Andrew (The Aretha Version)
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Arethacologist; music historian/writer; social media manager; sober.
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Enough time has passed. The new Mavis Staples LP is one of the best albums of 2025.
open.spotify.com/album/07aZwF...
open.spotify.com/album/07aZwF...
Sad And Beautiful World
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November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Enough time has passed. The new Mavis Staples LP is one of the best albums of 2025.
open.spotify.com/album/07aZwF...
open.spotify.com/album/07aZwF...
New Mavis Staples LP!
open.spotify.com/album/07aZwF...
open.spotify.com/album/07aZwF...
Sad And Beautiful World
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November 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
New Mavis Staples LP!
open.spotify.com/album/07aZwF...
open.spotify.com/album/07aZwF...
I’m all for the profit of publishing placements but sometimes I wonder, like how would Otis Redding feel about the instrumental of “Dock of the Bay” soundtracking a Burger King ad?
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I’m all for the profit of publishing placements but sometimes I wonder, like how would Otis Redding feel about the instrumental of “Dock of the Bay” soundtracking a Burger King ad?
Toni really ate with this one. open.spotify.com/track/7A0IJM...
Long As I Live
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November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Toni really ate with this one. open.spotify.com/track/7A0IJM...
Let’s keep it a buck, all of this fully tracks.
Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Let’s keep it a buck, all of this fully tracks.
9 years ago today, Alicia Keys released 'HERE.' I reallyyyyy enjoyed it when it dropped.
My 2016 review: the97.net/now/reviews/...
My 2016 review: the97.net/now/reviews/...
Alicia Keys' HERE is a progressive return to form - THE 97
Her voice sounds stronger than it has in years, and her focus on creating a complete body of work, Alicia Keys' HERE is a true progression.
the97.net
November 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
9 years ago today, Alicia Keys released 'HERE.' I reallyyyyy enjoyed it when it dropped.
My 2016 review: the97.net/now/reviews/...
My 2016 review: the97.net/now/reviews/...
Shoshana Bean dropped a new album at midnight!
open.spotify.com/album/57lanu...
open.spotify.com/album/57lanu...
Only Smoke
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November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Shoshana Bean dropped a new album at midnight!
open.spotify.com/album/57lanu...
open.spotify.com/album/57lanu...
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Carly Rae Jepsen is pregnant and Hilary Duff is returning back to music on Thursday!
November 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Carly Rae Jepsen is pregnant and Hilary Duff is returning back to music on Thursday!
Found the “Wish I Didn’t Miss You” single today. Oh Angie. 🥺🥺🥺
November 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Found the “Wish I Didn’t Miss You” single today. Oh Angie. 🥺🥺🥺
Am I the only one who hears the "Maude" theme here? open.spotify.com/track/6gafVG...
West End Girl
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October 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Am I the only one who hears the "Maude" theme here? open.spotify.com/track/6gafVG...
I've never been able to fully get into that machine lady's music, but I am def enjoying this new record!
a man wearing glasses and a scarf is looking at another man .
Alt: a man wearing glasses and a scarf is looking and moving his head, seemingly bopping along to a musical beat.
media.tenor.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I've never been able to fully get into that machine lady's music, but I am def enjoying this new record!
I love stumbling on remixes. open.spotify.com/album/4BWm2h...
Spotify – Web Player
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October 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I love stumbling on remixes. open.spotify.com/album/4BWm2h...
Wow. 12/15 dates on Macy Gray's On How Life Is 25th Anniversary Tour have been cancelled.
a close up of a woman 's face with the words i try above her
Alt: a close up of a woman 's face with the words i try above her
media.tenor.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Wow. 12/15 dates on Macy Gray's On How Life Is 25th Anniversary Tour have been cancelled.
Was re-listening to Karen Clark-Sheard's most recent album, and am I the only one that hears a little bit of "Someday My Prince Will Come" in here?
open.spotify.com/track/5BJwPM...
open.spotify.com/track/5BJwPM...
Completely Yours
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October 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Was re-listening to Karen Clark-Sheard's most recent album, and am I the only one that hears a little bit of "Someday My Prince Will Come" in here?
open.spotify.com/track/5BJwPM...
open.spotify.com/track/5BJwPM...
Christina Aguilera released 'Stripped' 23 years ago today. Here's my 2022 retrospective (which contains a fun little-known aside about a rapper's verse that didn't end up making the album): the97.net/then/retrosp...
'Stripped' Is Christina Aguilera's Magnum Opus - THE 97
Over 20 tracks, 21-year old Christina Aguilera stripped away her bubble-gum pop image and came into her own as an artist on her sophomore LP.
the97.net
October 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Christina Aguilera released 'Stripped' 23 years ago today. Here's my 2022 retrospective (which contains a fun little-known aside about a rapper's verse that didn't end up making the album): the97.net/then/retrosp...
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CHATGPT IS NOT A FUCKING SEARCH ENGINE
October 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
CHATGPT IS NOT A FUCKING SEARCH ENGINE
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"From reggae boutiques in the Bronx to the six-decade old Staten Island emporium where the RZA bought his first deep cuts, Vinyl NYC is a crate-diggers paradise."
Platters That Matter — James & Karla Murray’s Vinyl NYC:
Platters That Matter — James & Karla Murray’s Vinyl NYC:
Platters That Matter: James & Karla Murray's Vinyl NYC | The Quietus
The new book by photographers Karla L. Murray and James T. Murray documents the unique character and colourful inner lives of New York's finest – by which, of course, I mean it's many and varied record shops
thequietus.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"From reggae boutiques in the Bronx to the six-decade old Staten Island emporium where the RZA bought his first deep cuts, Vinyl NYC is a crate-diggers paradise."
Platters That Matter — James & Karla Murray’s Vinyl NYC:
Platters That Matter — James & Karla Murray’s Vinyl NYC:
The Japan bonus track from Britney Spears' 'Femme Fatale,' "Scary," is streaming! open.spotify.com/track/0A1FLi...
Scary
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October 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The Japan bonus track from Britney Spears' 'Femme Fatale,' "Scary," is streaming! open.spotify.com/track/0A1FLi...
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NJ area crate diggers: @richrusso.net is holding a benefit record sale this weekend in Cranford, NJ for the families of Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas, the 17 yr old girls that were (allegedly) killed by a stalker running his car into them. more info is here: www.facebook.com/share/p/1BfZ...
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October 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
NJ area crate diggers: @richrusso.net is holding a benefit record sale this weekend in Cranford, NJ for the families of Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas, the 17 yr old girls that were (allegedly) killed by a stalker running his car into them. more info is here: www.facebook.com/share/p/1BfZ...
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Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day
October 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day
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Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.
www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...
www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...
October 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.
www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...
www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...
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Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
October 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
6 years ago today, Lil' Kim released '9.'
My 2019 review: the97.net/music/review...
My 2019 review: the97.net/music/review...
Review: Lil' Kim returns with '9' - THE 97
After 14 years, Lil' Kim returns with 9, her fifth studio album, and a new sound, but the same bars that made her a household name.
the97.net
October 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
6 years ago today, Lil' Kim released '9.'
My 2019 review: the97.net/music/review...
My 2019 review: the97.net/music/review...