Daniel James Leith
@danthecritic.bsky.social
Music Writer. Check out my blog: danthecritic.weebly.com
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This is the thread I'll use to post my #TheTwen2ie5 picks, aka my 50 favorite singles of the 2020's in ranked order. Feel free to follow along!
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 49
2 (11 Points)
Fred Again ft. Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax-"Victory Lap" (2025, Atlantic) www.youtube.com/watch?v=08C9...
2 (11 Points)
Fred Again ft. Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax-"Victory Lap" (2025, Atlantic) www.youtube.com/watch?v=08C9...
November 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 49
2 (11 Points)
Fred Again ft. Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax-"Victory Lap" (2025, Atlantic) www.youtube.com/watch?v=08C9...
2 (11 Points)
Fred Again ft. Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax-"Victory Lap" (2025, Atlantic) www.youtube.com/watch?v=08C9...
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I made a YouTube playlist of records I mentioned in Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music. I'm still adding to it, but there's over 100 tracks in there so far.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music - YouTube
songs featured in Al Shipley's book Tough Breaks
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I made a YouTube playlist of records I mentioned in Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music. I'm still adding to it, but there's over 100 tracks in there so far.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Metallica’s Cliff Burton in 1986: “There’s a band called R.E.M. that I like a lot…”
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Metallica’s Cliff Burton in 1986: “There’s a band called R.E.M. that I like a lot…”
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Lot of Beatles discourse on my timeline today based on one writer saying that as a kid he rebelled against them as his parents' music — which seems an awful lot like the most normal and non-controversial thing a teenager can possibly do
November 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Lot of Beatles discourse on my timeline today based on one writer saying that as a kid he rebelled against them as his parents' music — which seems an awful lot like the most normal and non-controversial thing a teenager can possibly do
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 48
3 (11 Points)
Doechii-"Yucky Blucky Fruitcake" (2020, IamDoechii) m.youtube.com/watch?v=8qnO...
3 (11 Points)
Doechii-"Yucky Blucky Fruitcake" (2020, IamDoechii) m.youtube.com/watch?v=8qnO...
November 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 48
3 (11 Points)
Doechii-"Yucky Blucky Fruitcake" (2020, IamDoechii) m.youtube.com/watch?v=8qnO...
3 (11 Points)
Doechii-"Yucky Blucky Fruitcake" (2020, IamDoechii) m.youtube.com/watch?v=8qnO...
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Jellybean Johnson, The Time Drummer & Prince Associate, Dies at 69
Jellybean Johnson, The Time Drummer & Prince Associate, Dies at 69
Jellybean Johnson, the Minneapolis musician and producer who was the drummer for the Prince-affiliated funk-rock group The Time, is dead. He was 69.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Jellybean Johnson, The Time Drummer & Prince Associate, Dies at 69
November 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 46
5 (11 Points)
Indravithi Chauhan and Devi Sri Prasad-"Oo Antava Oo Oo Antava" (2021, Aditya Music) m.youtube.com/watch?v=u_wB...
5 (11 Points)
Indravithi Chauhan and Devi Sri Prasad-"Oo Antava Oo Oo Antava" (2021, Aditya Music) m.youtube.com/watch?v=u_wB...
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 46
5 (11 Points)
Indravithi Chauhan and Devi Sri Prasad-"Oo Antava Oo Oo Antava" (2021, Aditya Music) m.youtube.com/watch?v=u_wB...
5 (11 Points)
Indravithi Chauhan and Devi Sri Prasad-"Oo Antava Oo Oo Antava" (2021, Aditya Music) m.youtube.com/watch?v=u_wB...
November 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Kanopy absolutely rules. It’s a fantastic (and free with no ads) streamer you get with a library card. I’m so glad the talented folks at Movie Jawn are highlighting the service.
MJ's @gennyradosti.bsky.social shares early films from this year's Oscar hopefuls, now streaming on @kanopy.com
Wanna watch the flicks? Grab yourself a library card and check out Genevieve's recs at #KanopyKorner
Wanna watch the flicks? Grab yourself a library card and check out Genevieve's recs at #KanopyKorner
Kanopy Korner: Before they were Oscar hopefuls — Moviejawn
by Genevieve Radosti, Staff Writer I’ve found some earlier, less-lauded work by five directors that you’ll want to check out before the Oscars race really starts heating up.
www.moviejawn.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Kanopy absolutely rules. It’s a fantastic (and free with no ads) streamer you get with a library card. I’m so glad the talented folks at Movie Jawn are highlighting the service.
