Can we talk about how every time I see The River mentioned, I think it's based on the (amazing) Springsteen song/album?

Because that would seriously make a really interesting drama, about the 70s rural US and lost dreams and teen pregnancy and unions and economic issues. TOPICAL. I would watch the fuck out of that show.

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So, okay. For posterity, and because I do have that latent hipster tendency to go I LIKED THIS BEFORE THINGS WERE POPULAR, much as I deride it in others...

If Emeli Sande is not the next Big Deal, I will be a very sad person. She has one amazing voice. Her being from Scotland (Glasgow Uni!) and having badass non-traditional style is also amazing ( Read more... )

Right, after that Rather Good Doctor Who, I am compiling a 1969 playlist for the episode. Because I can ( Read more... )

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That question on LJ about covers that surpass the originals totally intersects with my idea for a mix, but I can't really upload at the moment. So, a list of ten personal covers that I think surpass the originals, 'cause I am an unabashed dork ( Read more... )

There should be a trivia/pub quiz/Jeopardy category that is solely 'Obscure Lindsey Buckingham Bootlegs', because I would pwn. It's been nine years since I first picked up this track. I have it phonetically memorised, most likely. I've heard it maybe a hundred times. And I still have no idea what he's singing half the time ( Read more... )