haileyithappens.bsky.social
Electronic pop/singer-songwriter music you can find at haileyithappens.bandcamp.com
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Fuck yeah. Plus Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington, Big Maybelle and Etta James
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If they were smarter they’d have done it a year ago when people were grouchy about Beyonce’s song being shut out of the country categories. Probably would have gotten them a good PR cycle. But then they wouldn’t be the Grammys.
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“(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” is a baffling one, too. Four words is a totally normal title length.
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I do think the Grammy should have put more of the “why” into the press release
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I actually like this move. Shunt the traditionalists off to their own category, make sure more traditional country isn’t eclipsed, and open the door for more stuff like Beyoncé without a lot of gatekeeping. Seems like a win to me.
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Jesus Christ. I had to catch my breath after that description of “Surf’s Up”. Some of your best writing, which is saying something.
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Easily two of the top candidates in the “best living American music artist” conversation gone. Stevie’s lonely at the top now
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Honestly while you don’t do it for that, sometimes it’s what gets you out of bed to do the job for another couple weeks.
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Hold the piña colada
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How is that theater still standing? Jesus
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I was so captivated by her in Gorillas in the Mist, too.
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My wife before it’s even over: “So we’re seeing that, yeah?”
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They say this this is not the best of discourse, but it’s the only discourse we’ve ever knooooooown.
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These people also hate that he used non-violence in The Last Jedi. Make up your goddamn minds.
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Gotta get up, gotta get out (to the patio).
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Fitting for this season.
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Had no idea they were Boston-based. Gotta find a record to throw on.
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He makes such an enormous impression in just 5 episodes of Parks and Rec. Gets a couple of the biggest laughs in the series.
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Amadeus doesn’t get enough credit for how fun and unstuffy it is. And man, The Bad and the Beautiful is great. I need to go back to that.
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Entirely lost on these half-wits that Jesus raised the dead and healed the sick and never once said “Ah fuck it, you’ll meet me in heaven anyway. Why bother?”
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I’d also object slightly on behalf of Dorothy Sayers.
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The lack of Nathan Chapman is inescapable on the TV re-recordings.
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My higher level students are required to use a physical book source from the library on their research papers for this reason. For the lower level kids, I’ll just take the W on them engaging with scholarly work.
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This fucker has proved fairly elusive. I’ve still never seen it
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Not to kiss-ass, but this is why your review is always the first I look for. EXACTLY what I felt about the movie but couldn’t quite put my finger on. It’s Dickens.
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If you put a gun to my head and asked my favorite performance of all time, I might say Claudia McNeil in Raisin. Jesus Christ she’s incredible. I see it 3-4 times a year in my classes and it just never gets less terrific.
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Poking fun at Cold War tensions with Chekhov’s “nuclear wessels” is delightful, too.
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Sometimes I’d pick Jaws just to taunt my opponent
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I stand by it being the closest we’ll ever get to Malick in space
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Chic is also a good cause, though they did put Nile in on his own
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Most elegant one I can currently think of: Sly and The Family Stone
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Glad it’s found its recognition for the absolute classic that it is.
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Incredible film
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Almost all the critics and experts and voices I care about are on here regularly now. Do not miss the old place at all.
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The story said live performances actively exacerbated the condition, which is a huge bummer.
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Yep this is the one
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Or is it trying to protect you from terrible music. Silver lining.
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Amen.
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Funny thing is to find a film, he’d gladly have narrated anything you wanted for cash. But he’s not here to agree so fucking gross
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Thanks! I’ve always found the bar for entry in opera kind of intimidatingly high so it helps to know where to start.
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Any particular opera or two you’d recommend to a complete neophyte?
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And the degree of how long you’re willing to stick to it would be charted on the Y-glesias Axis
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I’d like to vote for calling it a Nate Silver Medal
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If you can ever track down Mike Nesmith’s Elephant Ears film, there’s a sketch that parodies this trope hilariously.
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Yep! And the related category of the disaffected reluctant hero (e.g. Han Solo, Rick Blaine)