#The Joy of Editing with Dave Kelly

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Dave Kelly of 'The Joy of Editing with Dave Kelly' Takes a First Look at DxO PhotoLab 6 with DeepPRIME XD

Dave Kelly of ‘The Joy of Editing with Dave Kelly’ Takes a First Look at DxO PhotoLab 6 with DeepPRIME XD

We’ve been using DxO PhotoLab Elite 6 as a trial version since it was first released earlier in 2022 and recently purchased an upgrade licence for it and DxO ViewPoint 4 during the Black Friday discounts and sales period.  We have been relying on DxO PhotoLab Elite and its companion applications by DxO as our number one choice for raw file processing, image editing and film simulation and other…

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Pranks Come With Consequences

(TickleTober Day 27: Hysterical)

Summary: Jack takes a prank too far and David wants revenge

Pairing: implied none

Word Count: 1,053

A/N: HELLO FIRST NEWSIES FIC?!?! 😨

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In a cramped and dimly lit room, the unmistakable smell of ink and newsprint lingered in the air. Jack Kelly leaned against a wooden table, a sly grin spreading across his face as he watched David Jacobs furiously review the evening’s edition of the New York World.

“What did you do, Jack?” David’s voice carried an edge, his eyes narrowing as he came across a particular line in the paper—a line he definitely did not write.

“Aw, come on, Davey. It’s just a little joke!” Jack replied, chuckling. “No harm done, right?”

David slammed the paper onto the table, his eyes filled with indignation.

“A joke? You call replacing my carefully crafted sentences with ludicrous innuendos a joke? You jeopardized my credibility!”

Jack’s eyes widened as he registered David’s fury. A sense of dread settled over him, and he stammered,

“Look, I- uh- I didn’t think you’d get this mad... I’m sorry.”

David’s glare deepened, making Jack’s heart skip a beat. Then, with a sudden swiftness, David lunged at him, knocking Jack onto the beat up sofa.

“Oh, you’re gonna be sorry, alright,” David growled.

Before Jack could react, David pinned him down, his fingers swiftly descending towards Jack’s vulnerable sides.

Usually, David was gentle, employing feathery strokes to elicit laughter; but not this time.

This time, he dug his fingers in, scribbling rapidly and relentlessly into the sensitive flesh.

“WHAHAA- DAVEY, STAHAHAP!”

“Say you’re sorry!” David’s voice was stern, but his eyes twinkled.

“EEK- I-I’M SOHOHORRY!!” Cried Jack, flailing aimlessly under the torturous sensations.

“You don’t sound very sorry.”

David shifted to rake over his friends tummy, moving his hands in a circular motion, relishing how Jack’s laughter got louder and his belly seemed to quiver sensitively.

He’d been tickling the blonde for less than two minutes and he was already hysterical, something David found both ridiculous and endearing.

“NOO, DAVEY, MEHEHERCY!!”

The brunette laughed at that, not halting his attack.

“Aw, you don’t like this? It’s just a little joke, remember?” He teased, causing a bright red blush to form on Jack’s face which was adorned with a childlike smile as he thrashed and guffawed.

“NOHOHOHO, DAVE! I CAHAHAHAN’T!!”

Normally, David would relent by now; but in this moment, he was a man of vengeance and he wasn’t gonna stop until he felt that the little prankster had truly learned his lesson.

Besides, anyone with a brain could see the sparkling joy in Jack’s eyes. He was always up for mischief in any way, shape, or form, thus making it enjoyable for the both of them.

David’s nimble fingers wandered up to his victims underarms, drilling his thumbs into the hollows and earning a snort from the boy.

Jack squealed and kicked, slamming his arms down to his sides, which didn’t help at all; in fact, it only seemed to make it tickle more.

“GAHAHAHA- NOT THERE, NOT THEHEHERE!!” He cackled, tears of mirth starting to fall down his face as he wriggled like a worm on a hook, unable to escape the ruthless tickling.

David grinned, digging in harder and making Jack scream with laughter.

“Aw, what’s the matter, Jack? Does this tickle? Does it? Maybe next time, you’ll think of the consequences before pulling a stupid prank like that.”

Jack’s bright boisterous laughter echoed through the room, almost filling it with a feeling of warmth.

“DAVEHEHEHEY!! I-I CAHAHA- MEHER-MERCYYY!”

The troublemakers struggling was beginning to falter, going limp and surrendering to the tickly torment and letting himself be consumed by his own hysterical reactions.

David pulled his hands away for a moment to give Jack a breather, though it was clear by the fire in his eyes that he wasn’t finished quite yet.

“Well? You ready for more tickles?” He teased, wiggling his fingers just above the blonde’s ribs, knowing it was a tickle hot spot.

Jack’s eyes widened comically and his squirming picked up again, renewed with a newfound desperation.

“Oh no. nononono, Davey, plehehehease! I’m sohohorryyy!!” Giggled Jack, tingling with anticipation as he watched those scarily skilled digits inch closer and closer to his most ticklish spot, both eager and dreadful.

“Nope. Not buying it. I don't think you’re truly sorry yet.” Smirked the brunette, a devious glint in his eye.

“I am, I am!! Dahahavey, pleHEHEHEASE- OH GOHOHOD!”

A mixture of snorts, shrieks, and squeals filled the room as Jack was tossed into a bout of hysterics, kicking and thrashing like a wild horse as David’s fingers dug harshly into his ribs, pinching skittering and squeezing the sensitive spot.

“Aw, listen to that beautiful laughter. You’re just too adorable when you’re all helpless and squirmy~” David cooed, delighting in the way Jack’s cheeks managed to flush even darker, taking on a cherry red hue.

“NOHOHOOOO!! D-DAVEY, STOHOHOHOP!” Jack pleaded, struggling to breathe through all the laughter.

“Stop what? Tickling you, or calling you cute?”

“BOHOHOHOTH!! EEK- MEHERCY, MERCEHEHEHEY!!”

Figuring the boy had learned his lesson, David began to ease up; but there was one last thing he wanted to do.

“Alright, I think you’ve learned your lesson. But just to make sure…”

Quickly pulling Jack’s shirt up, David lowered his head and blew a loud raspberry right on the blonde’s ribs, getting a shrill shriek in response.

“NAHAHAH- DAHA- PLEHE- CAHAHAN’T BREHEHEATHE-”

At this point, Jack was nearly incoherent.

His body went completely still and he seemed to lose his voice, with a bright smile glued to his face as, he let his head fall back as he let out silent happy laughter.

Seeing his friend was genuinely struggling to breathe, the brunette pulled away, getting off of the boy and giving him some room to calm down.

“You alright?” He asked, getting a tired nod from Jack who was gasping for air and giggling from the phantom tickles.

“Good. Now let this be a lesson… next time you wanna pull a stupid prank like that, you better be prepared for the consequences.”

Jack nodded frantically, still flushed from the attack.

“Heard you loud and clehehear; no more pranks… for now… hehe” He grinned cheekily, David merely rolling his eyes with exasperation.

“You’re incorrigible, Jack…” David chuckled fondly.

Jack Kelly could be a real handful sometimes, but David, no matter how frustrated he could get with his friend’s shenanigans, wouldn’t have him any other way.

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Back to Life - a New Album from Heritage Singers

Standard Edition

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Singers:    •    Dave Bell    •    Tim Calhoun    •    Marcelo Constanzo    •    Melody Davis    •    Tim Davis    •    Cindy Haffner •    Becki Trueblood Craig    •    Shani Judd Diehl    •    Val Mace Mapa    •    Scott Reed    •    Summer Joy Davis    •    Miguel Verazas

Band:   •    Art Mapa – guitars   •    Austin Mapa – drums   •    Nino Ocampo – bass   •    Joel Umali – keyboards

Technical:   •    Tim Davis – vocal arranger and producer   •    Art Mapa – music arranger, producer, programmer

Deluxe Edition

Bonus Track list:   1.    Perfect / Rest (Ed Sheeran / Jaci Velazquez covers, ft. Pentatonix & Tori Kelly)   2.    Second Chances (Anointed cover, from “Jonah: a VeggieTales movie”, ft. Jennifer Hudson)   3.    Joyful Joyful (Henry van Dyke cover, ft. Lauryn Hill & Tori Kelly)   4.    Praise (Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore cover, ft. Jason Mraz)   5.    I Wanna Praise You (also "Quiero Adorarte" in Spanish bilingual, Impact SDA Multicultural Church's “United In Christ” music group cover, ft. Rosalie Chiang, Isabela Merced, Halle Bailey, Sabrina Carpenter)   6.    The Blessing (Kari Jobe & Cody Carnes cover, ft. LADY GAGA, BARBRA STREISAND, JOSH GROBAN, ARIANA GRANDE, CELINE DION, JASON DERULO, IDINA MENZEL, KELLY CLARKSON, TAYLOR SWIFT, PENTATONIX, JANE LYNCH, TORI KELLY, JENNIFER LOPEZ, STEPHANIE BEATRIZ, ANNA KENDRICK, NSYNC, CECE WINANS, KEKE PALMER, SABRINA CARPENTER, ROSALIE CHIANG, ISABELA MERCED, HALLE BAILEY, JASON MRAZ, JOSH DELA CRUZ, ALLY BROOKE, LAUREN DAIGLE, OLIVIA RODRIGO, LAURYN HILL, BRUNO MARS, BEYONCÉ, ANDREA BOCELLI, MILEY CYRUS, PATTI LABELLE, USHER, JENNIFER HUDSON, JUSTIN BIEBER, SELENA GOMEZ, LECRAE, TOBYMAC, SHAKIRA, KATY PERRY & MEGHAN TRAINOR)   7.    Como dijiste (also "Come Like You Promised" in English, Christine D'Clario cover, ft. Shakira)   8.    Our God (Chris Tomlin cover, ft. CeCe Winans, Keke Palmer, Tori Kelly, Jennifer Hudson & Pentatonix)   9.    What More Can I Give (also "Todo Para Ti" in Spanish, Michael Jackson and the All Stars cover, ft. LADY GAGA, BARBRA STREISAND, JOSH GROBAN, ARIANA GRANDE, CELINE DION, JASON DERULO, IDINA MENZEL, KELLY CLARKSON, TAYLOR SWIFT, PENTATONIX, JANE LYNCH, TORI KELLY, JENNIFER LOPEZ, STEPHANIE BEATRIZ, ANNA KENDRICK, NSYNC, CECE WINANS, KEKE PALMER, SABRINA CARPENTER, ROSALIE CHIANG, ISABELA MERCED, HALLE BAILEY, JASON MRAZ, JOSH DELA CRUZ, ALLY BROOKE, LAUREN DAIGLE, OLIVIA RODRIGO, LAURYN HILL, BRUNO MARS, MICHAEL JACKSON, BEYONCÉ, ANDREA BOCELLI, MILEY CYRUS, PATTI LABELLE, USHER, JENNIFER HUDSON, JUSTIN BIEBER, SELENA GOMEZ, LECRAE, TOBYMAC, SHAKIRA, KATY PERRY & MEGHAN TRAINOR)   10.    We Are the World (USA for Africa cover, ft. ADY GAGA, BARBRA STREISAND, JOSH GROBAN, ARIANA GRANDE, CELINE DION, JASON DERULO, IDINA MENZEL, KELLY CLARKSON, TAYLOR SWIFT, PENTATONIX, JANE LYNCH, TORI KELLY, JENNIFER LOPEZ, STEPHANIE BEATRIZ, ANNA KENDRICK, NSYNC, CECE WINANS, KEKE PALMER, SABRINA CARPENTER, ROSALIE CHIANG, ISABELA MERCED, HALLE BAILEY, JASON MRAZ, JOSH DELA CRUZ, ALLY BROOKE, LAURYN HILL, OLIVIA RODRIGO, LAUREN DAIGLE, BRUNO MARS, MICHAEL JACKSON, BEYONCÉ, STEVIE WONDER, LIONEL RICHIE, DIANA ROSS, ANDREA BOCELLI, MILEY CYRUS, PATTI LABELLE, USHER, JENNIFER HUDSON, JUSTIN BIEBER, SELENA GOMEZ, LECRAE, TOBYMAC, SHAKIRA, KATY PERRY & MEGHAN TRAINOR)

