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| Gertie, left, and Irm, right, relax after strenuous bodysurfing session |
In what has become a beloved annual tradition here on th' IoF©, long-time scissor sisters Irma and Gertrude broadcast their end o' th' year podcast from the Pismo Beach Twilight Home For Elderly Lesbians!
And what a fantastic year for music it's been! Thousands of albums from countless miserable Millennials whining about - wupes - sharing mental health issues, societal dysfunction issues, bereavement and loss issues, relationship issues, commitment issues, entitlement issues, empowerment issues, gender identity issues, pronoun issues, vagina issues, ethnicity issues, sexual proclivity issues, post-pandemic isolation issues, body horror issues, self-loathing issues ... wow! More issues than the National Geographic! Oh - and there's been some Norwegians, probably, playing tributes to jazz music, and the usual ringtone RnB, and, like, some disco nose flutes from Albania or somewhere.
So let's settle back as Irm n' Gert wax loquacious anent this year's bountiful harvest of musical entertainment!
FT3: Great to see you two gals looking so sprightly! So - let's be hearing your musical round-up of yet another landmark year for rock, pop, and roll!
Irma: That Billie Eilish moistens my oyster somewhat.
Gertrude: Miserable bitch, though. I mean, if fucking women doesn't make you happy, why do it?
Irma: Still, I'd be in up to my bony old elbow. Give her something to be miserable about.
Gertrude: She make a record this year?
Irma: Everybody made a record this year. Your ass made a record this year.
FT3: [coughs] So what's your choice, ladies? Grimes? Lorde?
Irma: Other than Gert's ass, it's gotta be that one fat bitch. Again. Ariana.
Gertrude: You mean Adele?Irma: Oh, who gives a shit anymore. I'd take my teeth out for any of them misery sluts.
FT3: Aaaand ... that about wraps it up for this year! Can we open a window?
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New cover for my Album o' th' Year:
What albums moistened your oyster this year?
ReplyDeleteI thought of this fun attempt at communication across some divides, undertaken by a talented musician who I also happen to know: Rita Hosking's "Climate Country Radio." It's a free download, and kinda catchy.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.ritahosking.com/climate-country-radio
I forgot to identify myself a D in California!
DeleteThis is swell!
Delete(Tag line: "This activity is funded in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, through the Upstate California Creative Corps." - think she's been studying the IoF©?)
My Album o' th' Year (this year, that is) is The Lemon Twigs' "A Dream Is All We Know" which also gets the award for worst cover design.
ReplyDeletesuch a mixed bag; much good, too much bad. Howzabout Hinds "Viva Hinds."
ReplyDeleteLooks tempting ...
DeleteHmmmm... Group called 1. O'Sister and their latest lp is Brand New Day. https://osister.bandcamp.com/album/brand-new-day
ReplyDelete2. The Debtors - Everyone is Alright https://music.apple.com/es/album/everyone-is-alright/1731839727?l=en-GB
3. Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding - Milton and Esperanza https://music.apple.com/es/album/milton-esperanza/1742067922?l=en-GB
Sorry!!! No idea!!!!
ReplyDeleteYup. It's a tough call, isn't it? I'm also enjoying the new Pure Prairie League album, "Back On Track", exactly because it sounds like a bunch of superb musicians having a gas playing some uplifting songs. It's clichéd and even a little corny, but in the context of the times, it's also pretty amazing that it got made.
DeleteOh - and the Lemon Twigs need A Drummer, not just someone who can keep a beat, and they need some variety/range in the vocals. Swell album nonetheless.
DeleteRecently I allowed my "Randy" Randomguy loose on my itunes and he selected a song from Rain Parade - Last Rays of a Dying Sun, a fine album - was that this year? The new Chuck Prophet album sounds great but I need to have a proper listen.
ReplyDeleteI doubt it would appeal to many here, but the new OMD album got quite a few plays this year.