Liner Notes Danny
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Jesus what an incredible year for popular music. All the same, everybody who isn’t Björk, thanks so much for playing but you can go home now
NEW NEWSLETTER! If you need a complete list of the 115 albums entered into the 2001 tournament that I posted last night, here you go. Also, don’t forget the Guessing Game will happen here, this Sat at noon CST!
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#408 The Best Album of 2001 Tournament - The First 115 Albums
Hey folks! Last night, I announced the first 115 albums entered into the upcoming Best Album of 2001 Tournament. If you missed it, or you were there when it...
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February 6, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Jesus what an incredible year for popular music. All the same, everybody who isn’t Björk, thanks so much for playing but you can go home now
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nevermind spanish, some of you have three days to learn how to dance
February 5, 2026 at 9:12 PM
nevermind spanish, some of you have three days to learn how to dance
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some of you really should boycott that show bc when people get up off that couch you're in trouble
February 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM
some of you really should boycott that show bc when people get up off that couch you're in trouble
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it would be funny if this was the thing that caused a moment of lucidity for Republicans to be like "wait we suck"
guys. the kid rock performance is uh. well it’s exactly what you’d expect
February 5, 2026 at 5:19 PM
it would be funny if this was the thing that caused a moment of lucidity for Republicans to be like "wait we suck"
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On Facebook, friends of mine are posting photos on the set of the Muppet Show, because I was on staff at the National Puppetry Conference for over a decade.
On LinkedIn, I scroll past a video of lifeless AI muppets, generated by an old colleague who once told me he doesn't "get music"
On LinkedIn, I scroll past a video of lifeless AI muppets, generated by an old colleague who once told me he doesn't "get music"
February 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
On Facebook, friends of mine are posting photos on the set of the Muppet Show, because I was on staff at the National Puppetry Conference for over a decade.
On LinkedIn, I scroll past a video of lifeless AI muppets, generated by an old colleague who once told me he doesn't "get music"
On LinkedIn, I scroll past a video of lifeless AI muppets, generated by an old colleague who once told me he doesn't "get music"
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“Yes, I told the sex offender that my undergrad was smoking hot, but ONLY because I knew he was a sexist pervert” is quite the defense
Yale prof David Gelernter defends his letter urging Epstein to hire "v small goodlooking blonde" student by saying that he was "keep[ing] the potential boss's habits in mind."
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 5, 2026 at 6:59 PM
“Yes, I told the sex offender that my undergrad was smoking hot, but ONLY because I knew he was a sexist pervert” is quite the defense
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The Washington Post has only a single arts critic left - everyone else got fired today, along with all three arts editors. (There are still a couple of excellent arts reporters.) I was so upset I dusted off my blog to have my say: annemidgette.com/blog/f/a-req...
A requiem for arts coverage
I used to say I wished that newspapers would treat their arts sections the way they treated their sports sections. What I meant was that sports sections offered a balanced mix of news stories, feature...
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February 4, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The Washington Post has only a single arts critic left - everyone else got fired today, along with all three arts editors. (There are still a couple of excellent arts reporters.) I was so upset I dusted off my blog to have my say: annemidgette.com/blog/f/a-req...
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Among those laid off by the Washington Post today was Michael Andor Brodeur, the paper's classical music critic: another blow to an invaluable yet increasingly precarious discipline.
February 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Among those laid off by the Washington Post today was Michael Andor Brodeur, the paper's classical music critic: another blow to an invaluable yet increasingly precarious discipline.
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blog.bandcamp.com/2025/12/03/b... The first #bandcampfriday is THIS FRIDAY. Sadly, due to various other commitments and my main job, I do not have a ton of new albums to recommend, but if YOU have something out recently, post it here. Will have new MFTROU posts out soon, just not by this Friday.
Bandcamp Fridays Return in 2026 with More Dates
Bandcamp Fridays are back in 2026 with eight dates to support independent music. Discover new artists, buy music, and help put more money in the hands of artists.
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February 4, 2026 at 4:27 PM
blog.bandcamp.com/2025/12/03/b... The first #bandcampfriday is THIS FRIDAY. Sadly, due to various other commitments and my main job, I do not have a ton of new albums to recommend, but if YOU have something out recently, post it here. Will have new MFTROU posts out soon, just not by this Friday.
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Wanna hear me and Josh Jackson break down the Jazz results at the Grammys? Sure you do www.wrti.org/podcast/late...
Grammys Recap / Dezron Douglas
How do we feel about this year’s Grammy Awards? We'll attempt to answer that question before diving deep into a conversation with bassist Dezron Douglas, conducted onstage before a recent quartet show...
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February 3, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Wanna hear me and Josh Jackson break down the Jazz results at the Grammys? Sure you do www.wrti.org/podcast/late...
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very excited about class today in which we will listen to Celine Dion, Elliott Smith, Bev Casanova, Artur Zmijewski, and Y. Bhekhirst.