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For context, defendants’ motions to dismiss are really common, even in antitrust trials that are ultimately successful. It isn’t a sign of anything about the merits of the case.
Live Nation Moves to Crush DOJ Antitrust Case With Motion to Dismiss
Live Nation Moves to Crush DOJ Antitrust Case With Motion to Dismiss
Live Nation argues DOJ antitrust case is built on weak evidence, seeking dismissal before trial.
bit.ly
November 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
For context, defendants’ motions to dismiss are really common, even in antitrust trials that are ultimately successful. It isn’t a sign of anything about the merits of the case.
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Some great stuff in the replies here
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Some great stuff in the replies here
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 44
7
Ludmilla, Mariah Angeliq and Topo La Maskara ft. Mr. Vegas-"Socadona" (2021, Warner Brazil) www.youtube.com/watch?v=15wV...
7
Ludmilla, Mariah Angeliq and Topo La Maskara ft. Mr. Vegas-"Socadona" (2021, Warner Brazil) www.youtube.com/watch?v=15wV...
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 44
7
Ludmilla, Mariah Angeliq and Topo La Maskara ft. Mr. Vegas-"Socadona" (2021, Warner Brazil) www.youtube.com/watch?v=15wV...
7
Ludmilla, Mariah Angeliq and Topo La Maskara ft. Mr. Vegas-"Socadona" (2021, Warner Brazil) www.youtube.com/watch?v=15wV...
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Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. O, O, O!
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. O, O, O!
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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"Growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, no-one ever used the term 'Sound System Culture', it was 'Roots and Culture' – the music was the sound of freedom. Reggae music was the sound of culture and heritage dipped in the roots of our ancestral blood."
Voices from the sound systems of Chapeltown:
Voices from the sound systems of Chapeltown:
Roots and Culture: voices from the sound systems of Chapeltown
Home for three-quarters of a century to a thriving African-Caribbean musical, cultural and arts scene, Leeds celebrates its reggae pioneers
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"Growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, no-one ever used the term 'Sound System Culture', it was 'Roots and Culture' – the music was the sound of freedom. Reggae music was the sound of culture and heritage dipped in the roots of our ancestral blood."
Voices from the sound systems of Chapeltown:
Voices from the sound systems of Chapeltown:
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what the hell why not. here’s 1500 words on a song i like www.pastemagazine.com/music/starsh...
“We Built This City” is a good song, actually
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www.pastemagazine.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
what the hell why not. here’s 1500 words on a song i like www.pastemagazine.com/music/starsh...
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 41
10
BabyMINT-"Hellokittybalahcurrihellokitty" (2023, HIM International) www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsb1...
10
BabyMINT-"Hellokittybalahcurrihellokitty" (2023, HIM International) www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsb1...
November 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 41
10
BabyMINT-"Hellokittybalahcurrihellokitty" (2023, HIM International) www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsb1...
10
BabyMINT-"Hellokittybalahcurrihellokitty" (2023, HIM International) www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsb1...
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I'm very sorry to report that the great alt-country singer-songwriter Todd Snider has died at 59 of undiagnosed walking pneumonia. I stick by what I wrote about him in 2012. www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bn/2012-0... Here's Rolling Stone's coverage. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Robert Christgau: Preaching Agnosticism (with Laugh Lines)
www.robertchristgau.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I'm very sorry to report that the great alt-country singer-songwriter Todd Snider has died at 59 of undiagnosed walking pneumonia. I stick by what I wrote about him in 2012. www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bn/2012-0... Here's Rolling Stone's coverage. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 40
11
Selecta J-Man and MC Spyda-"Foundation Style" (2024, Born On Road) www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_N0...
11
Selecta J-Man and MC Spyda-"Foundation Style" (2024, Born On Road) www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_N0...
November 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 40
11
Selecta J-Man and MC Spyda-"Foundation Style" (2024, Born On Road) www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_N0...
11
Selecta J-Man and MC Spyda-"Foundation Style" (2024, Born On Road) www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_N0...
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This was just posted on Todd Snider's Twitter account. Asking everyone who loves his music to send him good vibes right now. Really hoping he pulls through.
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This was just posted on Todd Snider's Twitter account. Asking everyone who loves his music to send him good vibes right now. Really hoping he pulls through.