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He could break your heart, make you laugh, and tell you more about being human in three minutes than most people manage in a lifetime.
It would have been John Prine’s 80th birthday today.
Full show from my living room to yours youtube.com/watch?v=w5Rkm_dq…. @JohnPrineMusic
Everyone should listen to A Love Supreme at least once in their lifetime.
It’s the 100th birthday of one of the greatest musicians to ever do it, the legendary John Coltrane.
That record is a must spin today.
Got word that Ruth Ward of Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear has passed.
It was such a beautiful moment when her and her son came into my place to play. Sending love to the family.
This track changed the rules and rewired brains. Including mine.
Smells Like Teen Spirit dropped 35 years ago.
“The future teaches you to be alone
The present to be afraid and cold”
One of the best first lines in a song.
And of course the title is a gut punch too -
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next - Manic Street Preachers.
50 years ago.
A tv show gave this band their first appearance - even before they were signed. The show “So It Goes” also let them on uncensored. In 1976!
The tv debut of the Sex Pistols.
Banned in France for four years, studied by insurgencies AND militaries. Still one of the most radical films ever made.
Sixty years ago today, The Battle of Algiers premiered at Venice.
This is on my list of must watch movies. Bonus points for all the cool poster art.
Not The Onion.
JUST IN: President Trump has signed an executive order changing the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America." The name change is "effective immediately," Trump said. abcnews.link/82a4Sl7
Happy birthday to the wonderfully fierce Shirley Manson.
She stands up, speaks up, and says the thing that needs saying. More of that, please.
@garbage
“There’s no excuse for some of the stuff that we do to one another in this world”
A moment from the very beloved Dolly Parton.
There’s only ever been one of her.
Cannot imagine the set of circumstances that would allow for the creation of another like Dolly Parton. Smashed through so many doors yet did it with the grace that the people who built those doors in the first place were thrilled to see her.
"Don't forget you're alive!"
That’s the message Joe Strummer had back in 2001.
An excerpt from my interview with him for the NewMusic. One of the best music and culture shows.
Joe was born on this day in 1952.
For a certain moment in time, there was a wave of artists who were just so plugged in to the global nature of the human experience. But what was cool was that they would do it, & the songs would be hits. And this one was a #1 hit in Canada.
Midnight Oil’s Beds are Burning came OTD in 1987.
Rest in Peace Glen ❤️
Oscar winner Glen Hansard, who found fame after starring in The Commitments and with his band The Frames, has been killed in a motorcycle crash in Co Dublin.
Hansard (56) died following a single-vehicle crash at the Strawberry Beds, Lucan, just before 4.30am.
Read: irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…
Artist, photographer, bass player, ground breaker.
Unapologetic and fierce.
Jennifer Finch was all that and more. (also my first ever music interview!)
Rest easy, Jen.
Of course he was a great actor. But he was an also a principled person who was a passionate environmentalist and a stand-up guy.
Did I also mention he was charming and funny? This is an example of his wry sense of humour.
Rest well, Sam Neill.