Getting the spins

[mister d]

[Giff]

This will always be the best diss track intro IMO:

I ain't got no motherfuckin' friends (sucka-ass)
That's why I fucked yo' bitch, you fat motherfucker

[mister d]

“Drop a Gem On ‘Em” is wildly underrated. It can’t match Tupac’s intensity but the actual lyrics are much better.

[mister d]

Although it doesn’t have “I’m from N-E-W Jerz where plenty of murders occurs” by a dude who would be murdered in jersey like 3 months later.

[rass]

Very nice parent moment earlier as the girls very nicely interacted while explaining this whole thing to my wife (I was caught up enough thanks Twitter)

[The Sybian]

I just got a 10 minute explanation of this whole beef from my son, complete with lyrics and explanations (though I had to explain to him what a beard is). I was going to make a joke about how nobody was talking about it in here, and then I find this discussion... My son is worried Drake is going to put a hit on Kendrick, he likes Kendrick. And my daughter plays more Drake in the car then I care to listen to.

[mister d]

Either me or your son has a totally mistaken impression of what Drake is all about.

[Giff]

How do you think he was cast on Degrassi?

[The Sybian]

Either me or your son has a totally mistaken impression of what Drake is all about.

I had the same thought, and my wife yelled from the living room, “ Drake? The guy from Degrassi?” My son thinks he’d pay someone to do it.

[mister d]

[Shirley]

This new AI DJ in Spotify is actually pretty cool.

[Shirley]

I think this is my favorite Dave Bin Laden banger. Hilarious.

[Shirley]

I think this is my favorite Dave Bin Laden banger. Hilarious.

I just played this one for my wife and she wants it on her Spotify Beach playlist. Need to get DBL on Spotify!

[rass]

Not a Boomer is a good time tune, love the fiddle breaks.

[mister d]

Jesus fucking Christ. I don't even know between "its so good" and "its so bad" and I hope that comes off as the compliment its meant to be.

[P.D.X.]

Def not worse than the ‘new country’ songs that Spotify AI dj tries to push on me.

[sancarlos]

I'd point out that the outlaw/alt.country-ish stuff that swampers like AB, Giff, BSF, Brian and me prefer never gets played on mainstream country radio.

[mister d]

My oldest has independently found Beach House. This is the best day of my life.

[DSafetyGuy]

My oldest has informed me that she likes riot grrrl music.

I am pleased.

[Giff]

My oldest has independently found Beach House. This is the best day of my life.

They were recording their new album at the same time last month and at the same studio outside El Paso as Vandoliers.

[DaveInSeattle]

My oldest has informed me that she likes riot grrrl music.

I am pleased.

Kathleen Hanna has an autobiography out...

Riot grrrl pioneer Kathleen Hanna: ‘A lot of men really get off on watching a woman get angry’

When Kathleen Hanna was 19 years old, a man broke into her apartment while she was out and attacked her roommate, Allee. The man beat her, dragged her by her hair and said he would rape and kill her but, as Allee fought back, he lost his grip, allowing her to run into the street and call for help. Hanna decided enough was enough. “You know when these big life events happen, like when someone close to you dies or gets cancer or is assaulted?” she says. “A lot of times they change us. I just thought: ‘This can’t happen again. How can I be part of the solution?’”

The answer lay just a few blocks from their apartment at SafePlace, a rape relief and domestic violence centre. Hanna, who was already a rape survivor, walked over and signed up for volunteer work. “It wasn’t me trying to be a good person,” she says. “I was in a moment of crisis and trying to figure stuff out, and it changed my life. If it wasn’t for the amazing people in Olympia, Washington, creating that space, I would never have had my eyes opened to what women live through. And then I may never have been in a feminist punk band. And then my life may never have happened.”

[brian]

35 years after forming, Pavement has their first RIAA gold certification for “Harness Your Hopes”, a song that was actually left off their final record and only released in 2008 as part of the expanded re-releases of their albums.

[P.D.X.]

Pavement is a total blind spot for me. Should probably fix that given how often I hear their name dropped.

[mister d]

I'd be curious for an update once you do. I have a huge problem going back and listening to bands that influenced bands I like because its hard to reorder what came out when in my brain. I can't reverse X sounds like Y to the proper Y sounds like X.

[sancarlos]

I'd be curious for an update once you do. I have a huge problem going back and listening to bands that influenced bands I like because its hard to reorder what came out when in my brain. I can't reverse X sounds like Y to the proper Y sounds like X.

Same. Except I have a lot more years of data than you to misfile.

[mister d]

[Shirley]

I came to Pavement relatively late - just a few years ago, I think. I love them.

[brian]

Pavement is a total blind spot for me. Should probably fix that given how often I hear their name dropped.

I'll be curious to hear what you think as well because there's a case to be made that Pavement is maybe the best band of their generation and/or the 1990s depending on how you want to define an era, but they're not for everyone.

[Giff]

I'd be curious for an update once you do. I have a huge problem going back and listening to bands that influenced bands I like because its hard to reorder what came out when in my brain. I can't reverse X sounds like Y to the proper Y sounds like X.

In general, this is a good explanation as to why I don't particularly enjoy some extremely popular bands from the 60s.

[mister d]

Wonder if this theory subliminally explains a lot …

[rass]

He mentioned he was doing another of those articles and I forgot to look it up today. Thanks.

[brian]

Joel’s best song is Downeaster Alexa and I’ll never apologize for thinking that.

[rass]

Just thought of the best/worst/most involved/in prank ever

[Giff]

Joel’s best song is Downeaster Alexa and I’ll never apologize for thinking that.

Don't act like you didn't start a fire with that hot take!

[brian]

Joel’s best song is Downeaster Alexa and I’ll never apologize for thinking that.

Don't act like you didn't start a fire with that hot take!

I also really like Allentown so I obviously strongly identify with working class hero Billy Joel.

[govmentchedda]

Had on Let it Be the other day and one of the tracks on there sounds VERY Billy. Might have been I've Got a Feeling. Need to go back and listen again.

ETA - nope. The Long and Winding Road. "I've seen that road before" in line 3 or 4 sounds so much like Billy to me.

[rass]

Had on Let it Be the other day and one of the tracks on there sounds VERY Billy. Might have been I've Got a Feeling. Need to go back and listen again.

Other way around but you know that. Billy might as well be a full time DJ on the SXM Beatles channel.


That article prompts a very interesting question very early on - how should you consider an artist’s signature song when making a list like that?

[govmentchedda]

Had on Let it Be the other day and one of the tracks on there sounds VERY Billy. Might have been I've Got a Feeling. Need to go back and listen again.

Other way around but you know that. Billy might as well be a full time DJ on the SXM Beatles channel.


That article prompts a very interesting question very early on - how should you consider an artist’s signature song when making a list like that?

For sure. I've always heard Billy gush about the Beatles. Hadn't really heard a Beatles song and thought it sounded like Billy before.

[Giff]

Re: Band of Horses



Thanks mister d!

[mister d]

I’m famous!



(Never seen them live but hoping for a 20th anniversary tour in 2026. Anything before that will have too much newer stuff.)