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Lost Notes: 1980 - Ep. 1: Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder released seven albums from 1970 to 1976. It is an impenetrable run of albums and songs, one of the greatest in music history. Then, in 1979, he faced his first defeat of the decade. Reviews for “Stevie Wonder’s Journey Through The Secret Life of Plants” were harshly mixed. So in 1980 Stevie was due for a comeback. Lost Notes host Hanif Abdurraqib reflects on the album and Wonder’s call for the observation of Martin Luther King’s birthday as a national holiday.

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  Go with the Flow: Community, Virality, and the Politics of Dancing

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  Places & Spaces: The Mizell Brothers’ LA Alchemy

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  Kendrick Lamar and the big samples (from “Switched on Pop”)

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  Viva Tirado: The South/East LA Connection

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  My Lady’s Frustration: How Fela Kuti Found Afrobeat in LA

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  Mojo on Trial: The Seedy, Greedy World of Ruth Christie

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  The True Story of ‘Tainted Love’

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  Lost Notes Returns with the True Story of ‘Tainted Love’

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  Jonathan Demme: 'Stop Making Sense' interview and guest DJ set (1984)

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  Bent By Nature - Ep. 10: Rollins

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  Bent By Nature - Ep. 9: Promised Land (with Julian Cope)

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  Bent By Nature - Ep. 8: Half A World Away (with Michael Stipe)

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  Bent By Nature - Ep. 7: Ages of You

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  Bent By Nature - Ep. 6: Crossing Over (with David Lowery)

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  Bent By Nature - Ep. 5: Haywire (with Kathy McCarty & Brian Beattie)

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  Bent By Nature - Ep. 4: Almost Magic (with Syd Straw)