Hidden Jukebox

Penthouse https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/c/c7e7a43b-5714-4470-a244-6aa82c1dceff/uaKzum8M.jpg On our fourth episode we listen to Luna’s Penthouse, Laura Loe’s favorite album of the 1990s. We discuss lush recording, embarrassing lyrics, shameless Velvet Underground rip offs, and the absence of early rock shows for aging Gen-Xers. Luna (extended thoughts from Laura Loe) There are a lot of amazing things about doing our Hidden Jukebox podcast. Tonight I'm listening to Luna's Penthouse for the millionth time with completely different ears--this is a super special rare gift. Thank you Matthew Amster-Burton for this amazing opportunity to re-hear the music that is so central to me. Some albums aren’t remarkable the first time you hear them. This is one of those albums. Over the years I have become more and more and more obsessed with it. From the first notes of Chinatown, I am transported to a particular moment in a person’s life when they think they are really fucking cool—I think this whole album mocks a cert