If the new Galileo musical on Broadway doesn’t have a 11 o’clock number called, “And Yet It Moves”, what the hell are we even doing here?
Category: Music
Quick thought 18 April 2023
What’s the odds that the final season of Barry will have a 100 gecs needle drop? 2:1? 5:2? “Most Wanted Person in the United States” would be a perfect fit. This is a show that ended an episode on “Davey Crockett” so anything is possible.
Anyway, Barry’s back! Our long national fever dream about fame and violence is coming to a discomfiting end!
Quick thought 9 April 2023
The best Easter jazz album is still Donald Byrd’s A New Perspective:
Now if I can just keep Spotify from jumping into a Christmas jazz playlist after this album wraps up. Happy Easter, y’all!
Quick thought 3 April 2023
Taking the L: It’s honestly pretty embarrassing that, despite being around music for a quarter century and a fan of Belle and Sebastian for almost that long, I’m only learning from his obituary that Seymour Stein was not just a real person but one of the most influential music executives of the past 75 years.
He signed the Ramones, the Talking Heads and Madonna! He got Lou Reed to write New York! What a fucking life!
Seymour Stein, Record Industry Giant Who Signed Madonna, Dies at 80 (New York Times)
Daily thought 22 Mar
I don’t care if it’s accurate. I feel vaguely dirty that Spotify has grouped some of my favorite artists and songs1and also Ariel Pink, unfortunately. from the Aughts as “indie sleaze.” At least it’s not emo.