New music this week from Hotline TNT, Leisure, Memi, Yungbld, Daily Toll, Hembree, Easy Easy, Muse, Enuff Z'nuff(!), Motley Crue with Dolly Parton, sombr, Lorde, Colin Hay and much more. Enjoy!
An undeniable pleasure for me this past weekend was the discovery of Hotline TNT. Not only is their new album a banger but their entire catalog is one great song after another. I cannot recommend their new album highly enough - it was hard to limit just adding a few songs on this playlist.
You might also note a number of songs by Yungblud on this list too. What can I say? I like pop music done right, and respect for opening his album with a 9 minute track. And yes, I do think he looks like a young Dave Navarro.
At first I had thought my surprise track of the week was going to be the re-working of Motley Crue's ballad (and frankly not a great song) "Home Sweet Home" with Dolly Parton. I'm not really a fan of the song but Ms. Parton adds some depth. And then out of nowhere Enuff Z'nuff drops a new single? It's been 35 years since I gave that band any thought at all and apparently I've missed a run of albums and band lineups.
I also have to give a shout out to MEMI, a South Korean hard rocker that I blasted over and over this past week while the news got weirder and weirder.
Finally, there is the new GoGoPenguin album, which is well worth your time when you're looking for instrumental music and adult-oriented jazz that doesn't put you to sleep.
New music this week from Lorde and Lola Young tells me that the next generation is going to be all right.
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I have to ask, did the new/old guy bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran* because he wanted to be seen as something other than "TACO Two Weeks"? Gotta admit, it took less than 2 weeks for Netanyahoo to finally find a patsy as cover for his atrocities. In the time since I wrote those two sentences and now the White House is claiming that this was always the plan, to trick the media and Iran. Nope, not buying it.
Also, if anyone out there starts calling this a war to protect the rights of women they are lying. Ask the women of Afghanistan.
I've been alive over 6 decades and during that time Congress has not even once exercised its power to stop a President from conducting war. Might as well admit it doesn't exist, no matter what the law says.
Although... one republican did say that this attack was illegal and of course the new/old guy unloaded on him over social media. Senator Massie shot back: "...declared so much War on me today it should require an Act of Congress." #sassywithmassy.
The VP is on Bluesky. I am too, although I'm not very active there beyond the occasional swear-word-filled post about various idiots. I'm trying to get him to block me. I posted on his timeline: "I'm sorry, but your administration requires me to call you James Donald Bowman. I suppose JD Bowman would work."
Time to bring back Neil Young's "Life During Wartime" website. I will admit to being biased about it - I was on that site.
It's worth noting that the guy who is "offering" to head a "transition government" in Iran is the son of the Shah of Iran and hasn't set foot in the country since he was 18 years old. He's 65 now and looks just like his dad. Had his father not been forced out of the country he'd have started leading it when he was in his 20's. Beware of people who refer to him as "His Royal Highness". No Kings.
We cannot emphasize enough that Measles is back, as bad as ever, and everyone who is insisting on not vaccinating is too young to remember just how unbelievably bad it was.
Despite everything, as of this writing Kilmar Abrego Garcia is still in prison.
Am I the asshole for not even knowing who the fuck Karen Read was until a few days ago? Am I still the asshole because I don't care?
For those paying attention, the Bell Riots didn't quite happen as planned.
I just realized that all of the women who have undergone procedures so that they have "Mar-a-Lago Face" all resemble Melisandre from "Game of Thrones". Honestly, only actress Carice van Houten can really pull off the look. I had to look all that up as I never really got into GoT on HBO.
Hey fuckfaces! I don't give a fuck if he's "illegal" or not. He has three... THREE sons in the Marines. He's earned a pass. Fuck you racist fucks.
Veep Bowman says he trust his instincts over actual gathered intelligence. What instincts?
No matter what Florida Rep Kat Cammack (R) thinks or says, she had an abortion.
I would think a first step in trying to prove that racism isn't a factor in the ICE raids and kidnappings would be to stop harassing Native Americans and First Peoples. That fact that they're not shows that they are primarily interested in the color of one's skin.
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And because I love you, there is my own new single, which will be on next week's playlist. Play it on YouTube to get the whole story about the new track:
*Brian Wilson I am so so sorry.
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