As we reach the summer solstice it’s super hot & humid here in NYC & sadly, that may be the best news of the week.

In other news…oh, never mind. America is a fetid mess that’s been slowly killing itself with guns & cigarettes & opioids & brainwashed cults that revel in their ignorance. While I’ve been worried about the slow march to this present precipice since the Reagan years, I somehow still can’t believe we’re here. I can’t believe Democrats played the role of Charlie Brown to the Republicans’ Lucy Van Pelt so often & for so long that we now have six full-on ideologues on the Supreme Court hell bent on undoing decades (& in some cases centuries) of progress on issues ranging from social justice to the environment to gun sanity to reproductive & LGBT+ & voting rights…& so much more.

As one precient Talking Head put it just as the American Taliban began infiltrating the highest levels of the U.S. government, I ain’t got time for that now.

Lots of new playlist additions today including 🎵 byCola (Montreal, Canada, @band_cola), The Decemberists (Portland, OR, @TheDecemberists), Eels (Los Feliz, CA, @EelsTheBand), Goat Girl (London, England, @GoatGirlOfficial), Islands (Los Angeles, CA via Montreal, Canada, @NickFromIslands), Memorials (Brighton, England), @MemorialsMusic), Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Melbourne, Australia, @NickCaveOfficial), Velocity Girl (Washington, DC, @VelocityGirlBand), & Walt Disco (Glasgow, Scotland, @WaltDisco).

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480 Minutes / Episode 880