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The Monkey is fantastic! Loved the original King story and the adaptation was so dark and funny!

Obsessed with this album.

a young boy is sitting in front of a group of people . ALT: a young boy is sitting in front of a group of people .

Showed my class the "It's a Good Life" episode of The Twilight Zone because I wanted them to understand what it looks like when you give an idiot child who is also a dangerous narcissist absolute power.

Never forget.

YouTube video by Memphis Mike Trisha Yearwood - Over The Rainbow @ The Town Hall 5/15/25

It’s been two months and I still haven’t recovered from this. It felt like a sacred gift just being in the room where it happened.

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EcOnOmIc AnXiEtY

Yes!!!!

I’m dropping the “mainstream” qualifier. He’s just one of the best artists period right now.

We are lucky to have his empathy and inclusivity in these dark days.

DID YOU KNOW for 25 years Matthew Shepard had no permanent resting place due to concerns his grave would be vandalized

Reverend Budde learned of this, she invited the Shepards to inter him inside the Washington National Cathedral.

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She was and is a real hero.

RIP Jimmy Carter.

I got to write the CU20 posts for Thin Places and Kingmaker, but they are among the very few albums that JK and I both had on our individual top ten lists.

Perfect Christmas gifts!

I think I get bonus points for not including an ONJ record in there. 😂😂😂

Capacity building for pre-adults.

My entire relationship to series television has now distilled itself to one sentence: If I can't remember what happened last season, you took too long.

Twenty Greatest Albums of the CU Era: Jason Hawk Harris, Thin Places Jason Hawk Harris shows how insidious grief can be.

I make music that I hope people will dive deeply into. It’s not music that is always immediately likeable for that reason. Thank you to @countryuniverse.bsky.social for including me on this list, and for listening so deeply to my music.

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She hasn’t been terribly prolific over the last 20 years, but she’s made the best music of any of our 90s legends as far as I’m concerned. Her two solo albums during this time period are both brilliant.

“Slow Burn” is definitely my favorite song on that album, and I love a lot of songs on that album.

YouTube video by BrooksandDunnVEVO Brooks & Dunn, Kane Brown - Believe (with Kane Brown [Audio])

Palate cleanser.

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Single Review Roundup: Vol. 3, No. 39 Three great records this week, plus the new Eric Church single.

Three tremendous new singles and a charity recording that is ill-conceived in every way, in this week's Roundup: www.countryuniverse.net/2024/10/16/s...

Never understood the need for fan fiction when the O'Connor incident is more powerful anyway.

what is your biggest pet peeve?

tim walz: when someone’s going too darn slow in the left hand lane!

jd vance: the obsolete fallopian tubes of the postmenopausal female

"Bringing back the joy": Kamala Harris's Philly rally blew away JD Vance's sad, weird appearance In Philadelphia, thousands cheered for Tim Walz, while Trump's running mate spoke to a small, aggrieved group

I was nuts enough to go both to the JD Vance event in South Philly and then to the Kamala Harris/Tim Walz rally later in the day.

It was like leaving a bitter divorced man meet-up and going straight to a Taylor Swift concert.

Enjoy the contrast!

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The "Kamala holding vinyls" meme, with Trisha Yearwood's landmark "Hearts In Armor" album cover.

And I ain't drivin' no pink Cadillac.

Damn radio station down here played TLC “Don’t go chasing waterfalls” and then advertised itself as the home of good times and great oldies.

This is violence

Hi, Instagram here. I couldn’t help notice you liked that funny video, so check this out: here is the exact same video from 28 different accounts that stole and reposted it.

Amazing, right!? I know! I just know what you love: turning something funny into something you hate with your whole life.

This is *fantastic*.

Waylon Jennings adopted an “outlaw image” as part of a stage persona

Trump’s actually on trial for actually breaking the law.

Cruel Summer streams?

Brand new to me. Very cool!

The Shangri-Las were gritty NYC girls for real and they don’t get nearly enough credit for their work.