Chris H

Netflix keeps on winning.

And a reminder: those entities who've bought Warner Bros over the past 50-60 years have also been pretty eager to unload it. Just sayin'.

It is *so weird* how his movie career just fell off a cliff over the past 2 decades or so, huh?

"When you're young it's all filet steak, but as you get older you have to move on to the cheaper cuts."
-M. Gustave

One thing I'll wonder on for a while is if Paul Weller ever gets in. Because he's someone where US audience go "Huh?" But it is hard to accurately describe just how HUGE The Jam was from 1977-1983 across the pond. And then he hit big again in the 1990s and 2000s as a solo artist.

The obvious one is Taylor Swift. If Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon, and Linda Ronstadt are in, so too should Swift. And Beyonce's first solo album came out I think in 2003, so she's a shoo-in.

Love that an entire new generation is hearing MacArthur Park & thinking "What even is this batshit song, anyway?"

And then six hours later, like every generation before them realizing that it has permanently imprinted on their brains.

God bless Donna Summer, Jimmy Webb, and Giorgio Moroder.

Good on Connor Hellebuyck. He's had a bit of a rep, and I think over in Italy today he kinda buried at least some of that.

All the Cyril's Dads as Hockey Fans f on my timeline struggling with this outcome.

Alysa Liu: "THAT'S WHAT I'M FUCKING TALKING ABOUT" 🗣️

Pressing Concerns: Silkworm, ‘Developer’ (Reissue) Release date: February 21stRecord label: Comedy Minus OneGenre: 90s indie rock, SilkwormFormats: Vinyl, CD (included with LP) I’ve written about Silkworm more than I’ve written about any other band…

From a year ago: Wrote about Silkworm's reissued 'Developer':

NHL used to be a little more like that 3-on-3 a ways back, but at least in the men's game, it turns out that possession is THE super important thing.

Not sure which way I prefer. That was a fun OT.

Todd "Which Hand Do You" Frohwirth

Starting off my morning by 14:29-ing the NYT Thursday Crossword.

So I got that goin' for me.

Happy 70th to the legend that is Peter Holsapple (@halfpear.bsky.social).

So good in House of the Devil. So good in LOTS of things.

I keep wondering if we should explain to her the difference between "Consumer choices" which is what buying alcohol or checking out a library book represent, and "Constitutional right", which is what voting is.

Still, I'm watching Nazgul and it appears what he is mostly interested in is reminding competitors that he would enjoy some pets and skritches if they're so inclined.

98 hours is a hilariously long time to play Sunless Sea and decide on a thumbs-down....

You did awesome.

And it was around in 1996?!?! Wow!

As the scorpion said to the frog: "It's my nature." :D

Horton: "What in the world is up with the stereo mix on 'Bargain'?"

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If you are taking that at face value, House MD has some thoughts for you:

*Bill

duh.

If he wants to pay fair market value, he can call it The Don Laurie Is A Golden God stadium for all I care....

And as ever, the late great Scott Miller comes to mind:

"Your ears are always right, the embarrassment is always wrong."

It's uses Todd Rundgren Chords™, and incredibly effectively, depyloying one set of Something/Anything™ chords in the verse, and then switching to Hermit Of Mink Hollow™ chords for the chorus.

The greatness of that song is that it's a music geek song that somehow fooled MTV into playing it.

Had the privilege of working at one of the coolest, hippest record stores on the planet in the 1990s (I was the least-cool person there.)

My co-workers and I played the hell out of that song and that entire CD when it came out, and sold a fair few of them. Hating that song is like hating joy.

YouTube video by Algebra Suicide - Topic Little Dead Bodies

Lydia sadly passed way too young, back in 2007. It's cool that that bandcamp just reposted is keeping her music and poetry alive.

"Little Dead Bodies" still just...hits my brain exactly right. It's sad, it's funny, and it possesses incredible empathy.

LRS: Algebra Suicide -- which was a recording project featuring Lydia Tomkiw's laconic sing-speaking and remarkable poetry -- remain one of the happiest discoveries of my college daze.

I found a copy of their album "The Secret Like Crazy" about 20 years ago. It is one of my sacred possessions.