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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 20h

It begins.

The domino meme:

The start: "Zohran Mamdani runs for Mayor of New York."
The end: "PRESIDENT BRENNAN LEE MULLIGAN"

Mark Grondin @spectrum-pulse.ca · 19h

See also, her ex-husband Ruston Kelly's spectacular 2020 album "Shape & Destroy".

Unironically includes my wedding first dance song.

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Mark Grondin @spectrum-pulse.ca · 2d

Anyone surprised about Zach Bryan getting political and angry wasn't listening to The Great American Bar Scene between the lines.

And you know what? Good. About damn time, even.

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Mark Grondin @spectrum-pulse.ca · 5d

Meet things where they are.

It'll demand you look inside yourself to do so. It'll be the hardest thing you'll ever do, to confront that ineffable core.

Then come out the other side with a curious passion that'll open your world.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Mark Grondin @spectrum-pulse.ca · 6d

There's something interesting about not having enough cell data or any WiFi to download the new Taylor Swift album, and thus I just observe the discourse.

Also no review is coming out until I get home in a few weeks 😛

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Mark Grondin @spectrum-pulse.ca · 11d

Last time I'm going to be posting the schedule for a few weeks - because I'm getting married and going on my honeymoon, y'all can wait for once ;) - but Patrons, here you go! www.patreon.com/posts/139876...

Spectrum Pulse - Schedule Voting - 2025 - #35 | Mark Grondin

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Mark Grondin @spectrum-pulse.ca · 14d

It's up a bit later than I wanted, but... yeah, album of the year contender.

Infusing Appalachian indie country with touches of 90s alt-country and grunge, the newest from Cole Chaney, 'In The Shadow Of The Mountain' - enjoy! youtu.be/kEQHJcprmg8

Cole Chaney - In The Shadow Of The Mountain - Album Review

YouTube video by Spectrum Pulse

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Mark Grondin @spectrum-pulse.ca · 14d

It's nice writing a review for one of the best albums of this year.

Rather annoying that you know in your gut said review isn't gonna get a ton of traffic, but when it makes a year-end list... don't say I didn't warn you.

(but MAN, anyone who likes 90s grunge would LOVE this...)

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Mark Grondin @spectrum-pulse.ca · 16d

Took this long enough to get here.

I review the long-awaited sophomore album from Cardi B, 'Am I The Drama?' - enjoy! youtu.be/FSaHJRTJQZw

Cardi B - Am I The Drama? - Album Review

YouTube video by Spectrum Pulse

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Mark Grondin @spectrum-pulse.ca · 15d

Yeah, it's gonna be the last Billboard BREAKDOWN.

(for a few weeks)

(I have a good reason)

(god, I wish this week was better)

Enjoy! youtu.be/obuX6x5cDgA

Billboard BREAKDOWN - Hot 100 - September 27, 2025 (Dog House, Camera, Charlie, City Walls)

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Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social · 15d

the fact that i've only ever seen freddie deboer or matt yglesias acknowledge the existence of music when they're whining about "poptimism" says it all for me. it's a bogeyman for dipshit substack thinkpiece guys whose only engagement with music involved indie snobbery.

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Mark Grondin @spectrum-pulse.ca · 19d

Let's finish off this messy week with some visceral but vulnerable and affecting black metal, shall we?

From Der Weg einer Freiheit, 'Innern' - it's great, enjoy! #blackmetal youtube.com/shorts/pM6Rc...

Der Weg einer Freiheit - Innern - #albumreview

YouTube video by Spectrum Pulse

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Mark Grondin @spectrum-pulse.ca · 16d

The other songs are an old Rihanna song, twenty one pilots' 'concluding' their multi-album arc with a shuddering squirt, and Ed Sheeran doing an Ed Sheeran.

Yeah.

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Mark Grondin @spectrum-pulse.ca · 16d

Welp, been left behind by the rapture.

And as a clear sign of God's disfavour on the world, in the debuts on the Hot 100 this week, I have:

-a Drake & Yeat collab
-new post-MAGA pivot YoungBoy Never Broke Again
-new Jason Aldean
-Tom MacDonald's tribute song to Charlie Kirk

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 16d

Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.

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Mark Grondin @spectrum-pulse.ca · 16d

Took this long enough to get here.

I review the long-awaited sophomore album from Cardi B, 'Am I The Drama?' - enjoy! youtu.be/FSaHJRTJQZw

Cardi B - Am I The Drama? - Album Review

YouTube video by Spectrum Pulse

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Mark Grondin @spectrum-pulse.ca · 20d

twenty one pilots' worst album. Yeah, I said it.

My review of 'Breach' - enjoy! youtu.be/B8etq0AGcRI

twenty one pilots - Breach - Album Review

YouTube video by Spectrum Pulse

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Mark Grondin @spectrum-pulse.ca · 16d

Somehow I had way too much to say in a Cardi B review. Again.

Stay tuned for tonight, folks!

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Mark Grondin @spectrum-pulse.ca · 17d

Is this an issue of scheme or separation, because I've seen AJ Brown be valuable here...

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Mark Grondin @spectrum-pulse.ca · 21d

This is a big one for me: new Ruston Kelly. So how does it fare?

Well, here's my review of 'Pale, Through The Window' - enjoy! youtu.be/9RoAU6v-a1A

Ruston Kelly - Pale, Through The Window - Album Review

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Mark Grondin @spectrum-pulse.ca · 18d

This song is absolutely beautiful and I will hear no objections youtu.be/kb0H9aI7V08?...

Natalia Lafourcade - Lágrimas Cancioneras

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Mark Grondin @spectrum-pulse.ca · 18d

Sup Patrons, schedule's open! www.patreon.com/posts/139344...

Spectrum Pulse - Schedule Voting - 2025 - #34 | Mark Grondin

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Mark Grondin @spectrum-pulse.ca · 19d

Spending my morning with a good coffee and finally digging into Nicholas Jamerson's music (frontman of Sundy Best, I dunno why I never clocked that until this year!)

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Mark Grondin @spectrum-pulse.ca · 22d

Alright, new episode of Billboard BREAKDOWN - a bit of a cooldown with Justin Bieber's SWAG II, the return of Lady Gaga, and a whole lot of AI discourse - enjoy! youtu.be/j4hi9m6qFE8

Billboard BREAKDOWN - Hot 100 - September 20, 2025 (The Dead Dance, Speed Demon, Sienna, Love Song)

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Mark Grondin @spectrum-pulse.ca · 19d

Let's finish off this messy week with some visceral but vulnerable and affecting black metal, shall we?

From Der Weg einer Freiheit, 'Innern' - it's great, enjoy! #blackmetal youtube.com/shorts/pM6Rc...

Der Weg einer Freiheit - Innern - #albumreview

YouTube video by Spectrum Pulse

youtube.com

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