Record setting job growth so unemployment is down, the leader of ISIS is killed, courts are preventing Republicans from gerrymandering away people's voting rights, Covid infections are down sharply (though deaths are still too high) and the Olympics have started while the Superbowl is played next week. Lots of things going on that are about winning so this weekend's music thread is about winning and losing, playing, games and being active.
This weekend's music thread celebrates taking a stand and especially, the music of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Foo Fighters. We are looking for leaders and with his selfless stand against Spotify spreading Rogan's Covid lies that kill, Neil has stepped up to be one.
1961’s West Side Story is hailed as one of the greatest movies of all time – certainly in the musical genre – so Steven Spielberg had some huge shoes to fill when he set out to re-adapt the iconic Broadway show. Here is where his version stands out.
There's so much going on around us now and being the beginning of the year, so many different feelings of optimism and concern in the year ahead. So this weekend's music thread is about feelings, happy or sad, righteous anger or compassionate love, share your favorite songs about feelings.
On this MLK holiday weekend, our music thread is a tribute to this remarkable man, the principles he stood for and the vision he had and acted on to bring about a better world where people would not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
SNL isn't the edgiest, and I hear you when you talk about it's 'punk' roots. And Canada's SCTV came before or was a contemporary. Kids in the Hall was later. Exit 57 in the mid-90s [Colbert, Sedaris, Dinello].
This week we observed the one-year anniversary of the Trump-led attempt to overthrow our democracy on January 6, 2021. Our nation and our democracy held firm and we're still standing against the Republican Party of Insurrection but we will need to pass voting rights protections to keep standing strong. We can't let down now. So the theme for this weekend's music thread is about standing up, staying strong, and fighting to win against the destructive forces trying to rip democracy out of the majority's hands.
After the past five years of dealing with the Trump Regime, the 1/6 insurrection that continues today, Covid, Climate-Change-caused natural disasters, and a Tiger King sequel, we sure deserve a good year! To celebrate the start of 2022, this weekend's music thread is about beginnings. Songs about things that are new or starting and songs that express hopes and desires for good things you would like to see in 2022 are all on the fresh slate this weekend.
Didna any ye ever figure it odd ye sung that ev'ry New Year's Eve?
Not only is it clearly Robert Burns, but it's clearly Scots. Scots English if you want to be an asshole. I have books on Scots. It's not Gaelic, but in my opinion, it is to standard English as Dutch is to German.
Those empty holiday stockings are growing more excited about being filled with candy…not to mention the boys and girls dreaming of emptying them and getting those sugarplums in their tummies. So this weekend’s music thread is for songs about sugar, honey, candy and things that are sweet.
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