated on December 31, 2019, it’s become something of a custom to send each year off with a look back at the siRead More…

A Sort of Hiatus…

September 1, 2022August 31, 2022 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on A Sort of Hiatus…

I’d like to think that when I started Strange Currencies at the beginning of 2020, I did so with few delusions. I figured that supportive frienRead More…

Another Year of Strange Currencies

December 31, 2021January 6, 2022 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Another Year of Strange Currencies

Today marks the second anniversary of the founding of Strange Currencies Music. Coming into year two, I had several goals for the site – each of Read More…

On Rejuvenation, Community, and Album Ratings

July 2, 2021August 3, 2021 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on On Rejuvenation, Community, and Album Ratings

I registered the domain for Strange Currencies in the final minutes of December 31, 2019. It was on that same date that officials in Wuhan first Read More…

Strange Currencies Re-Dedicated

May 1, 2021August 3, 2021 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Strange Currencies Re-Dedicated

Today marks the beginning of a new era for Strange Currencies. For the past sixteen months, this site has largely served as my own outlet – partlRead More…

Phil Spector, 1939-2021

January 17, 2021August 3, 2021 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Phil Spector, 1939-2021

To be an obsessive fan of any artistic medium forces one to often wrestle with the “separating art from artist” argument. Pop music provides no mRead More…

A Year of Strange Currencies

December 31, 2020August 3, 2021 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on A Year of Strange Currencies

It was on New Year’s Eve last year that I secured the strangecurrenciesmusic.com domain, and began putting a years-in-the-making plan into actionRead More…

The Empires Strike Back

April 25, 2020August 3, 2021 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on The Empires Strike Back

I don’t come from a family of musicians. I have memories of my great uncle and uncle (neither blood-related) playing guitar at family gatheringRead More…

All Roads Lead to R.E.M.

February 3, 2020August 3, 2021 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on All Roads Lead to R.E.M.

“Why Strange Currencies?” Because it had to be an R.E.M. reference. There were other options that I liked just as much, or perhaps even more, Read More…

Prospectus

January 26, 2020August 3, 2021 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Prospectus

About a year ago, a friend of mine asked a perfectly reasonable question when I told him that I was thinking about starting a music website. Read More…

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