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August 13, 2025

#303 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #58: Blake Babies vs. Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Hey folks!

First pic: A drawing of a small village painted in watercolor earth tones: brown, copper, adobe red, grey-green. A winding path goes between several houses and trees and bushes. There are a few flowers on the ground -- white circles with orange centers, like eggs. Second pic: A photo of a nude white woman from the waist up; she has dark hair, and cradles in her arms the tiny members of Red Hot Chili Peppers, a bunch of shirtless white guys who smell of crank and seaweed. Singer Anthony Kiedis is standing, which covers the woman's left nipple and then there's a pink rose covering the other one because why bother with consistency.
Blake Babies, EARWIG vs. Red Hot Chili Peppers, MOTHERS MILK

Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is:

#59 Blake Babies, EARWIG

Listen on Spotify or YouTube

vs.

#70 Red Hot Chili Peppers, MOTHERS MILK

Listen on Spotify or YouTube (Tracks 1-13 only)

To vote, follow this link to the Google Form. You will need a Google login to vote. If you can’t or won’t have one, let me know ASAP (either through this newsletter, my email [kentmbeeson@hey.com] or on the Best Album Brackets Bluesky account) and I’ll see what I can do.

Click here to see the current results for the entire tournament, and click here to see the current results for the prediction bracket contest.

Yesterday, #6 Nirvana, BLEACH defeated #123 The Rolling Stones, STEEL WHEELS, 169-15-1.

Thanks for the big turnout yesterday!

Kent

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