...Heal Mura, Juana Molina, @proximapsych.bsky.social, Bryan Ferry & Amelia Barratt, @stereolabgroop.bsky.social, @projectgemini.bsky.social & Wendy Martinez, Pedro Mizutani & Skinshape, Nyron Higor, Cosmic Tones Research Trio, The Circling Sun, Damon Locks...

The slur is, at the very least, distracting and annoying. Like "Money for Nothing", I'm aware that it's the character saying it, and it wouldn't faze me reading it in a book, but hearing it at the mall or on daytime radio with my kids would be quite jarring.

Thus illustrating a very Gen-X/Atlantic-Canadian bad habit: upbeat statement, undercut by the addition of somewhat self-deprecating sarcasm

Further evidence that old is not always good.

Wow, I thought only us Canadians were subjected to this.

It was more bonkers, and just as uneven, as I expected, but I had a good time.

Very jealous you got to see Pulp. "Slow Jam" might well be my favourite song of the year so far.

On one hand, I guess it shows you're not overly attached to the past (especially when greatest successes are behind you), with a bit of carnival-barker "You ain't seen NOTHIN' yet!" hype. I always find it a bit sad, though, like praising your youngest child, using their older siblings for contrast.

For real, though, the new múm album is enjoyable, imo.

The sacred laws of internet artistry oblige me to point out my new album arriving in October (despite you clearly soliciting "September releases").