Featured artists:

   LADY GAGA

   BARBRA STREISAND

   JOSH GROBAN

   ARIANA GRANDE

   CELINE DION

   JASON DERULO

   IDINA MENZEL

   KELLY CLARKSON

   TAYLOR SWIFT

   PENTATONIX (Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola, Matt Salee)

   JANE LYNCH

   TORI KELLY

   JENNIFER LOPEZ

   STEPHANIE BEATRIZ

   ANNA KENDRICK

   NSYNC (Justin Timberlake, Joey Fatone, Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick, and JC Chasez)

   CECE WINANS

   KEKE PALMER

   LA DIVA QUARTET (Rosalie Chiang, Isabela Merced, Halle Bailey, Sabrina Carpenter)

   LAURYN HILL

   JASON MRAZ

   LAUREN DAIGLE

   JOSH DELA CRUZ

   ALLY BROOKE

   BRUNO MARS

   LAURYN HILL

   ANDREA BOCELLI

   MILEY CYRUS

   PATTI LABELLE

   BEYONCÉ

   JENNIFER HUDSON

   JUSTIN BIEBER

   SELENA GOMEZ

   LECRAE

   TOBYMAC

   SHAKIRA

   KATY PERRY

   MEGHAN TRAINOR

   OLIVIA RODRIGO

   USHER

Visit the Heritage singers' website at:

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Neurosis - The Word As Law (Reissues. Remastered Edition released on August 25th, 2017 & Japanese Edition released on May 3rd, 2000) [Originally released on June 1990] Country: United States Genre: Hardcore Punk

Lineup: Scott Kelly - Vocals, Guitars Stephen Vontill - Vocals, Guitars Dave Edwardson - Vocals, Bass Jason Roeder - Drums

Tracks 1 - 8 are taken from Remastered Edition

Tracks 9 - 17 are taken from Japanese Edition

Tracklist:

Double Edged Sword - 04:02

The Choice - 04:02

Obsequious Obsolescence - 05:07

To What End? - 06:18

Tomorrow's Reality - 05:43

Common Inconsistencies - 04:21

Insensitivity - 00:46

Blisters - 07:13

Life On Your Knees - 02:52

Pain of Mind - 03:08

Grey - 03:00

United Sheep - 03:12

Pollution - 04:06

Day of the Lords (Joy Division Cover) - 04:54

Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (Discharge Cover) - 01:36

Obsequious Obsolescence (Live) - 04:28

Common Inconsistencies (Live) - 03:37

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The Fourth Annual Davey Awards - The Nominees!

Hello! Every year I hold the annual Davey Awards for brilliance in motion pictures that move. This is our fourth year, and it promises to be one that is a year. Let's get to the nominees. Please note that there are some big movies (The Boy and the Heron, Poor Things, The Iron Claw, Ferrari, Wonka, The Taste of Things, for example) that I haven't been able to see and won't be able to see for a while. However, The Boy and the Heron's score was released to streaming services recently and I like the little impatient so-and-so that I am listened to it, and felt compelled to include it for consideration. Without further adieu:

THE 4TH ANNUAL DAVEY AWARDS® NOMINEES

BEST PICTURE

THE ADULTS

ASTEROID CITY

BARBIE

BLACKBERRY

THE HOLDOVERS

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

MAESTRO

MAY DECEMBER

OPPENHEIMER

PAST LIVES

BEST DIRECTOR

GRETA GERWIG - BARBIE

MATT JOHNSON - BLACKBERRY

MARTIN SCORSESE - KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

TODD HAYNES - MAY DECEMBER

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN - OPPENHEIMER

KELLY REICHARDT - SHOWING UP

BEST ACTOR - LEAD

MICHAEL CERA - THE ADULTS as ERIC

HANNAH GROSS - THE ADULTS as RACHEL

SANDRA HÜLLER - ANATOMY OF A FALL as SANDRA VOYTER

JASON SCHWARTZMAN - ASTEROID CITY as AUGIE STEENBECK/JONES HALL

PAUL GIAMATTI - THE HOLDOVERS as PAUL HUNHAM

LEONARDO DI CAPRIO - KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON as ERNEST BURKHART

LILY GLADSTONE - KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON as MOLLY KYLE

JONATHAN GROFF - KNOCK AT THE CABIN as ERIC

BRADLEY COOPER - MAESTRO as LEONARD BERNSTEIN

SALMA HAYEK-PINAULT - MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE as MAXANDRA MENDOZA

NATALIE PORTMAN - MAY DECEMBER as ELIZABETH BERRY

GRETA LEE - PAST LIVES as NORA MOON

DAVID JONSSON - RYE LANE as DOM

VIVIAN OPARAH - RYE LANE as YAS

RUPERT FRIEND - THE SWAN as NARRATOR/PETER WATSON

TEYANA TAYLOR - A THOUSAND AND ONE as INEZ DE LA PAZ

BEST ACTOR - SUPPORTING

SOPHIA LILLIS - THE ADULTS as MAGGIE

MILO MACHADO-GRANER - ANATOMY OF A FALL as DANIEL MALESKI

RACHEL McADAMS - ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET as BARBARA SIMON

RYAN GOSLING - BARBIE as KEN

KATE McKINNON - BARBIE as WEIRD BARBIE

GLENN HOWERTON - BLACKBERRY as JIM BALSILLIE

KIEFER SUTHERLAND - THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL as QUEEG

DA’VINE JOY RANDOLPH - THE HOLDOVERS as MARY LAMB

DOMINIC SESSA - THE HOLDOVERS as ANGUS TULLY

HARRIET SANSOM HARRIS - JULES as SANDY

ROBERT DeNIRO - KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON as WILLIAM KING HALE

DAVE BAUTISTA - KNOCK AT THE CABIN as LEONARD BROCHT

CHARLES MELTON - MAY DECEMBER as JOE YOO

JULIANNE MOORE - MAY DECEMBER as GRACIE ATHERTON-YOO

EMILY BLUNT - OPPENHEIMER as KITTY OPPENHEIMER

HONG CHAU - SHOWING UP as JO

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Dustin Guy Defa - THE ADULTS 

Wes Anderson, Story by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola - ASTEROID CITY

David Hemingson - THE HOLDOVERS

Samy Burch, Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik - MAY DECEMBER

Nathan Bryon & Tom Melia - RYE LANE

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach - BARBIE (Based on the toy brand by Mattel)

Matt Johnson & Matthew Miller - BLACKBERRY (Based on the book Losing Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry by Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff)

Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese - KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Based on the book of the same name by David Grann)

Steve Desmond & Michael Sherman and M. Night Shyamalan - KNOCK AT THE CABIN (Based on the book The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay)

Christopher Nolan - OPPENHEIMER (Based on the book American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 

Simon Beaufils - ANATOMY OF A FALL

Jared Raab - BLACKBERRY

Jarin Blaschke, Lowell A. Meyer - KNOCK AT THE CABIN

Matthew Libatique - MAESTRO

Olan Collardy - RYE LANE

BEST EDITING

Laurent Sénéchal - ANATOMY OF A FALL

Lucy Donaldson - A HAUNTING IN VENICE

Thelma Schoonmaker - KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

Michelle Tesoro - MAESTRO

Jennifer Lame - OPPENHEIMER

BEST SCORE

Alexandre Desplat - ASTEROID CITY

Joe Hisaishi - THE BOY AND THE HERON

Robbie Robertson - KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

Ludwig Göransson - OPPENHEIMER

Christopher Bear, Daniel Rossen - PAST LIVES

Gary Gunn - A THOUSAND AND ONE

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Des. Adam Stockhausen, Set Dec. Xocas Montes, Kris Moran - ASTEROID CITY

Des. Sarah Greenwood, Set Dec. Katie Spencer - BARBIE

Des. Ryan Warren Smith, Set Dec. Markus Wittmann - THE HOLDOVERS

Des. Jack Fisk, Set Dec. Adam Willis - KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

Des. Anthony Stabley, Set Dec. Salinas Mazure Maria - SAW X

COSTUME DESIGN

Milena Canonero - ASTEROID CITY

Jacqueline Durran - BARBIE

Sammy Sheldon - A HAUNTING IN VENICE

Jacqueline West - KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

Cynthia Lawrence-John - RYE LANE

MAKEUP

BEAU IS AFRAID

BLACKBERRY

JULES

SAW X

THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR

VISUAL EFFECTS

ASTEROID CITY

THE KILLER

OPPENHEIMER

SAW X

THE SWAN

SOUND

ASTEROID CITY

BEAU IS AFRAID

THE KILLER

MAESTRO

OPPENHEIMER

ANIMATED FILM

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE

SHORT FILM

Terrence Davies - PASSING TIME

Wes Anderson - THE SWAN

Warren Beatty - TRACY ZOOMS IN

Wes Anderson - THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR

---- We of course announced our honorary Davey winners earlier this month. The list of winners will be released next month. Happy movies.

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FEATURE: A Soundtrack for the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? Do you notice the colder nights and the mall decorations? That’s because the holidays are almost upon us, and what better way to get into a festive mood than to blast a Christmas playlist all day long? For that, we prepared a list of songs for the season just for you! From parties with karaoke sessions to chill family nights, it’s all here.

Photo edited by: Charlize Yamo

Christmas festivities wouldn’t be complete without the classics that we all know and love. Even though we normally don’t hear them outside of the holiday season, somehow, we can sing all the words as soon as the first note plays. Here are three of those songs:

All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee

If you’re tired of the classics and are looking for more mainstream pop sounds, we have some tunes just for you. These are perfect for when you’re at a Christmas party and it’s time to play games or indulge in the potluck:

25th by Tori Kelly Alone for Christmas by Ty Dolla $ign, Kiana Lede Here This Christmas by Gwen Stefani Marry Christmas by salem ilese My Only Wish (This Year) by Britney Spears Santa Tell Me by Ariana Grande Only When It Snows by Nova Miller

After the high-energy party vibe, it’s time to chill. Put on some background music while chatting and opening gifts with your family, like these:

What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? by The Carpenters I Wish It Would Snow by Dave Barnes Home For The Holidays by Matt Belsante Santa Baby by Haley Reinhart Christmas at Home by Madison Olds, Nearly York

Some people also spend the holidays with their special someone. Though it’s not Valentine’s Day, there’s no shortage of Christmas love songs. Among those, we picked three of the best to share. Of course, these can be enjoyed regardless if you’re single, dating, crushing on someone who doesn’t like you back, or in a complicated situationship:

The Greatest Gift by Leroy Sanchez One I’ve Been Missing by Little Mix Think of Christmas by Anne-Marie

There are also many things about Christmas in the Philippines that can only be captured by OPM. One of them is caroling which happens every year, without fail. Aside from the iconic caroling staples Sa May Bahay Ang Aming Bati and Ang Pasko Ay Sumapit, we also have well-known ABS-CBN Christmas Station IDs such as Star ng Pasko (2009), Thank You for The Love (2015), and Magkasama Tayo Sa Kwento Ng Pasko (2013). But that’s not all there is to OPM Christmas songs. Here are a few bops that perfectly encapsulate the Filipino Christmas experience:

Halo-halo by The Itchyworms Bibingka by Ben&Ben No Snow by Reese Lansangan Araw-Araw Pasko by Matthios, Gloc 9

No matter what kind of music you’re into, Christmas songs will always evoke a feeling of joy and nostalgia that cannot be accomplished by other songs. It reminds us of parols in October, Noche Buena, approaching our relatives with our hands ready to receive red angpaos, Simbang Gabi, and the season of giving. The holiday season would be incomplete without the accompaniment of Christmas carols.

