Mikael Wood
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Pop music critic at the Los Angeles Times / “A dour, sour writer whose skeleton is filled with mean little bones” / mikael.wood @latimes .com
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“It’s wild that literally at the beginning of December I was just some guy in his apartment who makes little songs.” Now Lubalin — the guy behind TikTok's brilliant "Internet Drama" videos — is being offered big bags of influencer $$$
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Freeways name-checked so far by Beck tonight at the Hollywood Bowl:
—the 101
—the 10
—the 405
—the 110
—the 105
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“That’s why the passing of Dave blew my mind, because it happened right as they were about to have yet another rebirth.”
thought thru the return of de la soul w help from
@DanteRoss
and
@hankshocklee
and
@dancharnas
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In Jan 1971, Carole King entered A&M Studios on La Brea Ave; 3 weeks later, she left w an album that found its way into every box of LPs in America
On "Tapestry" as it turns 50, w memories&thoughts from
@JamesTaylor_com
,
@SaraBareilles
and plenty more
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Asked Bruno mars and Anderson .paak what distinguishes ’60s soul from ’70s soul
“Different drugs. And the racism was a little different.”
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pondered the Zevonaissance w help from shooter jennings &
@billyjoel
& linda ronstadt &
@TheWarOnDrugs
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talked to some of the many folks w a stake — musical, emotional, financial, biological — in sublime
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Talked w
@PhizLair
, who blew my mind talking about ... Greta Thunberg? “I look into her eyes and I see the death stare that comes from the knowledge of a fact.”
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“This was kind of the final straw for us”: Talked to
@JasonIsbell
and
@amandashires
about quitting the CMA
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dave gahan wore this beautiful jacket for about 8 mins at the depeche mode show
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Spent some time at Rod Stewart’s house, where he struck this pose as naturally as another man might cross his legs (📸
@yamphoto
)
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talked to Seal & Trevor Horn about their power, their pleasure, their pain
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talked to smokey robinson about drugs, ageism and digital marketing
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talked w maren morris about whether the libs have been owned
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Talked to Maren Morris about the Aldeans, Morgan Wallen and her star turn on Fox News
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talked to Flea about a bunch of stuff, including his proximity to any given Laker
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assembled an extremely long oral history of weezer’s blue album thru which i learned:
—rivers cuomo & brian bell have hugged one (1) time
—matt sharp worked in the old monty’s bldg in westwood
—pat wilson “didn’t party” b/t the ages of 20 and 30
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Grammy predictions? Grammy predictions!
🙏🏼 to
@HexPositive
and
@charlesxholmes
for the time and the insight (and the jokes)
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wrote about a standards album — and a singer — unlike any other
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talked w billie eilish about
—her “barbie” ballad (“It’s that existential-crisis vibe”)
—her blond era (“I completely had no idea who I was”)
&
—olivia rodrigo (“I have a song from my last album that’s kind of about her”)
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.
@marymacTV
on Lauer et al: "The problem with having a patriarch ... is that it establishes a patriarchy"
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talked w kacey musgraves abt
—her luminous new album
—whether modern pop stardom is a trap
—drag queens not desecrating society
—maybe covering sza and troye sivan on tour??
w gorgeous 📸 by
@thetylertwins
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Dude didn’t neglect the surface streets:
—Hollywood Boulevard
—Sunset Boulevard
—Santa Monica Boulevard
—Silver Lake Boulevard
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talked to reba mcentire about tennessee’s drag bill (she’s against it), intense eye contact (she’s for it) and the pain of life imitating art
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Shoutout to my Pulitzer-winning L.A. Times colleague
@yamphoto
, who — prior to documenting some of the world’s most impt stories — shot the greatest Rod Stewart portrait in rock ’n’ roll history
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“If the tsunami of grunge had just been a big wave, we would have been responsible for ruining hair metal. Now all those guys go on TV and say Nirvana ended their careers.”
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talked to Billy Joel about a bunch of stuff, including his dislike of his “little kid’s name”
“But the problem with Bill Joel is there’s nothing to it. It’s like a doorbell.”
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“Here you come again, looking better than a body has a right to”
RIP to a master
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"Few bass lines can be said to define an entire West Coast vibe, but Dickerson’s funky maneuvers on 'Low Rider' — along with a well-placed cowbell — did just that."
moving and detailed work, as always, from
@LilEdit
B.B. Dickerson, bassist and co-founder of Southern California band War, dies at 71
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working w suzy meant that live-blogging the eras tour (as we sat next to spencer & heidi??) felt like no work at all
I'm one of 115 who were let go from LAT today. I'm proud of what
@delosLAtimes
accomplished and thank the Guild for securing us severance. I guess now's a good time to finish my novel-slash-screenplay!
Hmu if you need an LA-based writer, singer or DJ: suzy dot exposito at gmail
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This Fleetwood Mac show is legitimately one of the shittiest laziest corniest things I've ever seen
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Fave secondary quote of the year comes from Courtney Love, who says Brett Morgen “directed the fuck out of ‘Moonage Daydream’”
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Talked with
@kayhanley
and
@RachaelLCook
about "Josie and the Pussycats," which accurately predicted so much
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spent a memorable afternoon w cat power talking abt
—bob dylan
—cleopatra’s death
—dating athletes
“They’re great because they get all their testosterone out in their training, so when you’re hanging out with them, it’s just 100% a dude who’s chill”
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Honestly don’t deserve the gig when this dude is out casually spilling 🔥 in a letter to the editor
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loved making (and learning from) this songs-of-the-year list w
@HexPositive
,
@kenandraughorne
and
@AugustBrown
🙏🏼 🎶 ❤️
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Today I learned that kathy bates … maybe opened the door for joni mitchell at newport???
