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🎡 & ⚾️ One of THOSE people Love stats and being mercurial β€œShit human” for my taste in REM albums Snotty commentary at https://thebestthing.blog

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Pop Conference 2025: People Are Still Having Sex Besieged by the diminishment of international travel, the evisceration of research-track positions at public and private universities, Inflation, and the gutting of music journalism, Pop Conference…

Thank you to #PopCon: its presents and moderators offer a space to write about mayhem and parlous times. An overview and my paper "People Are Still Having Sex: Gay Pop at the Height of the AIDS Crisis." wp.me/pzXeC-l6I

14.03.2026 14:50 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Wondering where you’re hiding the leg you think you can stand on with this argument

14.03.2026 00:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think it was that way last time.

13.03.2026 22:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Off the top of my head, β€œSafe European Home” by The Clash

m.youtube.com/watch?v=1xgw...

13.03.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

To which I would say, is this it?

12.03.2026 23:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you like Bowie on Broadway

12.03.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you’re saying that’s the worst song on the album, that would be Rock N Roll Suicide

12.03.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing how it was sunny and 70 degrees at noon and over the next four hours, it darkened, the wind howled, it poured, and now at 4pm it is sunny and 40 degrees

12.03.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hang On To Yourself?!

12.03.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think Weezer gets rolled in this. 67-33 at best

12.03.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The dude being Pensky from Boy Meets World I believe

12.03.2026 18:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Too much dude singing on it.

12.03.2026 18:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I seeded FIFTY SIX

12.03.2026 03:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The hand wringing over this seed is wonderful

12.03.2026 02:49 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Get the fuck out of here with this seed

12.03.2026 02:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The Shins - Oh Inverted World

The Shins - Oh Inverted World

This was before I noticed it should be sloppy so I also made this alternate cover

12.03.2026 02:38 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Why do we have to deal with their shit so high up again

12.03.2026 02:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m surprised it’s that high

12.03.2026 02:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Once I turned it sideways I see that now

12.03.2026 02:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s better than any pavement album

12.03.2026 02:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What a rise from nomination

12.03.2026 02:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This person clearly doesn’t know anything about good music

12.03.2026 02:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry that doesn’t read β€œ#1” there

12.03.2026 02:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

uh, that’s Lou Reed not Bob Dylan

12.03.2026 02:27 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Hell yeah

12.03.2026 02:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Shakira is also shocked as you can see

12.03.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

AWESOME

12.03.2026 01:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Could be worse if we hadn’t changed our clocks this past weekend

12.03.2026 01:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Stop. We know it was hand stitched

12.03.2026 01:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nearly spit out/choked on my bowl of cereal

12.03.2026 01:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0