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DJ @CHIRPRadio (Sun 9p-12m) | Words @mgrmagazine | All things music and baseball
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Joined March 2015
Wrote some stuff about an artist that’s never taken a break from being an artist. Danny Brown consistently shows us what it means to create without fear and embrace humanity, and his newest is no exception. Give it a read if so inclined! https://t.co/XnAVvN99nH
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Five years ago, we claimed Danny Brown was the best artist of the 2010s. Checking in now, he might be in the conversation for the greatest artist of all time.
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Five years ago, we claimed Danny Brown was the best artist of the 2010s. Half a decade later he might be in the conversation for the greatest of all time. On the difference five years makes, QUARANTA, his podcast, and the brilliantly colorful STARDUST.
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Five years ago, we claimed Danny Brown was the best artist of the 2010s. Checking in now, he might be in the conversation for the greatest artist of all time.
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Today is the 20th birthday of an all-time favorite: Illinois by Sufjan Stevens. Thoughts on a modern classic, and what it can mean to us today on a 4th of July that feels less worthwhile than ever. https://t.co/NFUBZZ173n
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On the 20th anniversary of its release, Sufjan Stevens' ILLINOIS reads as a remarkable piece of fiction, a hopeful vision for an America and a Chicago that don't currently exist.
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It's time for the annual CHIRP spring fundraising drive! CHIRP has been around for 15 years spinning local independent music with NO commercials, and it's only possible through listener support. Please consider chipping in $15 to help cheer up 15-year old Jacob. Link below!
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In order to free myself from the cycle of listening to nothing but Bob Dylan for the last 2 months, I've exorcised all my many thoughts from my head into writing. Enter the thunderdome, if you dare. https://t.co/Fy4U1IrlvF
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40 Albums Across 60+ Years
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I simply have no idea how anybody could view this as remotely good for baseball. I'm one of the biggest diehards for the sport you're going to find and I just canceled my MLB TV subscription.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, who already have folks screaming about their payroll, have reached a tentative agreement with free-agent closer Kirby Yates, pending a physical. The deal comes on the heels of signing Tanner Scott to a 4-year, $72 million contract.
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It's done! My 50 favorite albums of 2024 are here for your perusing pleasure, with playlist and more in tow. Give it a look, I hope you see some of your own favorites and maybe find something new you'll love. Happy new year! https://t.co/hajoAteasF
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The Top 50 and Honorable Mentions
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It's done! My 50 favorite albums of 2024 are here for your perusing pleasure, with playlist and more in tow. Give it a look, I hope you see some of your own favorites and maybe find something new you'll love. Happy new year! https://t.co/hajoAteasF
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The Top 50 and Honorable Mentions
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Always a thrill to contribute to the MGRM AOTY list, even moreso this year as they were kind enough to entrust me with the words for the #1 spot (along with #13, 32, 40, 44). Give it a read, give it a listen!
Without further ado, from @charlybliss's FOREVER to @wishy_music_777's TRIPLE SEVEN, @BoldyJames & @HarryFraud's THE BRICKTIONARY to @punchlovemusic's CHANNELS, here are Merry-Go-Round Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2024!
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As a little AOTY list preview here's a dozen of my favorite individual moments in songs from 2024, in no particular order. Highly recommend listening to the whole song to hear these in context!
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currently trying to imagine the kind of guy who would willingly put themselves through the ordeal of traveling from DeKalb, IL to Boise, ID on the Monday before Christmas for the purpose of watching the 8-5 NIU Huskies play in the Famous Idaho Potatoes Bowl
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Caroline is watching Love Actually and is literally doing the "shaking my head at the screen to show I don't approve" thing whenever infidelity is taking place in the movie
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From Coco and Clair Clair doing Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to Mitski doing Pete Seeger, we're happy to finally present: Our Top 50 Covers of 2024!
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I’ve long said that I think the secret of the universe is SOMEWHERE in the song “Visions of Johanna,” like, genuinely one of the greatest songs of all time by a guy who has a lot of 'em. But I should say, treating it like a SoundCloud rap video from the early 2010s is so funny.
Timothée Chalamet singing and dancing to ‘Visions of Johanna’ by Bob Dylan via Instagram.
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"Pretentious" is one of the most flagrantly abused words in the English language, most frequently employed as a cheap shortcut to avoid addressing someone or something on their actual merits. People who have sincere opinions about things they care about are not pretentious!
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ETHAN HOLLIDAY COME ON DOWN
DALLAS — The Washington Nationals have won the 2025 MLB draft lottery. For the third time in franchise history, they will select first (Strasburg in 2009, Harper in 2010) in the draft.
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All of these are terrible other than the one that basically just cleans up the current design. The seal of Illinois is iconic and has a ton of historical value, why replace it with some generic rendition of 21 stars?
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The answer is "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Do they know it's Christmas? Fuckin yeah, probably! Racist ass noble savages ass song, Bono belting out "thank God it's them instead of you" one of the most embarrassing moments in any song I can name.
so what's the worst christmas song? be totally honest, give me the one you absolutely detest
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Not yet including any December release latecomers, my AOTY "shortlist" officially clocks in at 135 albums. Time to get to work!
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