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talked with pink about getting into the conference business?
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pondered the Leonaissance
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Rostam's crafty & stirring "Changephobia" is one of the best things I've heard this year; talked with him about the album, why he left Vampire Weekend (still kind of unclear tbh?) and the problem with pop in a capitalist society
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30 years after “Slanted and enchanted,” talked to Steve malkmus about Pavement’s VERY lucrative catalog
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"You're from the '70s but I'm a '90s bitch" still one of the all-time sickest burns
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“a baseball bat and a can of Coors”
Perk of the job: Getting to interview
@BillieJeanKing
,
@roberthilburn
and
@cidnybullens
for this look back at
@eltonofficial
's legendary 1975 Dodger Stadium concerts.
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“One guy would come down from time to time, but he’d just be like, ‘I want Green Day to sign my copy of this record, I want Dwight Yoakam to sign my guitar.’”
great reporting by
@kenandraughorne
on a crucial landmark of L.A. music history
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talked to the ever-quotable jenny lewis about her enchanting new album, pool-partying w lana del rey, mediocre chain restaurants and vacationing w the jimmy buffett family
“The Buffetts really know how to do it”
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Wait shit what if I can never stop listening to this kacey musgraves album
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Would have loved to have loved this Lady Gaga/Tony Bennett album, but that's not what happened
http://t.co/bS8ho3J4lI
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“Motherfucker, those were my songs!” —
@nilerodgers
recalling what he said to a journalist who recently called Chic “one of the best cover bands of all time”
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on her new album, brandy clark is singer-songwritering at a very high level
as producer, brandi carlile met her there
talked to the two BCs (and some other folks) about how “brandy clark” came together — and where brandy goes from here
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🎵💕🎶✨Is there a word for the way that I’m feeling tonight? / Happy and sad at the same time ✨🎶💕🎵
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Spoke w Roc Nation’s CEO pre-
#SuperBowl
about the costs/benefits of working w the NFL
She says it’s about access: “If tomorrow I find out something crazy, then I can pick up the phone and say, ‘Excuse me, Roger, what is going on?’”
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“‘Sin Miedo’ is a bold proposal to listeners of any ethnicity, but it’s also Uchis’ love letter to the Latina foremothers who paved the way — similarly dauntless artists who were both revered and resented.”
Closing out an unforgettable year in music with a profile of
@KALIUCHIS
, cover star of this week's
@latimes
! "Sin Miedo" is a bold proposition for Latin music industry, so full of heart and Venus power. I want to live in Kali Uchis' dream world. 🌸
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talked to the very funny
@Blondshe11
about righteous anger, custom bucket hats and her killer debut album
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got philip bailey & ronald isley together on zoom ahead of tonight’s verzuz; show me a better pair of former brothers-in-law
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Beard-and-glasses vibe at this Carly rae jepsen concert approaching that of a Spoon show
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Terrible news; R.I.P. to the paper that taught me so much about L.A. (and that once let me do like 1,500 words on smash mouth and sugar ray)
Solidarity with our brothers and sisters laid off today by LA Weekly. They deserved better.
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talked to some folks around for bob dylan’s “time out of mind”; found out dylan once angrily swung a dobro over his head
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“I tell him everything about my life, and Prince says, ‘OK, let me tell you where you went wrong.’”
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grammy week is watching elton john & nancy pelosi watch rita wilson & sebastian yatra tribute smokey robinson & berry gordy like this
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I've considered all the options, and this is my favorite picture of Richard Marx wearing joggers in a desert
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ME: oh sweet I forgot kesha is on jingle ball
ME: damn kesha is crushing this shit
KESHA: please welcome to the stage my friend macklemore!!!
ME:
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Talked to father john misty, who described himself (delightfully/unprintably) as "the ombudsman of this shit"
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Laughed when she said it; laughed when I transcribed it; laughed when I put it in the story
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Im sitting in the reviewer section at the post malone concert and I ..... am all alone
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a more colorful answer than i anticipated from bailey zimmerman
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Bummed that every story about L.A.'s resurgence eventually becomes a list of places to buy things
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In 2013, Robin Thicke told me his dad sometimes offered him songwriting advice: "'If you're doing candy references, how about 'marzipan'?"
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Honored to work with
@HexPositive
and
@AugustBrown
, who handled a hard story with care and determination
“People pass it off as ‘Oh, he’s eccentric,’ or ‘What the hell was she expecting?’ If only it was a stage persona. He’s so much worse than his persona.”
Read the investigation.
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thee willie nelson, a humble king performing at stagecoach in front of a low-res willie nelson and family jpeg and post malone’s equipment under a tarp
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“There’s nothing Nashville loves more than a cash cow, so I’m fully expecting to see Big Loud recording artist Morgan Wallen performing a tearful acoustic comeback single on the 2022 CMA Awards.” Read
@MarissaRMoss
on Big Country's handling of "the cancer"
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