Edwar

If it's not too much bother, how many votes for Aiko Shimada, Ex-Models, and Taraf de Haïdouks?

Björk
Radiohead
White stripes
Strokes

Björk
Wilco
Strokes
Daft Punk

Much harder to guess this year than 1989. That Radiohead album is a total unknown quantity.

Raphael of Guns N Roses' Use Your Illusion fame!

Aiko Shimada, BLUE MARBLE
Diane Cluck, MACY'S DAY BIRD
Erase Errata, OTHER ANIMALS
Gillian Welch, TIME (THE REVELATOR)
Scout Niblett, SWEET HEART FEVER

I'm not going to assume that.

Do you have an example of one of these purity tests?

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or Birchville Cat Motel, WE COUNT THESE PRAYERS
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Someone I used to work with (and thought was a massive tit) has announced the (sad, obviously) death of her mother on LinkedIn (I know) with this sentence: "As a leader, an entrepreneur and human, I am having to grapple with a devastating rite of passage".

I suspect there might be a strong anti-Dan contingent.

YouTube video by Kuma's campfire Aiko Shimada - Blue Marble (2001) FULL ALBUM

Aiko Shimada, BLUE MARBLE. Beautiful wistful Japanese guitar pop with electronic elements. Features Bill Frisell on guitar. youtu.be/hUwI0H0jbXE?...

Other Mathematics

A couple of records that I really love that I haven't seen mentioned. Ex Models, OTHER MATHEMATICS. Energetic math-rock that doesn't take itself too seriously. Under 25 minutes long for you busy people. open.spotify.com/album/00T8CV...

Rumble in the jungle: what animals would win in a fight? | YouGov And what wild beasts do Americans think they themselves can take on?

6% of Americans say they could beat a grizzly bear in unarmed combat.
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The big three!

I wouldn't call it dull, but I definitely wouldn't call it fun.

I love the Shipping News album which is at least indie-adjacent.

By this logic, surely any assertion that the government should be spending more or taxing less can be framed as a betrayal of the manifesto.

I don't know much about parliamentary procedure. You're saying that voting for an amendment proposed by another party would be equivalent to a no-confidence vote and thus would obviously result in the whip being withdrawn?

Were they not sacked for voting for an amendment?

Manitoba, START BREAKING MY HEART is great. I also love I'M HAPPY AND I'M SINGING AND A 1, 2, 3, 4 by Jim Rourke but that's not going to be for everyone.

I always thought the trope was that Brits start going on about school shootings and gofundme chemo when a yank jokes about a full English. But I saw someone ranting about the crimes of the Empire when you suggested they put sugar on roast potatoes.

I'd say this is a clear case of implicitly backing Trump's attack.

YouTube video by Lynn Jepson Robbie Coltrane On Frasier

The Moons? youtu.be/Jqe6MCsYoVc?...

1989 fans might spot that Haco, singer of tournament runners up After Dinner, sings on NEW GEOCENTRIC WORLD OF ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE. Not her best work.

I renewed in the UK a few months ago and I managed to do it without the price hike or the AI. It was a pretty well-hidden option though - I had to call them in the end

Private schools should be banned.

Unobtanium: the dark blue stone upon which the plot of Avatar hinges.

The Heart of the Ocean: the pendant made from a dark blue stone upon which the plot of Titanic hinges.

Hmmmm...

Sweet Heart Fever

I've just added Scout Niblett's SWEET HEART FEVER to @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social's long list of albums from 2001, which makes me think it's not as widely-loved as I'd thought. Stripped-back singer-songwriter stuff in the vicinity of Cat Power open.spotify.com/album/5nB1RH...

I fuckin' LOVE this song 'shit, I've got a gallery in NEW York'.