As a little gift, we prepared a Spotify playlist that you can blast at your next Christmas party: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/64YIXg8YIPKpyqUtV8Hocx?si=f028338959724e42 //by Charlize Yamo

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a Fjord/Jester playlist 21 songs / 1 hr, 17 min

I was going for episodes 100 - 120 vibes with this playlist. This kinda-sorta has an order, but can also be listened to on shuffle with no consequences. There are some Fjord songs, some Jester songs, some for both of them. Enjoy!

I’m going to write my favorite line(s) from each song below the cut.

Are You Alright? / Ulrik Munther

But at times when I’m feeling low I doubt who I am, who you are, and what the future holds But I try not to let it show Cause I don’t want to worry you

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic / Sleeping At Last

Every time that I come near her I just lose my nerve as I’ve done from the start

Talk to Me / Dave Thomas Junior

Take my truth and tell me yours

What Have I Done / Dermot Kennedy

I wanna get it right for once Oh, I’ve been knocked out and beat but this feeling is fleeting

Wait For Me / Jack Curley

You know I’d never give up Hoping I’m the one you’re thinking of Even though it hurts you know that I will do it again

I Want To Hold Your Hand / T.V. Carpio

It’s such a feeling that, my love I can’t hide

Take Your Time / Humbear

You’ve built some walls up that might need to come down Take your time And if you need a hand take mine

Walls - Naked Edition / Ruben

But you need to understand I don’t do this See I’m a brick away and I had one call I need you now

Atlas: Heart / Sleeping At Last

I am short of breath standing next to you

Sea Meets Earth / Fever Fever

And I am just waiting for the time to be right To tell you how I’ve loved you for a while

Waterfall / The Mayries

You’ve been seeking I’ve been hiding out Use your love it scares me so deep down You may find me ‘cause my heart beats loud so loud It beats fast in the places where you touched me last

Lose It / Oh Wonder

Find a place and lose it You can do it Won’t you dance with me?

Love / Nathan Wagner

I promise I won’t let you feel alone Though all the world can be so cold I’ll keep you warm, I’ll keep you warm Just let me in

Human / dodie, Tom Walker

Will you share your soul with me? Unzip your skin and let me have a see

Oops I couldn’t pick just one for this song.

I want to give you your grin So tell me you can’t bear a room that I’m not in

All My Days / Alexi Murdoch

Now I see clearly it’s you I’m looking for All of my days Soon I’ll smile I know I’ll feel this loneliness no more All of my days

Silence / Before You Exit

Know that I’ll always be waiting Do you believe what I’m saying I’m in no hurry

Easy / Alice Kristiansen

Would you mind sleeping under stars Cause I couldn’t stand it If we missed our chance to take it too far

Till Forever (Acoustic) / Joy Williams

I keep choosing to love you again every morning

Yours (Alternate Version) / Robert Shirey Kelly

But you don’t ever have to wonder Winter’s slumber to the summertime I’m always on your side

Dancing When I Die / Heather Janssen

Yes I am scared to face the end To leave it all behind So promise me you’ll stay

Hold Me / The Sweeplings

Will you hold me while the waves sing us to sleep Will you hold me while the waves rock us gently

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WHO WOULD YA BE WITHOUT YR FRIENDS? from Rick Berlin on Vimeo.

Soon after the pandemic hit and I stopped working (St Pats) my roommate, Alex Gang, pointed out that I wasn’t getting any exercise. (At Doyles I clocked in between 3-5 miles a night walking all over the joint.) Thus began, at Alex’s urging, The Walkabouts. The ‘constitutionals’. I loved it. The slowing down pace, the places I’d hurtle past in a car. On my own it could sometimes feel like obligatory homework, but once outside, I was happy to be there. Solo was cool but I realized that if I could ask a friend of mine to walk with me, conversation would quicken the time. Since I’ve not been to the Behan or was yet to land a new job, my social life was void. But on these walks my friend(s) and I would have conversations that lasted a lot longer than they might have at a bar or glancing off co-workers in a ping pong rush. An hour, give or take, was a super good time for all those reasons. Some friends I hadn’t seen for nearly 20 years showed up. Dave Richmond (long ago ally at those Jacques Cabaret clubhouse nights) brought a bag of ‘magic rocks’ which I’d hand out (until I ran outa them) to whomever was with me. Ever the annoying ‘Dad’ Documentarian, I took evidence selfies so I could post em up on facebook. Then #thenickelanddimeband wound up back in the studio to work on a 7 song ep. ‘Who Would Ya Be Without Yr Friends?’ was one of the tunes. Back in 2019 during my surgery convalescence I asked Shamus Moynihan how I could thank everyone who chipped in on a GoFundMe site for the weeks I was outa work. ‘Write a song,’ he said. This is that song, only the 2nd blues song I’ve revere written, and, I suspect, with the exact same changes.

Note: God knows I’m lucky to have as many friends in my life as I do. Aren’t we all? But for this video I stuck with my MO of only including people who walked the walk or whom I ran into along the way. The song is also for those who live too far away or who for some reason I never asked to join up with me. All apologies on that.

Cast:

Band:

Robert Manochio (guitar) Ricky McLean (guitar) David Goodchild (bass) Chris Antonowich (kit) Jane Mangini (organ,/keys)

Thomas Wenzl (engineer/Bitch Kitty Studio) Brian Charles (mastering/Zippah Recording Studios)

Art: Jake Walker

Song: Berlin

ASCAP LKobsterland Publishing

Edit: Berlin

Fab Walkabout Friends (the look in their eyes says it all):

Silvio Neef (and his dog Cooper) , Ricky NcLean (and his dog Halle), Andrea Juan, Gavin Juan, Mickey O’connell Sholes, Gary O’Connell, Jill Petruzziello, David Doyle, Dylan Doyle, Sam Brown, Bri Hayes, Sarah Davey, Erin Marie, Emily Keane, Miranda McLean, Timothy Newell, Lynn Newell, Maggie Newell, Jeff Chasse, Alan Anderson, Alex Gang ,David Goodchild, Elizabeth Goodchild, Charlie Goodchild, Beau Goodchild, Chris Antonowich, Alex Antonowich, Annabelle Antonowich, Thomas Wenzl, Makala Noble, Bodhi Wenzl/Noble, Larry Owen (& his dog, Tetsy), Randy Owen, Jillian Higgins, Kara Higgins, Shamus Moynihan, Margie Nicoll, Nick Kent, Matt York, James Sullivan (& his dog Orwell), Kelly Ransom, David Richmond (magic rocks), David Mueller, Sam (fishing), Mike Condon, Jeff Leistyna, Jay Balerna, Kristin Johnson, Eric Eino Johnson, Ed Markey, Henry Horenstein, Christiane Robinson, Jay Menekse, Nicole Poirier, Joe Stewart, Jessica Murtha, Smilo, Colleen Scanlan, Larry Cronin, Joy Boulware, Winston Bramin, Sam Dudley, Will Hofstadter, Todd Scherer Drogy, John Hanifin, Nancy Hanifin, Mahlon Hanifin, Mary Regan, Kim Everett, Erik Mayberg, Paul Letarte, Rebecca Siggelkoe, Billy Squire, Kenny Tilton, Nancy Flood, Rene Rives, Rocky (’s asshole), Sandra Jordan, Rob Monaghan, Ben McClure, Hollie Sullivan (#FoMu), Brian McCaffrey, Mailman, Herb Smith

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Songs From 2019 (one per artist)

Another mixed bag of stuff i either enjoyed a lot, thought was excellent or interesting (regardless of taste… sort of), emerging artists to maybe look out for, and generally music that for whatever reason connected with me in some way, including the odd earworm i just couldn’t shake. Some artists are left off just to vary a little more from some other popular lists. Hope you enjoy some of this too and find something new to be taken by. Please do buy their music if you can and hopefully from a local independent record store if possible to support their work. There’s a spotify playlist (below) for easier listening but I’ve also posted a few links to extra things on some of them if you want to check them out.  Spotify:

(As ever…. as i don’t tumblr or blog or anything (besides this list), this won’t be seen by many (if any?) people so if you like it or think it’s of any worth in any way, please do share this along)

In Alphabetical order:

