The Indigo Girls are having a moment because their most famous song is featured at a key scene in the Barbie movie. Here are Indigo Girls Amy Ray and Emily Saliers performing their then-new hit on the Letterman show in 1989: NYT columnist Lydia Polgreen talks about what it means to witness the renewed relevance …
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Medium Cool – Music as Poetry!
Medium Cool is a weekly series related to popular culture, mostly film, TV, and books, with some music and games thrown in. We hope it’s a welcome break from the anger, hate, and idiocy we see almost daily from the other side in the political sphere. Arguments welcomed, opinions respected, fools un-suffered. We’re here every Sunday …
Friday Morning Open Thread: Summer Simmer
Via the Washington Post‘s Petula Dvorak, from Obama’s summer playlist. In reference to: pic.twitter.com/FsCgTGlYYm — David McLemore ?? (@dave_in_sa) July 27, 2023 The always smart & readable Julia Ioffe, for Puck, on gatekeeping foreign affairs at the Aspen Civility Security Forum — “Where the Wild Things Are”: The Security Forum has always been about …
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Respite Interlude Open Thread: October Project
Can’t say this grabs my attention the way Ariel or Bury My Lovely did, but that was sooo many years ago (and Mary Fahl‘s voice is irreplaceable). This is nonetheless pleasant, and the pictures are well matched to the lyrics… Do you love @october_project? Of course you do (or should). They have a new …
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Saturday Morning Entertainments Open Thread
Like I do every year, here are some songs I’ve been listening to this summer — a mix of old and new. Look forward to hearing what I’ve missed. pic.twitter.com/H2Do2iaD1p — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 20, 2023 Per Rolling Stone: … The playlist also features throwback songs by the Rolling Stones, the Pretenders, the Beths, …
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Excellent News: Fast Car, New Hit
Really glad to hear that Chapman is not only getting credit as the first Black woman to write a No1 country hit, but she’s getting PAID, because she wrote it solo and owns the rights. #GiftArticle https://t.co/r17hUYueWv — Isobel Carr (@IsobelCarr) July 14, 2023 This wouldn’t be a good-news story, if not for that key …
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Monday Evening Open Thread: Proposed Democratic Theme Song 2024
Commentor Miss Bianca suggested we use the Hank Williams classic as our theme for the 2024 races. I’m partial to this version from Hank Jr., with assists from Reba McIntire, Willie Nelson, and Tom Petty. And on the topic of business and good Democratic governance… Michigan Governor Whitmer’s campaign slogan in 2018 was Fix …
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