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I feel like lately there's been a lot of R.E.M. discourse happening, maybe thanks in part to The Bear, the excellent Hulu drama (seriously, watch it, I didn't think I'd like it but guess what), which features a couple R.E.M. songs. Strange Currencies, Half a World Away and Oh My Heart. I had to look up that last one, late-period R.E.M. kinda escapes me. I'm not one of those "Oh I only listen to the I.R.S. stuff" assholes, but I did kinda fall off after Up. It just didn't feel the same at the time, I was more on the...

These are the songs of the summer as far as I'm concerned. I'm listing these in the order they were released, it's not an indication of preference. I think they're both equally fucking great. 1. CRJ's Psychedelic Switch, from The Loveliest Time. She basically made a Daft Punk song and it's glorious. Hits all the right vibes for me.  2. Hailey Whitters' I'm in Love. This is just a boppy little gem (I think it's a cover?), from her EP of the same name. Short, sweet and totally singable. Check it out.

Happy 65th birthday (born 30 July 1958) to one of my all-time favourite weirdos and overall super cool lady. Above is a pic of her filming in a water tank for a video sequence (for The Ninth Wave suite) that was included in her Before the Dawn shows in 2014. Probably the greatest concert I've ever attended. The word "concert" doesn't even do it justice. I also just made a 9-track playlist, 1 song from each album (Director's Cut doesn't count in this exercise). Kind of a sampler, I guess, for the uninitiated. You know, if anyone actually reads this and...

Didn't really consider myself a Kpop person, but a buddy tipped me to TWICE. Listened to some tunes I really liked, but KNOCK KNOCK is far and away my fave. This is pop perfection. Guess I'm on the bandwagon now. 

Julie Byrne's last album, Not Even Happiness, was my first encounter with her. Read a blurb and listened to it on a whim and it really clicked with me. If I remember correctly, the album came out in the fall of 2017. I looked her up and saw her tour was hitting SF in early 2018, so I just made it a point to try to make the gig and pick up the record there. The show finally arrived, she was the middle act on a three band bill. She was as good as I hoped she would be. After...