Category: music
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Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa: bland and divisive
Not my genre but I can respect some pop. This though does almost nothing for me, and worse “Boys Will Be Boys” laid down some “us vs. them” feminism, shaming anyone who dares not absolutely endorse the song, seemingly rejecting the reality that the sexes experience sexual attraction differently, while ignoring the explicit sexualization happening…
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Five Albums from Years Ending In Five
For recent birthdays I’ve been selecting albums to represent years in my life. In the first installment, it was 1983, 1993, 2003, 2013, and 2023. The next installment, we incremented a year, so: 1984, 1994, 2004, etc. For this year, it was 1985, 1995, 2005, 2015, and 2024/2025 (an album released since my last birthday.)…
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Now I Have No Excuse
Here’s a list of the highly varied recommendations I received in response to my last post: Sufjan Stevens—Come on Feel the Illinois Regina Spektor Nickel Creek: This Side Keane Reik Colplay: X&Y and Viva La Vida Explosions in the Sky Travis Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog (sans Mr. Hammer) Avatar soundtrack Chopin “Military Suite in…