{"id":48025,"date":"2026-07-04T10:48:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T10:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/in-the-mix-20\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T07:31:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T07:31:35","slug":"in-the-mix-20","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/in-the-mix-20\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Mix – 20"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In The Mix Today: January 13, 2017
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On January 13, 1997, the lights flickered on at a little music review website called The Daily Vault, with Christopher Thelen as editor, webmaster and principal writer all rolled into one. At the beginning it was just Chris and his dream, with an encouraging nudge from his cousin Bill Ziemer, an early site contributor along with long-distance correspondent JB, from Korea. Twenty years, 87 contributors, and 9200-plus reviews later, we pause to celebrate the pocket universe that Chris gave life to exactly two decades ago today.<\/p>\n

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20TH ANNIVERSARY COLUMNS<\/font><\/b><\/i><\/td>\n\n

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Five current and former writers offer a few thoughts on the occasion of the Vault’s 20th birthday:<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Which albums shaped the musical worlds of the Daily Vault writers whose work you enjoy every week? Join us for this very special feature as eight Daily Vault writers past and present share their thoughts on 20 key albums that influenced them:<\/b><\/p>\n

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In honor of the site’s 20th anniversary, ever-prolific Daily Vault Founder Christopher Thelen returns with 20 brand-new reviews of classic albums, one a day starting on the site’s 20th birthday, January 13. Join Chris as we get things rolling with his take on Tori Amos’ Under The Pink<\/i> <\/p>\n

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In honor of the Vault\u2019s 20th anniversary, here are the first 20 reviews we ever published, back in January-February 1997. Note that all but two were penned by ever-prolific DV Founder Christopher Thelen, and what an eclectic bunch they are, from classic rock to jam-rock to punk to pop to metal to Zappa. So it was; so it shall ever be.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0 1. Steve Jones \u2013 Fire And Gasoline<\/i><\/a> (1\/13\/97)<\/b>
\u00a0 2. Jimmy Johnson \u2013 Bar Room Preacher
<\/i><\/a>\u00a0 3. Bob Seger System \u2013 Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man<\/i><\/a>
\u00a0 4. Live \u2013 Mental Jewelry<\/i><\/a>
\u00a0 5. Frank Zappa \u2013 Hot Rats<\/i><\/a>
\u00a0 6. Extreme \u2013 III Sides To Every Story<\/i><\/a>
\u00a0 7. The Replacements \u2013 Don’t Tell A Soul<\/i><\/a>
\u00a0 8. Phish \u2013 Junta<\/i><\/a>
\u00a0 9. White Zombie \u2013 Astro-creep: 2000<\/i><\/a>
10. Todd Rundgren \u2013 The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect<\/i><\/a>
11. Primus \u2013 Suck On This<\/i><\/a>
12. Mountain \u2013 Flowers Of Evil<\/i><\/a>
13. Queen \u2013 News Of The World<\/i><\/a>
14. Heart \u2013 Little Queen<\/i><\/a>
15. Mariah Carey \u2013 Underneath The Stars<\/i><\/a> (JB)
16. Aerosmith \u2013 Toys In The Attic<\/i><\/a> (Bill Ziemer)
17. The Cars \u2013 Candy-O<\/i><\/a>
18. Black Sabbath \u2013 Paranoid<\/i><\/a>
19. Dead Kennedys \u2013 Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables<\/i><\/a>
20. Jimmy Page \u2013 Outrider<\/i><\/a> (2\/1\/97)<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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