2. A song mourning the decline of coal mining comes across very differently in 2025 than it did four decades ago in Thatcher’s Britain. Still a good song but.
3. (Bonus content) The Russians feels every bit as topical now as it was then.
Today’s other classic. Say what you like about Sting, his first solo album is a masterpiece. Two things really stood out to me today:
1. Interesting production: the vocal is quite distant, it’s like the band is between us and the singer. I wouldn’t do it like that, but it works.
For the last year I’ve been slowly working through my entire record collection, cleaning a couple most days and listening to them. It’s been great to reacquaint myself with so many great albums. This gem from 1990 is a real treasure and today’s favourite.
Hey Melbourne people. My band @phosphenes_au is doing a free headline show at the Brunswick Artists Bar on Saturday night. We’re playing everything from our forthcoming album, plus more. Another band I play in, is the opening act. Come for a great night of new music, from 8pm.
Unlike seemingly everyone else, I am not upset that the JJJ #Hottest100AustralianSongs (voted by tens if not hundreds of thousands of people) does not reflect my personal taste.
The 10 albums:
The Beatles – Abbey Road
Sean Lennon – Friendly Fire
Warpaint – Heads Up
Okkervil River – The Stand-ins
David Bowie – Blackstar
Totally Mild – Her
Pluto Jonze – Eject
Leonard Cohen – Thanks For the Dance
JP Shilo – Invisible You
Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
LOL Apple Music made me a playlist of my ‘favourite’ songs in honour of its 10th birthday, and it’s a mix of all the songs of ten albums I was obsessed with at various times, plus every song I ever had to learn for a cover gig or parody song recording.
It *is* a good collection.
@G8TR1994@kylenabecker The plane was coming from above and to the left. Not directly in front. You can’t see the different angles from the video but you can from the diagram of their flight paths
@MelFarnwalt@amuse Because they knew exactly what would happen if crazy nutjobs found out a woman was flying the chopper. And they were right.
Imagine having to do all that when you’re grieving.
You people should be ashamed of yourselves
@RealJessica05 No knowing that the winner of the election doesn’t become president for another 2 months is a bit ignorant but hardly the dumbest thing ever