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Richard Shirk

Oakland, California

Before you agree that streaming music killed the cult band, consider the strange tales told by Oakland musician Richard Shirk. Sounding like college radio at one a.m. circa 1982, Shirk’s concise, and vivid songs have one foot firmly planted in the realm of the 3 minute (or less) indie single and the other in a used bookshop somewhere in the Midwest browsing through vintage Bradbury paperbacks.