A.A. Bondy - Killers 3 Abdallah Oumbadougou - Thingalene Alasdair Roberts - Common Clay Alex Rex - Latest Regret Andy Shauf - Try Again Angel Bat Dawid - We Are Starzz Angel Olsen - All Mirrors        bonus. her collab with Mark Ronson “True Blue” Anne Müller - Solo? Repeat! Antoinette Konan - Kokoloko Tani Arthur Russell - Words Of Love Asmâa Hamzaoui and Bnat Timbouktou - Sandia Baby Rose - All To Myself BCI - Grateful Bedouine - When You’re Gone Benny The Butcher - Crowns For Kings      ft. Black Thought Ben Walker - Afon Better Oblivion Community Center - Chesapeake Beverly Glenn-Copeland - A Little Talk     (from a reissue of her 2004 record Primal Prayer) Bibio - Curls The Big Moon - It’s Easy Then Big Thief - a. Not    b. Cattails    (from 2 excellent albums released in the same year: “U.F.O.F” and “Two Hands”) Bill Callahan - a. What Comes After Certainty    b. The Ballad Of The Hulk Bill Fay - Filled With Wonder Once Again Bill Orcutt - Odds Against Tomorrow billy woods - a. Spongebob w/ Kenny Segal     b. Western Education Is Forbidden    ft. Fielded        (From 2 excellent records this year: “Hiding Places” with Kenny Segal, and “Terror Management”) Black Country, New Road - Sunglasses Blu & Oh No - The Lost Angels Anthem    ft. Kezia Bon Iver - Hey, Ma Bonnie “Prince” Billy - Beast For Thee Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman      (”supergroup” of the great Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D Johnson & Josh Kaufman) Brent Cobb & Jade Bird - Feet Off The Ground Brighde Chaimbeul -  O Chiadain an Lo Brigyn - Oer Brittany Howard - Stay High    (the video for this, with Terry Crews, is a delight) Bruce Hornsby - Voyager One    ft. yMusic Burd Ellen - Sweet Lemany Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh and Thomas Bartlett - Kestrel Caribou - You and I Caroline Polachek - Door Cate Le Bon - Daylight Matters Caterina Barbieri - Arrows Of Time Clairo - Bags Cochemea - Mitote comfort - Not Passing The Cool Greenhouse - Cardboard Man    (a pretty hilarious song about David Cameron) CRAC - You Can’t Turn Your Back On Me    (Unreleased old track from ‘76) Cross Record - PYSOL My Castle CZ Wang and Neo Image - Just Off Wave Damon Locks / Black Monument Ensemble - a. Rebuild a Nation   b. Power Daniel Norgren - The Flow Danny Brown - Dirty Laundry Daphni - Sizzling    ft. Paradise Daughter Of Swords - Fellows      (Mountain Man member Alexandra Sauser-Monnig’s 1st solo record) Dave - Psycho David Kilgour - Smoke You Right Out Of Here David Thomas Broughton - Ambiguity     (from the 15th anniversary reissue of his remarkable debut album, The Complete Guide To Insufficiency) Denzel Curry - RICKY Destroyer - Crimson Tide Dry Cleaning - Dog Proposal Dubi Dolczek - Do The Gloop Durand Jones & The Indications - Long Way Home Ela Orleans - The Season      (From 2012 but on a career retrospective, Movies For Ears, put out this year) Elkhorn - Song Of The Son Emile Mosseri - a. The Last Black Man In San Francisco b. San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)    ft. Mike Marshall         (both from the wonderful score for the wonderful film The Last Black Man In San Francisco, the latter a cover of an old song sung here by the guy who sang “I Got 5 On It”!!) Erland Cooper - Haar Ernest Hood - Saturday Morning Doze        (from a re-issue of his “self-released proto-ambient masterpiece” in ‘75) Fat White Family - Feet Faye Webster - Room Temperature Fennesz - In My Room Fernando Falcão -  As 7 Filhas Da Rainha Sumaia     (reissue from ‘87) FKA twigs - cellophane Florist - Shadow Bloom Flowdan - Welcome To London Fontaines D.C. - Roy’s Tune Four Tet / KH - Only Human French Vanilla - All The Time Gang Starr - Family and Loyalty   ft. J. Cole Georgia - About Work The Dancefloor Girl Band - Shoulderblades The Good Ones - Will You Be My Protector?   (of Rwanda) Grand Veymont - Les Rapides Bleus       (of France) Gyedu-Blay Ambolley - Sunkwa     (of Ghana) Hailaker - Not Much HAIM - Summer GIrl Hana Vu - Actress Hand Habits - placeholder Hannah Cohen - Get In Line The Harlem Gospel Travellers - If You Can’t Make It Through A Storm Hayden Thorpe - Diviner     (Former Wild Beasts frontman’s debut solo record) Helado Negro - Running The Highwomen - Redesigning Women Hiss Golden Messenger - I Need A Teacher Holly Herndon - Frontier Homeboy Sandman - Far Out Hoops - They Say Hotel Neon & Blurstem - Language Of Loss House and Land - Rainbow ‘Mid Life’s Willows Ibibio Sound Machine - Wanna Come Down IDER - Saddest Generation The Innocence Mission - On Your Side International Teachers Of Pop - I Stole Yer Plimsoles    ft. Jason Williamson (of Sleaford Mods) Jacken Elswyth - The Banks Of Green Williow Jaimie Branch - nuevo roquero estéreo Jake Xerxes Fussell - The River St. Johns Jamila Woods - ZORA Jayda G - Leave Room 2 Breathe Jenny Hval - Ashes To Ashes       Jenny Lewis - Red Bull and Hennessy Jesca Hoop - Outside of Eden     ft. Kate Stables (of This Is The Kit) and Jesca’s 12 year-old nephew Justis. This live performance is so sweet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUPmE_hU7Ss Jessica Pratt - As The World Turns Joanna Sternberg - This Is Not Who I Want To Be Joan Shelley - Cycle John Blek - North Star Lady Jordan Rakei - Say Something        bonus. under his DJ pseudonym: Dan Kye - Focus Jo Schornikow - Incomplete Joseph Shabason - West of Heaven Julianna Barwick - evening Junius Paul - Baker’s Dozen Kali Malone - Spectacle Of Ritual Kate Teague - Sweetheart Kate Tempest - a. Firesmoke    b. People’s Faces Kelly Moran - Halogen (Una Corda)       (from a record full of all the bare piano parts she played for her prior record before all the editing and processing) Kim Gordon - Air BnB Kindness - Hard To Believe     ft. Jazmine Sullivan KOKOKO! - Buka Dansa     (Congolese collective upcycling discarded materials to make their instruments) Konradsen - Baby Hallelujah     (of Norway) Lambchop - Everything For You Laura Cannell - a. Sing As The Crow Flies     b. Flaxen Fields Laura Stevenson - Lay Back, Arms Out Le Groupe Obscur -  Planète Ténèbres Leonard Cohen - Happens To The Heart Leo Svirsky - River Without Banks Little Simz - 101 FM Lizzo - Tempo   ft. Missy Elliot Loren Conors & Daniel Carter - Departing Lou Roy - Bite Low Chord - Walkk Lower Dens - Galapagos Mahalia - What You Did    ft. Ella Mai Majja - Black James Dean Maria Somerville - This Way Maria Usbeck - Amor Anciano Mary Halvorson & John Dieterich - Vega’s Array      (Mary the recipient of the MacArthur “Genius” Grant this year, because she is) Mary Lattimore & Mac McCaughan - IV Matana Roberts - As Far As The Eye Can See Meitei - Ike Melanie Charles - Trill Suite, No. 1 (Daydreaming/Skylark) The Menzingers - Anna Messiahs Of Glory - No Other Love      (from a collection of rare black gospel from the Midwest between ‘65-’78 put out on Tompkins Square) Mica Levi - a. Hosting     b. Lobo y Lady (from the excellent Colombian film Monos) Michael Abels - a. I Got 5 On It (Tethered Mix)    b. Pas De Deux (both from the terrific score to the excellent Jordan Peele film, Us) Michael Kiwanuka - Living In Denial Michael Nau - Poor Condition Mike Adams At His Honest Weight - Wonderful To Love Minor Pieces - Rothko      (duo of Ian William Craig & newcomer Missy Donaldson) Modern Nature - Footsteps Molly Sarlé - Twisted      (Mountain Man member’s 1st solo record) Moodymann - I’ll Provide Moon Duo - Stars Are The Light Moor Mother - After Images Moses Boyd - Stranger Than Fiction Moses Sumney - Polly Mount Eerie & Julie Doiron - Love Without Possession MSYLMA - Inqirad (Rihab-U Dhakir)     (Saudi Arabia) The Murder Capital - Don’t Cling To Life Nardeydey - Freefalling The National - Rylan   ft. Kate Stables (of This Is The Kit) The New Pornographers - Falling Down The Stairs Of Your Smile Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - a. Waiting For You   b. Bright Horses   c. Night Raid Nivhek - After Its Own Death: Side A    (Liz Harris of Grouper) Noname - Song 32 Octo Octa - Move Your Body ODD OKODDO - Auma      (Kenyan/German duo) Øyvind Torvund - Starry Night      (Norwegian composer) Pet Shop Boys - Burning The Heather Petter Eldh - Fanfarum for Komarum II Porridge Radio - Give/Take PREGOBLIN - Combustion Purple Mountains - a. Snow Is Falling In Manhattan    b. All My Happiness Is Gone   c. That’s Just The Way That I Feel Quelle Chris - Obamacare Quinie - Whas At The Windy Rapsody - Ibtihaj   ft. D’Angelo & GZA Reb Fountain - Faster Rian Treanor - ATAXIA_A1 Richard Dawson - Two Halves Robert Stillman - All Are Welcome Róisín Murphy - Incapable Rosalía - Milionària Rosenau & Sanborn - Saturday Rozi Plain - Symmetrical Ruth Garbus - Strash Sam Lee - The Moon Shines Bright   ft. Elizabeth Fraser (of Cocteau Twins) Sam Wilkes - Run Sandro Perri - Soft Landing SAULT - Smile and Go Seabuckthorn - To Which The Rest Were Dreamt serpentwithfeet - Receipts    ft. Ty Dolla $ign Sessa - Flor do Real         (of Brazil) Sheer Mag - Hardly To Blame Shit and Shine - No No No No Sinead O Brien - A Thing You Call Joy Siobhan Wilson - Plastic Grave Six Organs Of Admittance - Two Forms Moving Sleaford Mods - Kebab Spider Slow Meadow - Artificial Algorithm Snowy - EFFED    ft. Jason Williamson (of Sleaford Mods) SOAK - Knock Me Off My Feet Solange - Binz Sophie Crawford - A Miner’s Life Squid - Houseplants         bonus. Their cover of Robert Wyatt’s  “PIgs..... In There at End of the Road Festival) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DktZtQbo-YU Stella Donnelly - Old Man SUSS - Ursa Major Swamp Dogg - Sleeping Without You Is A Dragg   ft. Justin Vernon & Jenny Lewis Tami T - Birthday  Tenesha The Wordsmith - Why White Folks Can’t Call Me Nigga Theon Cross - Activate     ft. Moses Boyd & Nubya Garcia Thom Yorke - Dawn Chorus Tierra Whack - Wasteland Tim Hecker - That World Tiny Leaves - Respair Toya Delazy - Funani         (of South Africa) Twain - Death (Or S.F.?) Twin Peaks - Dance Through It Tyler Childers - All Your’n Vagabon - Water Me Down Vampire Weekend - This Life Vanishing Twin - Magicians Success Velvet Negroni - Confetti Vendredi Sur Mer - Chewing-Gum      (of France) Victoria Monét - Ass Like That Vieo Abiungo - Cobble Together Visible Cloaks - Stratum      ft. Yoshio Ojima & Satsuki Shibano Warmduscher - Midnight Dipper Weyes Blood - Andromeda Wilco - Love Is Everywhere (Beware) William Tyler - Our Lady Of The Desert Willie Scott & The Birmingham Spirituals - Keep Your Faith To The Sky     (from a collection of obscure 70′s era gospel on Luaka Bop, “The Time For Peace Is Now - Gospel Music About Us”) Xylouris White - Tree Song Ye Vagabonds - The Foggy Dew Zsela - Noise

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TRANSCENDENCE

CD 1: https://we.tl/nnKYopGtZe

CD 2: https://we.tl/1fONx5mbmK

CD 3: https://we.tl/kRTojazeQo

CD 4: https://we.tl/mBSMrToMpi

Sabotage Records Catalogue : #475-#478 Type: 4 CD Play Length: 79:45 / 79:50 / 79:51 / 79:53 Date: March 2016 Quality: Audience Recordings EX- / EX+ Release Year: 2017

Track Listing

Disc One 01-Piano & A Microphone Tour Intro I – Confluence (instr.) (John Williams – Memoirs Of A Geisha) 02-Piano & A Microphone Tour Intro II – The Departure (instr.) (Gabriel Yared – L’amant) 03-I Would Die 4 U 04-Baby, I’m A Star 05-The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker 06-Dolphin_ Heroes (David Bowie) 07-I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man 08-Use Me (Bill Withers) 09-How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore (edits) 10-Waiting In Vain (Bob Marley) (edits)_ If I Was Your Girlfriend 11-Eye Love U, But Eye Don’t Trust U Anymore 12-Indifference 13-A Million Days 14-Black Sweat 15-Kiss 16-Little Red Corvette_ Dirty Mind_ Linus And Lucy (Vince Guaraldi) 17-The Beautiful Ones 18-Take Me With U 19-Raspberry Beret 20-Starfish And Coffee 21-Paisley Park 22-Purple Music_ Free Urself w_ reprise

Disc Two 01-Nothing Compares 2 U 02-Purple Rain 03-Big City 04-Girl 05-Look At Me, Look At U_ A Case Of U 06-U Got The Look (blues) 07-The Question Of U (instr.) 08-Elephants & Flowers 09-I Feel For You 10-Controversy 11-I Would Die 4 U 12-Baby, I’m A Star 13-Little Red Corvette_ Dirty Mind 14-The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker_ Four 15-Brazilian Tune (instr.) 16-I Love U In Me 17-Paisley Park 18-How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore 19-1.000 Xs & Os 20-Somewhere Here On Earth_ Diamonds And Pearls 21-Kiss 22-New Position

