Nova Carmina

Presented without comment.

Ah, I see now!

You're not a believer in the halftime team talk? Givin' a bit o' the hair dryer treatment?

[witty comeback loading . . . .]

I like when albums begin with something punchy, then run through the gears, changing tempos and pacing, creating dynamism with a sense of ebb and flow, building to something summative and maybe a little melancholy (the album is over, after all). My all-time favorite album closer is Pink Floyd's "High Hopes," but the rest of that album doesn't have enough variation to really be a good example. I do think Clockwork Angels works well, but what can top . . .

ROY?

I'm a day late! All the good stuff, like #1 draft picks, was already gone, but how about a #2?

I'm late! I hope it was a good day! Only 364 days 'til the next one, now.

"Red Barchetta"

I cannot remember the last time LFC were so comprehensively mauled at Anfield. That was embarrassing. Shame.

Oh, look, a band who knows what they're doing with the nostalgia releases. The Chateau d'Herouville Sessions was a great blast from the not-quite-how-it-happened past.

I assume Sacramento is a shorter trip, if you wanted to catch a game? Think about the homers Langaliers can hit in a minor league park!

Sounds like everyone's enthusiasm is waning.

Low bar, though . . .

Plus, you've got all those conflicted loyalties . . . right?

It couldn't hurt to listen to more of her catalog, but I don't know you'll find many revelatory gems in there. She had a style ("gimmick" if you're feeling uncharitable) and much of her work is in that vein. It is that style, though, that made her larger than the sum of her songs; her look, the "tragic artist" trope; her being "of the moment" when mid-century was having a revival (early Adele, Mad Men, etc.), the possibility of really good drag looks -- she was famous in a way that transcended just the music. My $.02.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/08/europe/chechnya-music-ban-scli-intl Chechnya bans all music deemed too fast or too slow >>Minister of Culture Musa Dadayev announced the decision to limit all musical, vocal and choreographic compositions to a tempo ranging from 80 to 116 beats per minute (BPM) at a meeting Friday, the Russian state new agency TASS reported.<<

SSSShhhhhhhiiiiiiiitttttttt

Preach, brother! Yes; if it's a foul in the first minute, it's a foul in the last minute.

(wouldn't "Waterloo" suggest the ending of something, rather than the beginning? asking for a friend . . . )

Based on the way the Iowa player threw her head back like she'd been shot, she was definitely trying to create a decision there, so if it had gone the other way, my money would be on some complaining.

Supposedly?

Liverpool with their destiny in their own hands!

I've thought for years it was sort of suspicious there was so much less fighting in the playoffs. It was like everyone collectively said, "Alright, time to get serious about this playing hockey thing."