February 4, 2026 at 6:21 PM
very excited about class today in which we will listen to Celine Dion, Elliott Smith, Bev Casanova, Artur Zmijewski, and Y. Bhekhirst.
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wrote about jelly roll pretending he and we are stupid for this week's drti www.dontrocktheinbox.com/im-a-dumb-re...
"I'm A Dumb Redneck": Jelly Roll's Cop Out and Nashville's Imagined Norm
Imagine if we could go two weeks in this newsletter without having to reckon with some country/politics foolishness. Imagine if people like Jelly Roll and Kid Rock would just shut up and sing!! I jest...
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February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
wrote about jelly roll pretending he and we are stupid for this week's drti www.dontrocktheinbox.com/im-a-dumb-re...
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PHIL LIVES!
Right now on WKCR.org (or 89.9 FM if you are in range) a 24 hr celebration of the finest broadcaster/educator who ever lived.
GOOD MAWNING MAX!!!!
Right now on WKCR.org (or 89.9 FM if you are in range) a 24 hr celebration of the finest broadcaster/educator who ever lived.
GOOD MAWNING MAX!!!!
February 2, 2026 at 4:39 PM
PHIL LIVES!
Right now on WKCR.org (or 89.9 FM if you are in range) a 24 hr celebration of the finest broadcaster/educator who ever lived.
GOOD MAWNING MAX!!!!
Right now on WKCR.org (or 89.9 FM if you are in range) a 24 hr celebration of the finest broadcaster/educator who ever lived.
GOOD MAWNING MAX!!!!
David Gelernter—Yale comp sci prof, Unabomber victim, ultra-conservative, and father of National Review classical critic Daniel Gelernter—chatted with Epstein about a cute undergraduate and the "golden-hearted whores" of Paris, and tried to get him to invest in his son's useless-sounding startup
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February 3, 2026 at 1:32 AM
David Gelernter—Yale comp sci prof, Unabomber victim, ultra-conservative, and father of National Review classical critic Daniel Gelernter—chatted with Epstein about a cute undergraduate and the "golden-hearted whores" of Paris, and tried to get him to invest in his son's useless-sounding startup
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you should go to prison on Mars for writing this
February 2, 2026 at 4:36 AM
you should go to prison on Mars for writing this
Jesus Christ
He sent an 1,170-word email to the entire department, starting with, 'Some white musicians deliberately have black musicians in their band to help them get gigs rather than thinking who is musically suitable' and ending with 'If there is systematic bias in Britain... it is against white people.'
February 2, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Jesus Christ
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What do we think David Stern means here when he says Valery Gergiev is "a great source of P"?
Also, this appears to be either a banker or the deceased former NBA Chairman, not the son of Isaac Stern.
Also, this appears to be either a banker or the deceased former NBA Chairman, not the son of Isaac Stern.
February 1, 2026 at 5:56 PM
What do we think David Stern means here when he says Valery Gergiev is "a great source of P"?
Also, this appears to be either a banker or the deceased former NBA Chairman, not the son of Isaac Stern.
Also, this appears to be either a banker or the deceased former NBA Chairman, not the son of Isaac Stern.
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New: Did this conductor organize meetings with young women for Jeffrey Epstein?
Emails released on Friday appear to show Frédéric Chaslin currying favor with the financier and sex offender.
Full story: van-magazine.com/mag/frederic...
Emails released on Friday appear to show Frédéric Chaslin currying favor with the financier and sex offender.
Full story: van-magazine.com/mag/frederic...
Did This Conductor Organize Meetings with Young Women for Jeffrey Epstein?
Emails released on Friday appear to show Frédéric Chaslin currying favor with the financier and sex offender.
van-magazine.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:58 PM
New: Did this conductor organize meetings with young women for Jeffrey Epstein?
Emails released on Friday appear to show Frédéric Chaslin currying favor with the financier and sex offender.
Full story: van-magazine.com/mag/frederic...
Emails released on Friday appear to show Frédéric Chaslin currying favor with the financier and sex offender.
Full story: van-magazine.com/mag/frederic...
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Wagner’s Partiful
January 31, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Wagner’s Partiful
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Not the Jeffrey Epstein school of film music composition 😹😹😹
January 31, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Not the Jeffrey Epstein school of film music composition 😹😹😹
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can't believe that this guy who visibly, in every syllable he ever utters, sucks, turns out to suck
Last year, Lutnick said in an interview that he visited Epstein’s home around 2005 and was so troubled by what he saw that he decided never to associate with him again.
“So I was never in the room with him socially, for business, or even philanthropy.”
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“So I was never in the room with him socially, for business, or even philanthropy.”
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January 30, 2026 at 10:29 PM
can't believe that this guy who visibly, in every syllable he ever utters, sucks, turns out to suck