Disc Three 01-Piano & A Microphone Tour Intro I – Confluence (instr.) (John Williams – Memoirs Of A Geisha) 02-Piano & A Microphone Tour Intro II – The Departure (instr.) (Gabriel Yared – L’amant) 03-Joy In Repetition 04-Girl 05-Look At Me, Look At U 06-The Most Beautiful Girl In The World 07-I Feel For You 08-Controversy 09-Little Red Corvette_ Dirty Mind_ Linus And Lucy (Vince Guaraldi) 10-Elephants & Flowers 11-I Would Die 4 U 12-Baby, I’m A Star 13-Cream 14-Black Muse 15-Take Me With U 16-Raspberry Beret 17-Starfish And Coffee 18-Paisley Park 19-Black Sweat 20-Kiss 21-First encore break 22-How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore 23-Waiting In Vain (Bob Marley)_ If I Was Your Girlfriend 24-A Case Of U (Joni Mitchell) 25-Second encore break

Disc Four 01-Purple Music w_ Free Urself (chant) 02-Nothing Compares 2 U 03-Third encore break 04-Adore 05-Somewhere Here On Earth 06-Diamonds And Pearls 07-The Beautiful Ones 08-Purple Rain 09-Revelation (studio version with live ending from Paisley Park Sound Stage, 19 April 2015) 10-BET Awards 2016_ Introduction by Dave Chappelle (Microsoft Theater, L.A., CA, 26 June 2016) 11-The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker by Erykah Badu and The Roots (BET Awards, L.A., CA, 26 June 2016) 12-The Beautiful Ones by Bilal and The Roots (BET Awards, L.A., CA, 26 June 2016) 13-Tell Me Something Good by Prince and Stevie Wonder (BET Awards, L.A., CA, 27 June 2006) 14-Take Me With U by Stevie Wonder and Tori Kelly (BET Awards, L.A., CA, 26 June 2016) 15-Purple Rain by Jennifer Hudson (BET Awards, L.A., CA, 26 June 2016) 16-Nothing Compares 2 U by Maxwell (BET Awards, L.A., CA, 26 June 2016) 17-Medley of Delirious, Kiss, Pop Life, I Would Die 4 U by Janelle Monae (BET Awards, L.A., CA, 26 J 18-Medley Finale by Sheila E. Allstars (BET Awards, L.A., CA, 26 June 2016) 19-Versace Men’s Spring Summer 2017 Show, Milan, Italy, 18 June 2016

This 4 CD features three of the Prince’s four final shows BEFORE Atlanta 2016. These took place in Toronto and Montreal, Canada, March 2016.

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WordPress 5.4 “Adderley”

Here it is! Named “Adderley” in honor of Nat Adderley, the latest and greatest version of WordPress is available for download or update in your dashboard.

Say hello to more and better.

More ways to make your pages come alive. With easier ways to get it all done and looking better than ever—and boosts in speed you can feel.

Welcome to WordPress 5.4

Every major release adds more to the block editor.

More ways to make posts and pages come alive with your best images. More ways to bring your visitors in, and keep them engaged, with the richness of embedded media from the web’s top services.

More ways to make your vision real, and put blocks in the perfect place—even if a particular kind of block is new to you. More efficient processes.

And more speed everywhere, so as you build sections or galleries, or just type in a line of prose, you can feel how much faster your work flows.

Two new blocks. And better blocks overall.

Two brand-new blocks: Social Icons and Buttons make adding interactive features fast and easy.

New ways with color: Gradients in the Buttons and Cover block, toolbar access to color options in Rich Text blocks, and for the first time, color options in the Group and Columns blocks.

Guess a whole lot less! Version 5.4 streamlines the whole process for placing and replacing multimedia in every block. Now it works the same way in almost every block!

And if you’ve ever thought your image in the Media+Text block should link to something else—perhaps a picture of a brochure should download that brochure as a document? Well, now it can.

Cleaner UI, clearer navigation—and easier tabbing!

Clearer block navigation with block breadcrumbs. And easier selection once you get there.

For when you need to navigate with the keyboard, better tabbing and focus. Plus, you can tab over to the sidebar of nearly any block.

Speed! 14% faster loading of the editor, 51% faster time-to-type!

Tips are gone. In their place, a Welcome Guide window you can bring up when you need it—and only when you need it—again and again.

Know at a glance whether you’re in a block’s Edit or Navigation mode. Or, if you have restricted vision, your screen reader will tell you which mode you’re in.

Of course, if you want to work with the very latest tools and features, install the Gutenberg plugin. You’ll get to be the first to use new and exciting features in the block editor before anyone else has seen them!

Your fundamental right: privacy

5.4 helps with a variety of privacy issues around the world. So when users and stakeholders ask about regulatory compliance, or how your team handles user data, the answers should be a lot easier to get right.

Take a look:

Now personal data exports include users session information and users location data from the community events widget. Plus, a table of contents!

See progress as you process export and erasure requests through the privacy tools.

Plus, little enhancements throughout give the privacy tools a little cleaner look. Your eyes will thank you!

Just for developers

Add custom fields to menu items—natively

Two new actions let you add custom fields to menu items—without a plugin and without writing custom walkers.

On the Menus admin screen, wp_nav_menu_item_custom_fields fires just before the move buttons of a nav menu item in the menu editor.

In the Customizer, wp_nav_menu_item_custom_fields_customize_template fires at the end of the menu-items form-fields template.

Check your code and see where these new actions can replace your custom code, and if you’re concerned about duplication, add a check for the WordPress version.

Blocks! Simpler styling, new APIs and embeds

Radically simpler block styling. Negative margins and default padding are gone! Now you can style blocks the way you need them. And, a refactor got rid of four redundant wrapper divs.

If you build plugins, now you can register collections of your blocks by namespace across categories—a great way to get more brand visibility.

Let users do more with two new APIs: block variations and gradients.

In embeds, now the block editor supports TikTok—and CollegeHumor is gone.

There’s lots more for developers to love in WordPress 5.4. To discover more and learn how to make these changes shine on your sites, themes, plugins and more, check the WordPress 5.4 Field Guide.

The Squad

This release was led by Matt Mullenweg, Francesca Marano, and David Baumwald. They were enthusiastically supported by a release squad:

Editor Tech: Jorge Filipe Costa (@jorgefelipecosta)

Editor Design: Mark Uraine (@mapk)

Core Tech: Sergey Biryukov (@sergeybiryukov)

Design: Tammie Lister (@karmatosed)

Docs Coordinator: JB Audras (@audrasjb)

Docs & Comms Wrangler: Mary Baum (@marybaum)

The squad was joined throughout the release cycle by 552 generous volunteer contributors who collectively worked on 361 tickets on Trac and 1226 pull requests on GitHub.

Put on a Nat Adderley playlist, click that update button (or download it directly), and check the profiles of the fine folks that helped:

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Many thanks to all of the community volunteers who contribute in the support forums. They answer questions from people across the world, whether they are using WordPress for the first time or since the first release. These releases are more successful for their efforts!

Finally, thanks to all the community translators who worked on WordPress 5.4. Their efforts bring WordPress fully translated to 46 languages at release time, with more on the way.

If you want to learn more about volunteering with WordPress, check out Make WordPress or the core development blog.

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[wqbytop100]

WQBY

Top100 for the week ending August 18, 2024

Take Me To The Beach --Imagine Dragons -2 (1week@#1) --7weeks--

Dance Through the Night --Gryffin, Whetham, Norma Jean Martine -6 --6weeks--

Larger Than Life --Armin Van Buuren, ChefSpecial --8 --10weeks-

Disconnect --Becky Hill -1 --14weeks--(2weeks @#1)

End Of Time --Lucas & Steve, LAWRENT f/Jordan Shaw -5 --16weeks-- (8weeks@#1)

Naked & Alive --Milky Chance -4 --12weeks-- (2weeks @#1)

Under The Sun --Ella Henderson, Switch Disco, Alok -22 --8weeks-

Heat --Tove Lo, SG Lewis -3 --7weeks-- (#2)

I Go Dance --Kiesza -11 --11weeks--

Give Me Your Love --Benny Benassi, Nu=Lu -14 -6weeks--

One, Two & 3 --Galantis -9 --20weeks--

Just A Dance --Alfie Templeman, Nile Rodgers -18 --7weeks--

I Adore You --HUGEL, Topic, Arash, Daecolm -10 --3weeks--(#10)

Summer's Back --Alok, Jess Glynne -12 --9weeks-- (#12)

Joyride --Kesha -13 --6weeks-- (#13)

Tease Me --Nicky Your -7 --8weeks-- (#2)

Brad Pitt --COIN -17 --8weeks--

Outside Of Love --Becky Hill -15 --20weeks-- (#2)

I Like It --Alesso, Nate Smith -21 --3weeks--

I Had Some Help --Post Malone, Morgan Wallen -20 --14weeks-- (#2)

Freefalling --Gem & Tauri, Eyes Everywhere, Sarah de Warren -34 --5weeks--

Move --Adam Port, Stryv -77 --2weeks--

Upstate Miracle --Gilligan Moss -30 --4weeks--

Heaven Or Not --Diplo, Riva Starr, Kareem Lomax -19 --19weeks-- (#3)

Shallow Water --Elderbrook (Club Mix) -25 --5weeks--

Some Like It Hot --VASSY, Saint Rock -26 --5weeks--

It's That Time --Marion Hoffstadt (Fisher Remix) -85 --6weeks--

Breathe You In --Gorgon City, NORTH -44 --7weeks--

Whatever --KYGO f/Ava Max -28 --10weeks-- (#7)

Music Is Better --RUFUS DU SOL -16 --8weeks-- (#10)

Godspeed --The Blessed Madonna, DJE-Clyps -38 --2weeks--

Midnight Ride --Orville Peck, Kylie Minogue, Diplo, 24 --10weeks-- (#3)

Buscando Money --TWENTY-SIX, Tayson Kryss -31 --17weeks-- (#3)

Lost In Space --Foster The People -23 --9weeks-- (#16)

Hero --Vintage Culture, Emery Taylor -27 --12weeks-- (#10)

Unsure --Alan Walker, Kylie Cantrail -29 --9weeks-- (#15)

Shallow Water --Elderbrook (Radio Edit) -32 --10weeks-- (#8)

A Bar Song (Tipsy) --Shaboozey, David Guetta -46 --8weeks--

Perpetual Motion --Phantoms -41 --9weeks--

Your Shine --BAKERMAT, Fly Disco Butter -40 --7weeks--

LA --Northeast Party House -39 --13weeks-- (#3)

Hell Together --David Archuleta -33 --20weeks-- (#10)

Out Of Time --ZEDD, Bea Miller -43 --7weeks--

It's Love (Trippin) --Kolsch, Goldtrix, Andrea Brown -37 --10weeks--(#35)

Wake Up --Imagine Dragons -36 --7weeks-- (#33)

Love & Pain --Enrique Iglesias -35 --13weeks-- (#3)

Barcelona --Alan Walker, Ina Wroldsen -45 --9weeks-- (#45)

My Fault --Shaboozey, Noah Cyrus -47 --10weeks-- (#47)

I Believe --Bassjackers, WUKONG, D Jayne -48 --13weeks-- (#48)

Looking For Joy --Kaleena Zanders -42 --7weeks-- (#41)

