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Bands waking up to the cat content we are all looking for?
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A little late with this one but I admired him as a fellow countryman and was lucky to meet once in person in London. He was very gracious and genuine.
Obituary: Sir Antony Sher, a giant of the stage
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Ah shit. 😞
RIP Steve.
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I have a bit of thing for Alex Cameron. Not like that Steve, it's the music -- promise.
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Happy Birthday Todd!
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Happy Birthday Bryan!
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I may have eaten a little too much pie.
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Agreed. Sorry Steve.
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Happy Birthday Dinny!
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That's their best song.
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Their best yet I think.
QuoteAs The War on Drugs has grown in size and stature from bedroom recording project to sprawling, festival-headlining rock outfit, Adam Granduciel’s role has remained constant: It’s his band, his vision. But when the pandemic forced recording sessions for their fifth LP I Don’t Live Here Anymore to go remote in 2020, Granduciel began encouraging his bandmates to take ownership of their roles within each song—to leave their mark. “Once we got into a groove of sending each other sessions, it was this really cool thing where everyone had a way of working on their own time that really helped,” he tells Apple Music. “I think being friends with the guys now and collaborative for so many years, each time we work together, it's like everyone's more confident in their role and I’m more confident in my desire for them to step up and bring something real. I was all about giving up control.”
That shift, Granduciel adds, opened up “new sonic territory” that he couldn’t have seen by himself. And the sense of peace and perspective that came with it was mirrored—if not made possible—by changes in his personal life, namely the birth of his first child. A decade ago, Granduciel would have likely obsessed and fretted over every detail, making himself unwell in the process, “but I wasn't really scared to turn in this record,” he says. “I was excited for it to be out in the world, because it's not so much that you don't care about your work, but it’s just not the most important thing all the time. I was happy with whatever I could contribute, as long as I felt that I had given it my all.”- 2
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First KEXP studio set since the pandemic and it's a banger!
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Still clunking along on my 2014 27" iMac, which can't run any new versions of MacOS going forward. Pretty sure there will be a M1-powered iMac Pro along in the Spring next year, but I'm kinda tempted by the additional flexibility of a MacBook Pro + external monitor, even if I'd be using the laptop docked like 80+ percent of the time. And I could get that right naow, which is always better than waiting to be gratified. OTOH, I've been an iMac guy since the G4 lamp days and change is scary ...
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This would not make it past the legal department anymore.
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Sorry Todd. Families are complex. RIP Ann and my condolences to your dad.
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Their new album is out next week. And any of the Marin contingent will recognize these landscapes.
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I need a 32" iMac with an M1 Max in it.
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I remember wearing out their first album on cassette 30 years ago. It was very bright and bouncy. This one is more informed with the melancholy of middle (and beyond) age. But there's still a lot to admire.
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Songs You Came Across On Some Streaming Service And Thought Your Head-Case Buds Might Enjoy Too. No Critical Endorsement Implied. Fuck Vevo etc.
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