{"id":170699,"date":"2026-06-10T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=170699"},"modified":"2026-06-09T09:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:04:26","slug":"mike-doughty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=170699","title":{"rendered":"Mike Doughty, if you\u2019re out there …"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIt’s singer-songwriter Mike Doughty’s birthday today. My brother Brendan introduced me to Doughty’s music back in the day – specifically the album Skittish<\/i>, which I still own – because I still believe in owning my music, not renting it from some corporate overlord. <\/p>\n

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I spent about a year and a half re-posting all my brother’s music writing – from off his blog – because I felt this stuff shouldn’t be lost or forgotten. Brendan is such a good writer. So I resurrect pieces when I can. Mike Doughty’s Skittish<\/i> was # on Bren’s loosely organized “50 Best Albums<\/a>” list, and I think it’s such a beautiful piece of writing I wanted to share it again: The title to this post here is from Bren’s piece. <\/p>\n

50 Best Albums, #3. Mike Doughty, Skittish<\/em><\/a><\/big><\/p>\n

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