Back To Life --Angrybaby --79 --2weeks--

The Moment --Carlita, SG Lewis -73 --2weeks--

Leave Without Your Love --Ayokay -56 --5weeks--

Water --The Floorplan --54 --8weeks-

Ready For Us --Drove, Boo Seeka -55 --3weeks--

No Matter What --TELYKAST, Oaks -57 --4weeks--

Energy --Duke Dumont -58 --3weeks--

Fly --KC Lights, Welt -59 --3weeks--

I Can't --Reva McEntire (Dave Aude Remix) -60 --4weeks--

Pretty Low --Dillon Francis, Galantis, Arden James -61 --8weeks--

Small Town Syndrome --Mae Stephens -62 --3weeks--

Whatever Comes --Jeffery Sutorius, Manse, LYNDO, April Bender -63 --3weeks--

Nice to Meet You --INJI, Flyana Boss -64 --3weeks--

Find A Way --Faithless, Suli Breaks -65 --3weeks-

D.R.A.M.A. --Mr. Belt & Wezol, NuKey, Jose De Mara -66 --3weeks--

Roots --Calum Scott -67 --3weeks--

My Oh My --Kylie Minogue f/Bebe Rexha & Tove Lo -68 --3weeks-

Paradise II --Henry Romero -69 --3weeks--

Don't Stop The Music --Dimitri Vegas, Vin Zion -71 --4weeks--

In The Dark --Roosevelt -72 --2weeks--

Shake Shake --Riton, RoRo, Ian Asher -74 --2weeks--

Love You Got --Kelly Lee Owens -76 --2weeks--

Free --Calvin Harris, Ellie Goulding -78 --2weeks--

Multiply --Becky Hill -49 -11weeks-- (#9)

Lighter --Galantis, David Guetta, 5 Seconds of Summer -50 --27weeks-- (2weeks @#1)

Role Model --Fat Boy Slim, Dan Diamond, Luca Guerrieri -51 --13weeks-- (#10)

Underwater --DubVision, Afrojack -52 --25weeks-- (#11)

Stumblin' In --CYRIL -53 --(#46) --8weeks----->

Lovers In A Past Life --Calvin Harris, RAG'N'BONE MAN -70 --17weeks-- (#10)

Bittersweet --LP Globbi, Portugal, The Man -75 --7weeks----->

**Love The Hell Out Of You --Lewis Capaldi -(new) 1week--

Can't Slow Down --Almost Monday -80 --11weeks-- (#39)

White Claw --Yung Gravy, Shania Twain -81 --7weeks-- (#57)--->

Whateva --Kyle Walker -82 --10weeks-- (#55)--->

Ten (Get Back Up) --Nathan Dawe, MNEK -83 --7weeks-- (#58)-->

Where Are You Tonight --KREAM -84 --6weeks-- (#60)---->

Cut --Marin Morris, Julia Michaels -86 --7weeks-- (#76)

Without You --KYGO f/HAYLA -87 --8weeks-- (#74)

Left Or Right --Laidback Luke, Mathew Nolan -94^ --12weeks-- (#25)

Me Before You --KYGO, Piested -91 --6weeks--(#61)

Paradise --Madison rose -90 --11weeks-- (#59)---->

A Tear In Space --Glass Animals -89 --10weeks-- (#47)---->

Spiral --Sofi Tukker -92 --6weeks-- (#72)---->

Endless Night --Matea -93 --8weeks-- (#73)---->

Carry You Home --Alex Warren -95 --10weeks-- (#66)--->

Eyes Closed --Imagine Dragons -88 --17weeks-- (#6) ---->

***In The Dark --Armin Van Buuren, David Guetta, Aldae -(new)--1week-

***Hot Honey --Tiesto, Alana Springsteen -(new) --1week--

***Hey Homie --Sofi Tukker -(new) --1week--

One Cry --Galantis, Rosa Linn -99 --13weeks-- (#23)

4 new on the chart this week 8/18/2024 #81 Love The Hell Out Of You #98 In The Dark -Armin Van Buuren #98 Hot Honey #99 Hey Homie

***new this week --> off next weeks chart

[brohamand]

Good Grief: The Music of 2016

LINK TO THE MIXES:

https://open.spotify.com/user/abarhamand/playlist/44RLEiy6mjUOJ3pwoQgvqK

This was a tough year. Between the election and all of our heroes dying, hope was in limited supply. 

And then in December, I started my annual tradition, 12 years running, of compiling my favorite music of the year into a set of mixes. Since then, I have been reinvigorated by the joy of music, finding retreat from relentless news headlines and social media updates in my headphones. It sounds silly given how meager the thing is, but I truly hope this playlist brings you some small bit of happiness in 2017.  

As usual, each mix covers a genre or two to help make it actually listenable. This year, there are four: 1. Rock/Indie-Rock; 2. Country/Folk/Americana; 3. Pop/Rap/R&B; 4. Electronic/Dance.

For the past few years, I’ve combined all the mixes into one Spotify playlist. So read on to see where the “breaks” are if you want to jump to a specific mix.

Thank you for listening, and thanks to my brother for the cover photo. His work can be viewed here.

Happy listening,

Adam

 TRACKLIST:

MIX I – ROCK/INDIE-ROCK (80 min.)

1. Finally – CYMBALS EAT GUITARS // Pretty Years

2. Shut Up Kiss Me – ANGEL OLSEN // MY WOMAN

3. In a Black Out – HAMILTON LEITHAUSER + ROSTAM // I Had a Dream That You Were Mine

4. Your Best American Girl – MITSKI // Puberty 2

5. Ful Stop – RADIOHEAD // A Moon Shaped Pool

6. In Heaven – JAPANESE BREAKFAST // Psychopomp

7. I Can't Give Everything Away – DAVID BOWIE // Blackstar

8. 33 “GOD” – BON IVER // 22, A Million

9. You Want It Darker – LEONARD COHEN // You Want It Darker

10. Conceptual Romance – JENNY HVAL // Blood Bitch

11. Dog Years – MAGGIE ROGERS // Dog Years Single

12. Cry All Day – WILCO // Schmilco

13. Dopamine – DIIV // Is the Is Are

14. Kiss Me When I Bleed – WHITE LUNG // Paradise

15. The Getting There – PETE ASTOR // Spilt Milk

16. Dave’s Song – WHITNEY // Light Upon the Lake

17. Wanted You – TWIN PEAKS // Down in Heaven

18. Photobooth – PETAL // Shame

19. Headache – GROUPER // Paradise Valley EP

 MIX II – COUNTRY/FOLK/AMERICANA (79 min.)

1. Old Friends – PINEGROVE // Cardinal

2. I Have Been to the Mountain – KEVIN MORBY // Singing Saw

3. New Shoes – CALEB KLAUDER & REEB WILLMS  // Innocent Road

4. We Should Be Friends – MIRANDA LAMBERT // The Weight of These Wings

5. Rich – MAREN MORRIS // HERO

6. Daughter – BRANDY CLARK // Big Day in a Small Town

7. The Last Hawk – SHOVELS & ROPE // Little Seeds

8. What It Means – DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS // American Band

9. Old Men Young Women – LORI MCKENNA // The Bird & the Rifle

10. Biloxi – HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER // Heart Like a Levee

11. Heaven – LYDIA LOVELESS // Real

12. Blue Rider – SCOTT HIRSCH // Blue Rider Songs

13. In Care of 8675309 – LAMBCHOP // FLOTUS

14. Highway Anxiety – WILLIAM TYLER // Modern Country

15. Behind the Armory – CASE/LANG/VEIRS // case/lang/veirs

16. Call to Arms – STURGILL SIMPSON // A Sailor’s Guide to Earth

17. Mele Kalikimaka – KACEY MUSGRAVES feat. THE QUEBE SISTERS // A Very Kacey Christmas

 MIX III – POP/RAP/R&B (77 min.)

1. Ultralight Beam – KANYE WEST feat. CHANCE THE RAPPER, KIRK FRANKLIN, THE-DREAM & KELLY PRICE // The Life of Pablo

2. Best to You – BLOOD ORANGE feat. EMPRESS OF // Freetown Sound

3. Work – RIHANNA feat. DRAKE // ANTI

4. Dis Generation – A TRIBE CALLED QUEST feat. BUSTA RHYMES // We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service

5. LA – DAWN RICHARD feat. TROMBONE SHORTY  // Redemption

6. Daddy Lessons – BEYONCÉ feat. DIXIE CHICKS // Lemonade / Daddy Lessons Single

7. Solo – FRANK OCEAN // Blonde

8. UGH! – THE 1975 // I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It

9. Hallucinations – DVSN // SEPT. 5TH

10. Guwop – YOUNG THUG feat. QUAVO, OFFSET & YOUNG SCOOTER // JEFFERY

11. Summer Friends – CHANCE THE RAPPER feat. JEREMIH & FRANCIS AND THE LIGHTS // Coloring Book

12. Blk Girl Soldier – JAMILA WOODS // HEAVN

13. The Greatest – KING // We Are KING

14. untitled 06 | 06.30.2014. – KENDRICK LAMAR feat. CEE-LO GREEN // untitled unmastered.

15. Cranes in the Sky – SOLANGE // A Seat at the Table

16. Time – SABINA DDUMBA // Homeward Bound

17. Body – DREEZY feat. JEREMIH // No Hard Feelings

18. How Does It Feel – KAMAIYAH // A Good Night in the Ghetto

19. Police Get Away Wit Murder – YG // Still Brazy

 MIX IV – ELECTRONIC/DANCE (76 min.)

1. Open Your Eyes – SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS // SVIIB

2. Tilted – CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS // Christine and the Queens

3. Florida – THE RANGE // Potential

4. Nautilus – ANNA MEREDITH // Varmints

5. Three Sides of Nazareth – NICOLAS JAAR // Sirens

6. Go! – M83 feat. MAI LAN // Junk

7. Ch-Ching – CHAIRLIFT // Moth

8. Do It Right – MARTIN SOLVEIG feat. TKAY MAIDZA // Do It Right Single

9. What Happened To Us? – SHURA // Nothing’s Real

10. Closing Shot (Radio Edit) – LINDSTRØM // Closing Shot Single

11. Tell You No Lie – FLOORPLAN // Music/Tell You No Lie Single

12. If I Was A Folkstar – THE AVALANCHES // Wildflower

13. Occupied – THE RADIO DEPT. // Running Out of Love

14. Higher Level (Bicep Remix) – ISAAC TICHAUER // Street Lessons Remixes EP

15. Arrive, Arrive – IAN WILLIAM CRAIG // Centres

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New top story from Time: We Watched Every New Show on Quibi. Here’s What to Watch—and What to Skip

Like it or not, Quibi is here. The new streaming platform, launching April 6, offers short-form content—”quick bites,” hence the portmanteau, that run 10 minutes or less. These shows are designed to be watched exclusively on your phone, whether you’re on the subway heading to work or sitting in the waiting room at the dentist’s office—places, in other words, that most people won’t be able to go for some time yet in the era of social distancing. But despite the fact that very few people are, for the moment, on the go, Quibi has held fast to its planned debut, launching, by our count, 50 scripted series, documentaries, reality shows and news programs on April 6 with plans to roll out 175 shows over the course of the year.

Quibi is casting a wide net to court various types of viewers: there are soothing cooking shows designed for the boomer crowd, while celebrity-studded reality series aim to lure Gen Z off of TikTok. Television critics have been busy debating whether the Quibi model signals the end of quality television or the wave of the future. But it’s clear the platform is hoping sheer star power alone will entice some quarantined television lovers to download the app. Jennifer Lopez, Idris Elba, Lebron James, Chance the Rapper and Chrissy Teigen are among the celebrities set to star in Quibi content, and filmmakers like Steven Spielberg, Catherine Hardwicke, Paul Feig, and Guillermo del Toro have content on the upcoming slate.

The streaming service, which also features proprietary new technology that allows viewers to switch seamlessly from landscape to portrait viewing, will cost $4.99 per month with ads and $7.99 without ads, though a 90-day free trial is available if you sign up in April.

