Check out Ellis Delaney! Love her songs how would it be and the coffee song. When you see her live it’s like she’s singing right into your soul. I also love instrumental folk music like Chris Thile. And the ok factor. Some of their songs have vocals but most do not. I listen to their whole album OKX on repeat basically. Oh and the band snarky puppy.
I LOVED Jane Austen’s Bookshelf. As a reader and lover of Austen since I was 13, I both could and couldn’t believe (because I know how the “canon” works, ugh) I hadn’t heard of most of those women and immediately ran out and read something from almost all of the authors mentioned. Rebecca Romney’s shop is less than 45 minutes away from my house and I mean to take a pilgrimage for an autograph VERY soon. Sarah, I feel like we’d make great book buddies.
The one good thing about everything being fake/clips/ads/slop is that my screen time is WAY down. Whenever I open the apps, I’m being sold to or told how to optimize my life, style, even hobbies! Like Sarah mentioned, I’m getting a lot of suggested content recently that is just people telling me what to buy in Amazon. No thank you. I don’t know if it’s being advertised to my whole life or the clarity that comes with middle age, but I really am just over it for the most part. I don’t want to spend any more of my life wondering if something is real or not, or feeling pressured to buy things.
Loved the music conversation so much! I love songs that tell a story. Goodbye Earl is top tier in my book of storytelling songs. I’m deep into Noah Kahan’s new album right now. I think his lyrics do such a wonderful job of conveying the feel of a place, particularly New England. A few of my favorites on the new album that I would add to the playlist- 1. Dan (about friendship) 2. Orbiter (supposedly about his mom) 3. 23 (about the complex feeling of loving someone with addiction)
The ‘clip’ talk always interesting. Good to remember, there aren’t coincidences on the socials. It’s marketing and it’s intentional. That doesn’t make it bad or good. But just be aware. (I’m saying to myself)
When Sarah said MJ is "complicated" I spit out my coffee. 🙂I'm so glad she said it clearly: he was an adult who slept w children...a criminal. A pedophile. A groomer. The Epstein of the music industry. I can't support that.
I feel the same about MJ the Musical. I was very disappointed when playwright Lynn Notage wrote the book for the musical. I can understand being proud of a fellow Black artist but, damn, read the room. Some people have their version of MJ that they just refuse to revise (especially when connections with the artist can lead to $$$). It doesn't help that he was never convicted.
Speaking for only me here, when she asked "how can people still be watching this?!" my response was, they aren't sure where the whole 'is he a pedophile or not' debate landed. I don't follow pop culture at all and whatever the people trying to clean up his image are doing worked enough to make me think maybe he didn't actually do it (honestly releasing the movie was part of that). Sarah Stewart Holland is the reason I feel confident saying, "he was a criminal"!
My husband and I watch Svengoolie every Saturday night. Svengoolie is a horror host, and he shows old horror/sci fi movies. I love watching these old movies and seeing the sets and the stop motion animation and the makeup. When I watch new movies, and the whole thing is obviously CGI and the sets look too perfect and not real and I compare the two.....I think I prefer the old movies.
Spotify just did that thing for their anniversary where they created a playlist of your top listens of all time. I took a look through those and these are a few of my favorite non love songs. Sunshine of Your Youth by Cheerleader, Spark by Fitz and the Tantrums, End of Beginning by Djo, Let em Say by Lizzo and Caroline smith. Then I decided to stop looking but it was a fun flashback to my music tastes of the past.
To the Instagram of it all, my husband is a feminist who despises porn. He hates seeing women objectified. But the instagram algorithim has flagged him as a man and his explore tab is essentially ONLY scantily clad women. He has spent hours trying to change his settings to have the explore tab show him any thing else-like the bands and music accounts he actually follows. But to no avail. Gross to think that women can't avoid the shopping accounts and men can't avoid the soft porn-even on Insta. Ugh.
The prophetic writer Jennifer Egan predicted the "all art will be local" future in her pulitzer prize winning novel A Visit from the Goon Squad in 2011. I think about that book at least once a week.
I kinda wish y’all were not on Substack. I know it’s an overall positive for your business, but if it weren’t for you, I’d get off Substack. It’s just another social media site that sucks me in and feeds me slop mainly. And endless “lists” of how to be/eat/do/live/sleep better.
My favorite, mostly upbeat songs not about romantic love.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5ZsgzsofyVB2nlMZfjlHyT?si=h_K0xqwGTTKATuPufQFpLg&pt=d08018277cec71db4cf3724b91ff233d&pi=G4dFPvkUSfa-F
Check out Ellis Delaney! Love her songs how would it be and the coffee song. When you see her live it’s like she’s singing right into your soul. I also love instrumental folk music like Chris Thile. And the ok factor. Some of their songs have vocals but most do not. I listen to their whole album OKX on repeat basically. Oh and the band snarky puppy.
Loved this episode, thank you 🙏 😊
My all time favorite song is Ringling Road by William Clark Green
I LOVED Jane Austen’s Bookshelf. As a reader and lover of Austen since I was 13, I both could and couldn’t believe (because I know how the “canon” works, ugh) I hadn’t heard of most of those women and immediately ran out and read something from almost all of the authors mentioned. Rebecca Romney’s shop is less than 45 minutes away from my house and I mean to take a pilgrimage for an autograph VERY soon. Sarah, I feel like we’d make great book buddies.
