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"People give him all kinds of shit but they’re just jealous. I also listened to this song on repeat on tour this year—every time I got to wi-fi—and drove my bandmates crazy, who hate this shit. I love how minimal it is, and it’s the best intro ever and then when the beat drops it stays minimal and aggressive and reserved, so good. I’m kind of a YouTube fiend for everything that’s going on in this world, and it’s been funny to watch all the covers of this song kind of mocking him but also unavoidably kind of flattering him despite themselves. Song is pretty undeniable. Oh, and the video rules too."

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Ariel Pink recommended MSR Madness by American Song Poems in Music (curated)

"There’s so much great stuff in the Song Poems catalogue, but Rod Keith is a favourite of mine. Everybody has their own favourite catalogue, but ‘Little Rug Bug', that song was great. All the songs with Rodd Keith doing the chamberlain thing with a pretend orchestra on a chamberlain are amazing. It’s a keyboard with string samples built into it. It’s like a Melotron. You kind of hear it on ‘Strawberry Fields’ and ‘Flying’ on Magical Mystery Tour. It just has an unreal quality to it, with an orchestra that’s just on some fuckin' weird boogie-woogie drug. It’s like Harry Merry in a way. It just sounds like a malfunctioning pre-set."

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Vince Clarke recommended Heroes by David Bowie in Music (curated)

Heroes by David Bowie

1977 | Rock

8.8

(13 Ratings)

Album Favorite

"That title track, it really affected me emotionally. I can't really explain why, but it really got under my skin. We were going to a lot of parties and stuff, and that was always the track that was played, and everybody would get up and start dancing to it. I love most of the Bowie stuff, but '"Heroes"' and that whole era, I found it really moving. "Heroes" was a rebellion inspiration, an "I told you so"-type thing. It seemed to be very anti-establishment, and something your parents wouldn't approve of, so we loved it. I've never seen Bowie, though we did play a tour supporting him in South America."

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Kate Mara recommended The Sound of Music (1965) in Movies (curated)

The Sound of Music (1965)

1965 | Classics, Drama, Family

7.7

(23 Ratings)

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"What else do I love? Well The Sound of Music is what, I think, made me wanna be an actor. I was so young when I saw it. I wanted to be one of the Von Trapp children. [laughs] It’s what started my love of music, singing; the whole thing. Any time it’s on I get this sort of “home” feeling. It’s one of those things, when it’s on, I feel guilty changing the channel. You get sucked in. And it holds up, too. When I went with my mom to Italy, we took a trip to Austria to go specifically on The Sound of Music tour, when I was 12 or something. [laughs] So that’s one."

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Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post

Jan 23, 2021

Sneak a peek at the aviation non-fiction novel ELY AIRLINES by Mike Ely and Linda Street-Ely on my blog. Check out the fabulous interview with Mike Ely, and enter the giveaway to win an autographed, 2-volume set of the books - 2 winners!

https://alltheupsandowns.blogspot.com/2021/01/book-blog-tour-and-giveaway-ely-air.html

**BOOK SYNOPSIS**
Buckle up and fly with Mike and Linda Street-Ely to discover amazing people, interesting places, and the conquest of flight. Since 2007, readers have enjoyed engaging articles weekly in the newspaper column, "Ely Air Lines." Now you can step aboard to enjoy a collection of stories that explore the vast realm of the flyer’s world.

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Ross (3284 KP) rated Vivarium (2020) in Movies

May 12, 2020

Vivarium (2020)

2020 | Mystery, Sci-Fi

7.0

(9 Ratings)

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Unsettling suburban drama

Tom and Gemma decide to view a new suburban development, Yonder, despite the very creepy and unusual salesman. After a very odd tour of the house, one of many identical dwellings in the estate, and the salesman disappearing, they decide to leave the weird development. However, they soon realise they can't find the exit and no matter which turn they take they end up back at the house. They are then tasked with raising a creepy child and will be "released" once it has been raised. They slip gradually into madness, paralleling how many people will be feeling at the moment (though thankfully even my children aren't that creepy!).
Very chilling and unsettling but quite engaging.