Quibi gave journalists a glimpse at some of their content launching on April 6. We watched everything available to screen in advance (in most cases, around three chapters; “Daily Essentials” like news shows were not available in advance as they will cover news as it breaks). If you’re thinking of subscribing, here’s what you should watch and what you should skip.

What to Watch

Gayme Show! (unscripted)

Gayme Show! has a deceptively simple premise: it’s a gay game show. That’s it! Hosted with with aplomb by comedians Matt Rogers and Dave Mizzoni, each episode features two straight contestants competing in gay-themed challenges in an effort to be crowned “Queen of the Straights.” The jokes are plentiful, and if you’re not well-versed in gay Twitter—references to Dua Lipa, Laura Dern’s salmon button-down from Jurassic Park and Cynthia Nixon’s wife whiz by—you might have to Google to catch up. But even if you don’t get every joke, it’s hard not to let out a guffaw watching contestants like Demi Adejuyigbe prance around the stage in a unitard during a game called “notice me father”—actually a bespectacled Rogers softly weeping. The conceit is goofy, silly and exactly what you want it to be—and that’s a great thing. —Kelly Conniff

Nightgowns (documentary)

Lately it seems like everyone who’s ever come within 10 feet of RuPaul’s stage is getting their own show, but don’t hold the deluge of drag content against Sasha Velour, a Drag Race winner who stands out even from that talented pack. While her gender-fluid performances can be transgressive, Velour, who takes a big-tent approach to drag, has a heart of gold. As she adapts her Brooklyn-born revue NightGowns for a bigger stage, this docuseries profiles the queen and an inclusive troupe that features performers with a wide range of identities and styles. Each episode of the show—the only Quibi title I screened that feels particularly suited to the medium—ends with a beautifully shot production number that does Velour proud. —Judy Berman

Prodigy (documentary)

You don’t have to be a sports fan to appreciate this docuseries, which covers a different young elite athlete in each episode. With artful cinematography and well-paced storytelling—especially compared to the frenetic quality of many of the platform’s other shows—Prodigy is less concerned with the specific athletic achievements of its subjects (no. 1 ranked high school basketball player in the U.S., five-time national junior boxing champion) and more focused on the sacrifice and singular dedication of these athletes’ family members. If you cried during that Procter & Gamble Olympics commercial thanking the moms who drove carpools and gave pep talks so that their children could get a shot at the podium, this one is probably for you. —Eliza Berman

Punk’d (unscripted)

This third revival of MTV’s prank show has been winningly updated for millennial and Gen Z sensibilities: it’s slightly more absurdist, slightly less cruel and involves way more animals. YouTuber Liza Koshy ruins a bat mitzvah; rapper Megan Thee Stallion gets attacked by a gorilla. Chance the Rapper—who in the wake of Netflix’s Rhythm & Flow, has rebranded his once-innocent persona to include a mean streak—brings a mischievous energy to hosting duties, and his laugh is infectious. —Andrew R. Chow

The Sauce (unscripted)

Dance—particularly street dance—doesn’t get enough mainstream respect. The Sauce has something to say about that. Each episode pits two dance groups against each other, judged by talented dance duo Ayo and Teo, with the lure of a $25,000 cash prize. The lack of polish is endearing, as is the raw skill on display; you’ll wish you could spend more time just watching these young athletes move their bodies in ways that have no respect for the laws of physics. Kudos to executive producer Usher and the hosts for making sure to explain regional dance styles, as it’s high time these art forms got their due. Constant camera cuts and stylized editing seem best suited for the TikTok generation, but it’s a joy to watch these dancers in motion in any format. —Raisa Bruner

Shape of Pasta (documentary)

Now this is my sort of short content. I’m a devoted Bon Appetit Test Kitchen subscriber, Alison Roman Instagram story watcher and Anthony Bourdain worshipper. So, yes, a show about a chef traveling across tiny towns in Italy to discover forgotten pasta shapes is my jam. I can’t get my head around the tone of this show—it’s extremely self-serious, so much so that it’s maybe supposed to be making fun of other food shows? Or perhaps it’s just one of them. No matter. The show has many nonnas teaching Felix Trattoria chef Even Funke how to make pasta in shapes you’ve never thought of but are centuries-old traditions in picturesque Italian towns. It’s delightful! —Eliana Dockterman

You Ain’t Got These (documentary)

Lena Waithe takes viewers on a thoughtful, well-researched and star-studded tour of the world of sneakers. As the show conveys, sneaker culture is about much more than style. “Your footwear is your ID now in the black community,” Carmelo Anthony tells her; Nas, Run DMC, Hasan Minhaj and a cultural historian reflect on the legacy of icons like Michael Jordan and the relationship between hip-hop and commerce. Questions about branding, exploitation and value are tackled head-on. For sneakerheads it might be mostly recap, but it’s still fun to hear Rev Run reminisce about securing his Adidas deal—and for everyone else, it works as a solid introduction to a foundational part of contemporary American culture. —Raisa Bruner

What to Try

Chrissy’s Court (unscripted)

In this ode to Judge Judy, Chrissy Teigen rules over petty cases brought by local randos. Each episode is extremely dependent on the personalities of the plaintiff and defendant. Most of the “contestants” are actively awkward (or actually mad, which is bizarre given the TV show’s unserious premise), and Chrissy and her mother Vilailuck Teigen (as bailiff) have to work double-time to counteract their discomfort. The humor often feels forced. Chrissy’s Instagram is more entertaining—at least there, she has total control over the cast of characters, namely her husband John Legend and their two kids, all of whom are way more natural in front of the camera. That said, if you like Teigen and are already churning through her Instagram stories every day, this is a fine way to get some more. —Eliana Dockterman

Fierce Queens (documentary)

Reese Witherspoon narrates mini wildlife documentaries made with BBC Studios Natural History Unit, each focused on the female members of a species. Some of the lines veer into cheesy girl-power territory: “Getting that belief in yourself and gaining confidence: that’s what growing up is all about. These big cats totally nailed it. Walk tall, fierce queens!” she sings out after a surface-level episode about adolescent cheetah sisters. But thanks to truly beautiful footage and surprising subject choices—unless you already know all about the life cycle of the ruthless, cannibalistic queen honeypot ant?—viewers who want a quick hit of nature and some new fun facts about animals will be satisfied. —Raisa Bruner

Flipped (scripted)

After one episode, this one looked like it would fall squarely in the “skip” bucket: two incredibly annoying self-anointed visionaries, a married theater director (Will Forte) and Home Depot-esque associate (Kaitlin Olson), are both deservedly fired from their jobs for asserting their own artistic purity over things like appropriate subject matter for tween thespians (in his case) and customer service (in hers). (Think the kind of kooky, self-serious characters you’d find in a Christopher Guest movie, minus the great ensemble to balance them out.) But a hastily paced sequence of events—they decide to try to be house flippers, buy a foreclosed-upon property and find stacks of cash in its walls, which turn out to belong to a drug cartel—leads to the introduction of Broad City‘s Arturo Castro as an organic-apple-eating overlord, which might just elevate this bonkers ordeal from grating to promising. —Eliza Berman

Gone Mental with Lior (unscripted)

The mentalist Lior Suchard lacks the theatricality or scale of other famous magicians like David Blaine or Criss Angel, making him perhaps the perfect match for a low-stakes platform like Quibi. It’s agreeable enough to watch him catch basketballs while blindfolded or exactly guess the number of coins in Ludacris’ hands, but his tricks won’t haunt your dreams, either. —Andrew R. Chow

I Promise (documentary)

By all accounts, LeBron James’ I Promise School in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, has been a resounding success: Its students, who were picked to attend after underachieving in the city’s public school system, are testing better and seem to be thriving in their new environment. This show, however, comes off as a surface-level feel-good advertisement for the school. —Andrew R. Chow

Run This City (documentary)

Jaseil Correia grew up with the dream of becoming the mayor of his hometown, Fall River, Mass.—a city of around 90,000 most famous as the home of Lizzie Borden. At the remarkably young age of 23, he achieved it. But what sounds at first like an uplifting story of millennial striving turns dissonant when Correia is indicted on fraud and extortion charges. It’s an intriguing story that could have made for a fascinating hourlong documentary. Unfortunately, the Quibi format requires director Brent Hodge (I Am Chris Farley) to chop the saga into equal-sized, eight-minute “bites” that drag in the middle before ramping up to exaggerated cliffhangers. The result is a micro-docuseries whose rhythm always feels a bit off. —Judy Berman

Singled Out (unscripted)

I like host Keke Palmer. I like Joel Kim Booster, who serves as the Jenny McCarthy to her Chris Hardwick. I like that all three episodes I watched had queer contestants but didn’t feel as though they were pandering to an LGBTQ audience. The best one featured a fully decked-out, super-charismatic drag queen looking for a man who could handle her at her most femme. But the best thing about the original MTV show was the unscripted banter, both between the hosts and among the competitors. And there just isn’t room for that in an already-rushed seven-minute show. —Judy Berman

Thanks A Million (unscripted)

There’s not much here that you can’t already get from watching YouTube clips of Ellen DeGeneres giving out life-sized checks on behalf of name-that-corporation, or soldiers coming home to reunite with their spouses/children/dogs. But if you’re going to subscribe anyway and want a cathartic cry in two-minutes flat, watching celebs like Jennifer Lopez, Kevin Hart and Nick Jonas give deserving people $100,000, then watching the recipient give half of it to another deserving person, and so on, should do the trick. If you think too hard about it, the magic starts to fade—how much of this will get eaten up in gift taxes, and how many phone calls is this person going to get asking for a loan after receiving such a large sum on, well, if not national TV, whatever Quibi is? Yet seeing an apparently kind, hard-working person get the chance to pay for infertility treatments, or a house, or more resources for their therapy dog program, is far from the worst way to spend six minutes. —Eliza Berman

What to Skip

&Music (documentary)

With its sweeping landscape shots, ambient background score and pseudo-philosophical ramblings, &Music seems to want to be the Chef’s Table for the random-dudes-connected-to-the-music-industry set. The show spends each episode with a behind-the-scenes collaborator of a star: there’s Ariana Grande’s choreographers and Martin Garrix’s light guy. But while there are one or two poignant and revealing moments, the show is mostly slick, overproduced and vacuous. There are plenty of music documentaries that are far more worth your time—and that you can watch on a big screen with proper speakers. —Andrew R. Chow

Dishmantled (unscripted)

Dishmantled is a cooking show, minus the main ingredients that make cooking shows so satisfying: interesting and empathetic contestants to root for and, much more fatal to the whole endeavor, the cooking itself. Hosted by Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt‘s Tituss Burgess, the show invites two blindfolded chefs into a small chamber where a mystery dish is blasted into their faces; they have to taste the exploded shrapnel, figure out what it might be, and make a dish replicating what they think they’ve eaten, to be judged on both taste and accuracy by celebrity judges like Dan Levy, Antoni Porowski and Jane Krakowski. But the quick format makes this far from a nutritious meal; viewers don’t have time to get to know or get invested in the contestants, and the cooking itself sails by without any attention to technique or ingredients. The most drama you’ll get here are lines like: “This all comes down to…is this a zoodle or is this a noodle?” —Eliza Berman

Memory Hole (unscripted)

Will Arnett makes fun of terrible pop culture moments from history that nobody remembers for a reason (like that time Alan Thicke appeared in a corny tribute at the opening of a Canadian superdome). It’s unclear who this show is for or why it exists. The references are so obscure that even people who lived through them will have forgotten and the quips feel like something you’d hear at a high school open mic. I spent the entire time watching this show thinking about another, much better show, BoJack Horseman. In that Netflix animated series, Arnett voiced a washed-up ’90s sitcom star struggling to stay relevant in Hollywood. Memory Hole feels like a project that an investor in Quibi would have blackmailed BoJack into doing after BoJack accidentally threw up on him during a bender at a wedding. —Eliana Dockterman