The one good thing about everything being fake/clips/ads/slop is that my screen time is WAY down. Whenever I open the apps, I’m being sold to or told how to optimize my life, style, even hobbies! Like Sarah mentioned, I’m getting a lot of suggested content recently that is just people telling me what to buy in Amazon. No thank you. I don’t know if it’s being advertised to my whole life or the clarity that comes with middle age, but I really am just over it for the most part. I don’t want to spend any more of my life wondering if something is real or not, or feeling pressured to buy things.
Loved the music conversation so much! I love songs that tell a story. Goodbye Earl is top tier in my book of storytelling songs. I’m deep into Noah Kahan’s new album right now. I think his lyrics do such a wonderful job of conveying the feel of a place, particularly New England. A few of my favorites on the new album that I would add to the playlist- 1. Dan (about friendship) 2. Orbiter (supposedly about his mom) 3. 23 (about the complex feeling of loving someone with addiction)
Thank God we have music.
The ‘clip’ talk always interesting. Good to remember, there aren’t coincidences on the socials. It’s marketing and it’s intentional. That doesn’t make it bad or good. But just be aware. (I’m saying to myself)
My idea for the playlist - The Chicks, Wide Open Spaces
YES omg I love that whole album. Haven’t listened to that one in a while thank you 😊
When Sarah said MJ is "complicated" I spit out my coffee. 🙂I'm so glad she said it clearly: he was an adult who slept w children...a criminal. A pedophile. A groomer. The Epstein of the music industry. I can't support that.
I feel the same about MJ the Musical. I was very disappointed when playwright Lynn Notage wrote the book for the musical. I can understand being proud of a fellow Black artist but, damn, read the room. Some people have their version of MJ that they just refuse to revise (especially when connections with the artist can lead to $$$). It doesn't help that he was never convicted.
Speaking for only me here, when she asked "how can people still be watching this?!" my response was, they aren't sure where the whole 'is he a pedophile or not' debate landed. I don't follow pop culture at all and whatever the people trying to clean up his image are doing worked enough to make me think maybe he didn't actually do it (honestly releasing the movie was part of that). Sarah Stewart Holland is the reason I feel confident saying, "he was a criminal"!
I haven’t gotten very far but I’m confused about Sarah’s comment about ragtime fading away. In the world of piano I live in it’s very much alive.
I mean from the zeitgeist! It’s not like we’re getting Scott Joplin biopics 😆
One of my favorite genre's of non-romanitic love songs are anthems about kicking ass and getting through challenging times. Two of my favorites:
-Don't Lose Sight by Lawrence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C01nBm6vV5c
-White Flag by Joseph: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3kXDMPwfMc
Ooh, THANK YOU! That Lawrence video is just 6 minutes of joy and hope and energy.
Last week my friend shared this song with me, and I decided I needed a playlist titled "Buck Up, Baby." You just gave me two new songs to add!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d89fe_p4gX4
The Lawrence song got me thorugh some DARK days in the pandemic.
"We needed space to be candid" in the Spicy Primary Debrief = We need to swear A LOT (and oh how cathartic it is to hear Beth swear)
My husband and I watch Svengoolie every Saturday night. Svengoolie is a horror host, and he shows old horror/sci fi movies. I love watching these old movies and seeing the sets and the stop motion animation and the makeup. When I watch new movies, and the whole thing is obviously CGI and the sets look too perfect and not real and I compare the two.....I think I prefer the old movies.
Spotify just did that thing for their anniversary where they created a playlist of your top listens of all time. I took a look through those and these are a few of my favorite non love songs. Sunshine of Your Youth by Cheerleader, Spark by Fitz and the Tantrums, End of Beginning by Djo, Let em Say by Lizzo and Caroline smith. Then I decided to stop looking but it was a fun flashback to my music tastes of the past.
To the Instagram of it all, my husband is a feminist who despises porn. He hates seeing women objectified. But the instagram algorithim has flagged him as a man and his explore tab is essentially ONLY scantily clad women. He has spent hours trying to change his settings to have the explore tab show him any thing else-like the bands and music accounts he actually follows. But to no avail. Gross to think that women can't avoid the shopping accounts and men can't avoid the soft porn-even on Insta. Ugh.
The prophetic writer Jennifer Egan predicted the "all art will be local" future in her pulitzer prize winning novel A Visit from the Goon Squad in 2011. I think about that book at least once a week.
Also Wellness by Nathan Hill. These two novels are critical texts of our time.
I kinda wish y’all were not on Substack. I know it’s an overall positive for your business, but if it weren’t for you, I’d get off Substack. It’s just another social media site that sucks me in and feeds me slop mainly. And endless “lists” of how to be/eat/do/live/sleep better.
There are other people on Substack that I enjoy reading but I do find myself doing mindless scrolling on here too.
Yeah, exactly. There are others I like. But it would be a net positive to get off Substack EXCEPT for PP!! I can’t quit Sarah and Beth!
It has gotten so sloppy lately! I just removed it from my phone. PP is the only reason I am here.
Yup, same.