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The True Story of ‘Tainted Love’

Long before “Tainted Love” was an ‘80s anthem, it was a 1965 B-side by LA’s Gloria Jones. We trace the song’s journey from a warehouse floor to the annals of pop history.

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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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  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)