Most Dangerous Game (scripted)

This show is so obvious, it’s almost funny. These are the exact roles SNL would cast Liam Hemsworth and Christoph Waltz in for a skit—cancer-ridden former athlete with a pregnant wife and an evil billionaire who wants to pay said former athlete to be hunted by rich people. Since each episode is seven minutes, these are not character revelations that slowly come out over time. They are blatantly spoken by the actors to one another in every scene. Don’t come to Most Dangerous Game expecting The Game-esque twists or any subtle dialogue. What you expect is exactly what you will get. Unless you expect fun. You won’t get that. —Eliana Dockterman

Murder House Flip (unscripted)

Despite the name, there’s nothing original about Murder House Flip. The series is essentially two types of reality shows unceremoniously jammed together: one part home redesign show hosted by two perky designers with a surfeit of canned jokes; one part true crime docuseries filled with the requisite pan and scan over vintage photos and newspaper clippings. This uneasy juxtaposition results in awkward episodes that often feel like a Saturday Night Live parody, especially when one of the hosts brightly announces: “Our goal was to take this murder house and turn it into a happy home.” And a focus on the grisly nature of the crimes reflects the worst parts of a genre that too often obscures victims. Is there a world in which this show could have managed to strike the right tone? Possibly. But as it stands, Murder House Flip is too flip. —Kelly Conniff

Nikki Fre$h (unscripted)

“Wellness has a new voice. A black voice,” Nicole Richie’s rapper alter ego says in the first episode of Nikki Fre$h (and then immediately clarifies that she’s referring to herself). The resulting show is part poker-faced satire of the goop lifestyle and part honest assessment of organic produce and artisanal honey. Her attempts to draw attention to food waste and the plight of bees are well-intentioned, but cameos from the likes of Bill Nye can’t save the show from falling flat; Richie helped pioneer awkward reality TV on The Simple Life with Paris Hilton, but Nikki Fre$h lacks that show’s schadenfreude appeal. —Raisa Bruner

Skrrt with Offset (unscripted)

If you like looking at nice cars, you might get a kick out of Skrrt with Offset. Otherwise, there’s not much point. The show has a thin premise (the Migos rapper Offset does stuff with cars) and is executed with even less imagination. When his wife Cardi B shows up for an episode, overflowing with sass and charisma, you wonder why they didn’t just give the whole show to her. —Andrew R. Chow

Survive (scripted)

Before watching the first five episodes of this thriller about a disturbed young woman preparing to kill herself on the flight home from a mental institution, I might have said something like, “I’d watch Sophie Turner do anything.” Well, Turner is great in Survive—but neither her performance nor the impressive production values manage to redeem a story that, whether intentionally or not, revels in the bloody, nihilistic aesthetics of suicide. A twist (one that’s “spoiled” in the trailer) that has the plane crashing and Turner’s character teaming up with an obvious love interest (Corey Hawkins) to, yes, survive only heightens the absurdity and introduces plot holes. —Judy Berman

When the Streetlights Go On (scripted)

It’s the summer of 1995—a stiflingly hot one—when things start going wrong in sleepy Colfax, Ill. That fall, a beautiful high-school mean girl (Kristine Froseth) and the teacher she’s been sleeping with (Mark Duplass) get carjacked, forced to strip and gunned down by their masked assailant. The weirdo sister (Sophie Thatcher) she used to bully wanders around unmoored. A jock sometimes-boyfriend (Sam Strike) is brought in for questioning. Narrating this murder mystery is the student journalist (Chosen Jacobs) who found the bodies. Period signifiers like Nirvana and ck one abound. Every once in a while a show formed entirely out of genre tropes and nostalgia for the recent past is executed well enough to exceed the sum of its parts (see: the first season of Stranger Things). But after three trite, predictable episodes, I’m not holding out much hope for this one. —Judy Berman

Other Shows Headed to Quibi

The titles below are Quibi’s “daily essentials,” more information-oriented programming covering news, sports, weather and entertainment. Screeners were not provided in advance for these series:

Around the World by BBC News Weather Today by The Weather Channel Morning Report by NBC News Evening Report by NBC News Saturday Report by NBC News Sunday Report by NBC News The Replay by ESPN NewsDay by CTV NewsNight by CTV Sports AM by TSN Pulso News by Telemundo For the Cultura by Telemundo Close Up by E! News Fresh Daily by Rotten Tomatoes Speedrun by Polygon Pop5 by iHeartRadio No Filter by TMZ: AM No Filter by TMZ PM Last Night’s Late Night All The Feels by The Dodo The Daily Chill The Rachel Hollis Show Sexology by Shan Boodram The Nod with Brittany & Eric Trailers by Fandango

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REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 15th December 2019

This is a really easy week for me and I’m not making it anything more than just what we have, which is a simple collection of the top 10, some fallers and drop-outs, too many Christmas songs and one new arrival. Let’s get on with it.

Top 10

For an eleventh and what I’m assuming will be a final week, Tones and I is at #1 with “Dance Monkey”.

Up only one spot and not receiving enough of a boost to overthrow the #1, we have number-two, “Own It” by Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy.

Also up a single spot this week is “Don’t Start Now” by Dua Lipa at number-three.

Those two are probably due to the slight fall for Lewis Capaldi’s “Before You Go” down two spots to number-four.

“ROXANNE” by Arizona Zervas is steady at number-five, meaning in the run to the Christmas #1, there are no Christmas songs in the top five...

That didn’t last long. “All I Want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey is up two spots to number-six, meaning if there isn’t a surprise release that overtakes any other song like last year, Carey could easily take it this year.

Also a contender is “Last Christmas” by WHAM! re-entering the top 10 at number-seven after a six-spot increase this week.

The Amazon Music exclusive song by Ellie Goulding, “River”, continues to profit off of false success propelled by its exclusivity in a desperate attempt to recoup any chart power, up six spaces to number-eight.

At number-nine, we have “everything i wanted” by Billie Eilish continuing to be mismanaged in some way down three spaces to number-nine. Seriously, this was released way too late to be a genuine success amongst Christmas songs, as has the new arrival this week, but somehow this one has some sense of longevity.

Memories by maroon 5 poopoo stinky poop

Climbers

Much like last week, there aren’t any climbers worth mentioning other than for the Christmas songs... except for these two: “Falling” by Trevor Daniel is up five spaces from its debut last week to #35 and somehow, “Someone You Loved” by Lewis Capaldi has rebounded seven spaces up to #27... curious happenings here on the UK Top 40.

Edit: “Don’t Rush” by Young T & Bugsey featuring Headie One is also up seven to #30

Fallers

Okay, so the Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” and “Heartless” are both in freefall off of their debuts last week, down five and 12 respectively to #17 and #22. Otherwise, “Lose You to Love Me” by Selena Gomez is down six spaces to #21, “This is Real” by Jax Jones featuring Ella Henderson has had the same hit down to #26, “Professor X” by Dave is down 13 spots to #40 and... KSI’s “Down Like That” (featuring Rick Ross, Lil Baby and S-X) took a big 20-space hit to #37. I bet he’s suddenly wishing he didn’t win that boxing match this particular month.

Dropouts

Like all Christmas weeks, it’s pretty much as far as we get on this chart to a bloodbath. I’m not even going to go in order, it’s pretty disastrous but somewhat understated, even if these songs are all either big hits or prematurely dropped off. “Ride It” by Regard featuring Jay Sean is out from #31, “Must Be” by J Hus is out from #28, “New Dior” by DigDat and D-Block Europe is out from #35, “Turn Me On” by Riton, Oliver Heldens and Vula is out from #25, “HIGHEST IN THE ROOM” by Travis Scott is out from #30, and finally, “Nice to Meet Ya” by Niall Horan is out from #38.

IT’S CHRISTMAS INNIT

Okay, so our gains outside of the two (or three) in the top 10: “Fairytale of New York” by the Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl is up eight to #14 – that’s good, “Do They Know it’s Christmas?” by Band Aid is up eight to #15 – that’s not, “Merry Christmas Everyone” by Shakin’ Stevens is up 10 to #16, “Step into Christmas” by Elton John has the greatest gain up 15 to #24, “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” by Michael Bublé is up seven to #25, “Santa Tell Me” by Ariana Grande is up two to #31, and if you count it, “Into the Unknown” by Idina Menzel and AURORA from the Frozen II soundtrack is down two to #38.

In terms of returning entries, “One More Sleep” by Leona Lewis is back at #29, as is “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee at #32, as well as “I Wish it Could be Christmas Everyday” by Wizzard at #34, “Merry Xmas Everybody” by Slade at #37, as well as a certain entry I don’t think I’ve talked about yet...

#39 – “Underneath the Tree” – Kelly Clarkson

Produced by Greg Kurstin – Peaked at #24 in Scotland and #44 in the US

In 2013, Kelly Clarkson released a Christmas album and this was the big lead single... and it fared okay for what it was, peaking at #30 after initial release. Every couple years, we add an extra one or two songs to the Christmas canon – not necessarily new songs, but songs that hadn’t reached the UK Top 40 as part of its annual festive explosion until the year they re-entered at their highest yet, and I am glad to have this one adopted as part of the canon because, well, there’s a reason this is being compared to Mariah Carey’s all-time classic. This is a great song and really has all the elements of your favourite Christmas classics and carols: it’s got distorted Phil Spector drums, bombastic horn lines and a fantastic pop songstress, rivalling the likes of Darlene Love, carrying the whole thing like a sleigh ride. This is just pure joy in all the maximalist, commercialist merriment you can find out of holiday music. There are elements of doo-wop here, especially with the rhythm in the verses and her back-and-forth with the backing choir vocalists. It’s really nothing special and it plays everything about Christmas about as straight as possible, but it’s also got an epic sax solo and sweet, soaring strings, and is overall a great attempt at cementing Kelly Clarkson in pop history, as all Christmas songs are, really. Still disappointed “Christmas Lights” by Coldplay has yet to be added into the canon though.

NEW ARRIVALS

#11 – “Adore You” – Harry Styles

Produced by – Peaked at #7 in Australia and #24 in the US

I didn’t like Fine Line at all, it was boring and it was a nearly 50-minute slog, full of vague, half-hearted impressions that not even Harry seemed invested in, with gross, blocky production and songwriting that I honestly often found aimless and awkward... and I listen to Weezer, so that’s really something coming from me. This song, and consequentially, Styles’ fourth UK Top 40 hit, is one of the best songs on that album, although my complaints still definitely ring true. Despite a viral marketing campaign, this song really isn’t all that interesting, despite a rocking groove that it definitely brings to the table with an admittedly very nice bassline... except it’s not full enough to make the verses feel finished, instead filling in blank space with echos and an abrupt pre-chorus. Harry sounds a lot better here, if just for the fact that I find his voice kind of amusing, especially when he goes on those pitch-shifted falsetto runs in the chorus. The guitars are pretty chill and laidback, and overall, it’s a pretty nice soft-rock tune that’s actually pretty danceable, and I really love the keys in the post-chorus... speaking of that post-chorus and/or bridge, the guitar solo is awesome, and propelled by Styles’ backing vocals, it reaches a great climax, even if the kick drums end up clipping in the mix immediately afterwards. It’s pretty cool, but I have little other opinion on this otherwise. It reminds me somewhat of “Instant Crush” by Daft Punk, but far from as good.

Conclusion

...Well, Best and Worst of the Week go to Harry Styles by default. Follow me on Twitter @cactusinthebank – it’s the big one next week.

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