Good music writing can shine a light on overlooked artists, pull out things about an album or song you may not have thought of otherwise, and convey the ineffable things we love about listening to and bonding with music. It sucks that people still reduce it to *this*.
Mike Farrell and I today toasting the 50th anniversary of the show that changed our lives - and our brilliant pals who made it what it was. MASH was a great gift to us.
On this day, a tiny town in Canada opened up their hearts — and their homes — to 7,000 stranded passengers in their time of need.
They didn’t care about politics, or who the President was.
They did it because it's what Canadians do.
Here's how they did it.
A Goodable Thread🧵