maura johnston
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if theyre faces phttps://youtu.be/gh6BfGdffQw?is=MGOpTyvLP_YEnuQS
The Doobie Brothers - Takin' It To The Streets (Official Audio)
YouTube video by The Doobie Brothers
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Hellrazor Ramon@sugarazor.bsky.social · 21h agoAlright gang. Let's play a game. New Day is debuting at Wembley. TK calls you and says "yo dawg I need a theme song for these guys, money is no object" What are you picking? 🤼♂️
can’t stop thinking about someone correctly calling this song the butt rock “kiss from a rose” youtu.be/sUjXbH-2LGw?...
HERO - Chad Kroeger feat. Josey Scott [Official Video]
YouTube video by Josey Scott
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hey what does the banner flying over boston/cambridge right now say? its back is pointed toward my window (great design guys) @universalhub.com
rip william orbit. this is a top five madonna song for me (as is ray of light) youtu.be/Dsh0TfIKhoE?...
Madonna - Beautiful Stranger (Official Video) [HD]
YouTube video by Madonna
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appearing on boston public radio’s THE CURIOSITY DESK today at 1 p.m. et to talk about some of this week’s headlines. do tune in www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the...
The Curiosity Desk
Edgar B. Herwick III hosts GBH’s newest show, The Curiosity Desk. Tune in daily for conversations, insights and profundities about the world we live in. Have something you’re curious about? Leave us a...
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give the good the bad and the ugly the trios titles forever
Bay Area Children Set Up Adrenochrome Stand On Side Of Road https://theonion.com/bay-area-children-set-up-adrenochrome-stand-on-side-of-road/
“Music publications BrooklynVegan, Alternative Press, Revolver, and Goldmine have been gutted by parent company Veeps... Nearly all the staff at each publication appear to have been laid off yesterday. Veeps, which is now owned by Live Nation, acquired the publications in 2024 or 2025”
BrooklynVegan, Alt Press Hit With Mass Layoffs
Music publications Revolver and Goldmine have also been gutted by owners Veeps and Live Nation
pitchfork.com
Generally not great when a live entertainment company recently found guilty of acting as a monopoly has control of any music journalism outlet
and that’s why all our overlords are BASIC BITCHES
Jenny Holzer@jennyholzer.bsky.social · 5d agoSELFISHNESS IS THE MOST BASIC MOTIVATION
yeah this really sums up the answer to “but how could you exist if ai went away”
Atrios@eschatonblog.com · 6d agohow would i survive without google summaries of reddit posts
whats the video where Ja Rule is pouring moet in the toilet anyways thats the DNC
haley stevens’ campaign was allegedly inept / arrogant enough to hire out of state influencers with substantial digital footprints to lie about being pro stevens michiganders (in one case a woman whose whole brand was being childfree made “i’m a mom” videos) so … www.tiktok.com/t/ZTAgGpb5t/
Before they rebrand, let’s talk about who they really are 👀 #uspolitics #election #midterms #fyi #primary
TikTok video by Kendall - Vocal Millennial
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Oh no!!!! Trashcan Sinatras just released one of my favorite albums of the year. This is devastating! :( www.nme.com/news/music/t...
Trashcan Sinatras’ John Douglas dead at 63: "Talent, heart, kindness, he had it all"
Tributes have poured in after news emerged that John Douglas, the guitarist and vocalist of the Trashcan Sinatras, has died, aged 63.
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Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
no wzbc show today because of some last minute personal stuff cropping up, but i’ll be back next week and on @uncertain.fm thursday night!
the fact that linda fucking mcmahon signed this letter just adds to its utter ridiculousness
Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · last wk.While at least this letter doesn't get into definitions of biological sex, the overreach is extraordinary. Here's the last of seven demands, echoing Trump's absurdly narrow instrumentalist view of the world and the same inexplicably zero-sum logic that got into the tariff mess we're now suffering.
