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POPCAST!
MAILBAG!!
EPISODE!!!

send your most enthused, fraught, bizarre, unsolveable questions and @joecoscarelli and I will grapple with them

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March 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
joncaramanica.bsky.social
wrote about some beautiful new books that lovingly reassemble the faded histories of Liquid Sky, Agnostic Front, early Odd Future, Aphex Twin, and ... Chief Keef's Instagram

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/a...
How Do You Preserve a Vanishing Music Scene?
Five recent books collect photographs, memories and ephemera from the hardcore band Agnostic Front, the mysterious dance artist Aphex Twin, the rap collective Odd Future and more.
www.nytimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
joncaramanica.bsky.social
POPCAST!
on music at the Oscars w/ Joe Coscarelli
Cynthia/Ariana ... my guy from YUCK ... a silent Timothée ... Conan wants smoke ... finally listening to “Emilia Pérez” & more

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/a...
How Music Took Over This Year’s Oscars
On Popcast, a conversation about the smooth and bumpy ways that the Academy Awards incorporated music into its 97th annual ceremony on Sunday.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
joncaramanica.bsky.social
RZA on POPCAST!!!
announcing the final Wu-Tang Clan tour
& talking what it takes to get everyone on board, how the Hot 97 ban reshaped rap, and what the Clan learned from going on tour with Rage Against the Machine (and then dropping out)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTjh...
RZA Reveals the Final Wu-Tang Clan Tour + Trying to Break ODB Out of Jail & Being Banned From Radio
YouTube video by Popcast
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February 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
joncaramanica.bsky.social
sometimes you gotta pop out at the super bowl

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/a...
Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: The Peak of All Rap Battles?
The first rapper to headline the N.F.L.’s biggest stage solo made his Drake diss “Not Like Us” the centerpiece of his set at the expense of a larger statement.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
joncaramanica.bsky.social
on a historic grammy win for beyoncé

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/a...
Beyoncé, Grammy Underdog No More
After nearly 20 years and 99 nominations, the star’s album of the year win for “Cowboy Carter” ends a confounding chapter in the awards’ history.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
joncaramanica.bsky.social
the Grammys are TONIGHT

Joe & I did predictions and pipe dreams on POPCAST
February 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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NEW GRAMMY PREDICTIONS POPCAST!!!
in which Joe and I run down the top categories and say who will and should win

www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4zP...
Will Beyoncé, Chappell Roan, Billie Eilish or Taylor Swift Win Big at the Grammys? Our Predictions!
YouTube video by Popcast
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January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
joncaramanica.bsky.social
wrote about tweaker

whoa-oh-ohhhhhh

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/a...
How LiAngelo Ball’s ‘Tweaker’ Became the Year’s First Rap Hit
The N.B.A. washout LiAngelo Ball debuted his track “Tweaker” on a livestream. It’s proving to be much more than a novelty.
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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BAD BUNNY!!!!
is on
POPCAST!!!

me & joe coscarelli talking w/ benito
about digging into puerto rico's musical history, language barriers, whether he reads his own DMs and that trump rally

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFuR...
Bad Bunny Talks ‘Most Puerto Rican’ New Album, Trump Rally Reaction, LA Paparazzi + Language Barrier
YouTube video by Popcast
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January 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM