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I’ve Been Listening – July 31, 2024
Beyoncé, ‘Cowboy Carter,’ March 29, 2024 Help me, Lord, from these fantasies in my headThey ain’t ever been safe onesI don’t fellowship with these fake onesSo let’s travel to white chapels and sing hymnsHold rosaries and sing in stained-glass symphoniesCleanse me, Holy Trinity, from this marijuana smoke smell in my hair Dedicated as Act II…
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The Best 20 Albums of 2021: My Picks #5-1
Previously,The Best 20 Albums of 2021: My Picks #20-16The Best 20 Albums of 2021: My Picks #15-11The Best 20 Albums of 2021: My Picks #10-6 5. The Weather Station, ‘Ignorance’ Is it alright if I don’t wanna sing tonight?I know you’re tired of seeing tears in my eyesBut everywhere we go there is an outsideOver…
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The Best 20 Albums of 2021: My Picks #10-6
Previously,The Best 20 Albums of 2021: My Picks #20-16The Best 20 Albums of 2021: My Picks #15-11 10. Lucy Dacus, ‘Home Video’ Sedentary secrets like peach pits in your gutLocked away like jam jars in the cellar of your heartWaiting to be tasted and ultimately wastedYou were gonna win me over from the start Lucy…
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The Best 20 Albums of 2021: My Picks #15-11
Previously,The Best 20 Albums of 2021: My Picks #20-16 15. Turnstile, ‘GLOW ON’ Turnstile’s third studio album, GLOW ON, defies easy categorization: it glides across multiple genres, echoing the anthems of alternative rock, the rhythm of R&B, and the atmospheric tones of shoegaze, all while maintaining a visceral hardcore spirit. The album does more than…
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I’ve Been Watching – Twin Peaks (ABC, 1990-91; Showtime, 2017)
There is a man in a smiling bagThe owls are not what they seemWithout chemicals, he points Twin Peaks, a drama series created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, made its dazzling debut on ABC on April 8, 1990, and quickly permeated the cultural zeitgeist. Combining elements of mystery, horror, and surrealism, the series explored…
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The Best 20 Albums of 2021: My Picks #20-16
Previously, The Best 20 Albums of 2020: My Picks 20. Clairo, ‘Sling’ Why do I tell you how I feelWhen you’re just looking down the blouse?It’s something I wouldn’t say out loudIf touch could make them hear, then touch me now Sling diverges from Clairo’s debut album Immunity, embracing a more intimate, folk-influenced sound. Produced by the…