For the former question, I don’t know, Adele or Drake or Taylor Swift. For the latter I’d say Guided By Voices.

OK I see. I wasn't sure if it was picking 4 from the country and letting the people vote on the representative. Clearly I want to make as much work for you as possible.

Tunisia lets’s go! some fun research ahead. just to be clear is it one song or four?

They are so good live.

Getting rid of half my records to downsize creates cruel games of “sell two, keep two.”

I mean I’ll take it if you want. It’s my heritage.

How It’s Made: A 7,000-Word Story on Coal in Oakland “This is the only time in my entire life, I think, where I wrote long and someone was like, ‘Well, could you make it longer?’”

People said they wanted more culture pieces on Bsky, right? For COYOTE, I interviewed the @oaklandreviewofbooks.org and @meganwachspress.bsky.social for a behind-the-scenes account of how Megan's 7,000-word feature (!) on coal in Oakland came to be—a phenomenal work of longform journalism.

I'm in and give me full on random! My intelligence department has just informed me that they've uncovered a Polachek Zone in Qatar.

I'm generally in the "a person is almost always good, people are often bad" camp, which makes this question difficult.

I think that door swings both ways. As a member of a community impacted by ICE raids this year, the "anyone who supports this is Actually Evil" sentiment is extremely strong and pervasive.

I’d guess so much of the huge numbers come from small businesses putting on a playlist and hitting go in the morning which disqualifies so much from jump.

Legit surprised so many people still listen to Gangsta’s Paradise. It seemed so of its moment.

I don’t hate this list, it’s an 80s version of the old “Have A Nice Day” 70s comps. You used to see late night ads for CD decades comps that looked exactly like this.

I think the pandemic and interband turmoil killed their career momentum but whenever I hear them I think “why don’t they get the attention that _______ gets?”

And Bob Power yesterday...hard week for the behind-the-boards community.

Having spent a few days with it now I think it's one of those "best since ______" albums. Best since Dream River?

Somehow the lead paint only affected white people too.

I haven’t seen the #1 movie listed here, but based on the rest of the top ten, Trans People are objectively correct about what the Greatest Films of All Time are.

I will never be as middle aged white guy as Bill Callahan complaining about autotune in 2026.

I’ve got my ticket to the local stop. Les is nothing if not a showman, Barnum-esque at times, and his concerts are always more fun than you expect going in.

Damn, not only did Thom Yorke tell DT's nazi troops to "go f-ck themselves" but he even stole Kid Rock's hat to add insult to injury.

I see that every time I'm at the grocery store and pause for a second but can't pull the trigger.

Empathy YouTube video by Bill Callahan - Topic

This song should have come with a warning label. youtu.be/4NdaXrqcM-g?...

This is the first post on my feed to mention them today. I didn't even know they had an album out until 5 minutes ago! Did you subscribe to an Albarn starter pack by accident?

“Hot in the City” is my favorite song of Idol’s and it never occurred to me how Tom Jones (or Neil Diamond) it is!

The Alice in Chains one is particularly odd given that they’re right in the rock hall wheelhouse and they are far more popular among youth today than Soundgarden who got in last year.

He’s problematic and not my personal favorite but I think the objective answer has to be Dre.

I say as a Black Crowes fan: seriously, again?

There truly is zero photography budget in news anymore.

No I was very aware of it.