The series “The Story of” by Vice is pretty good from what I’ve seen. Some of it is too drawn out, some is too short. This is the best so far: The Story of the Thong Song. There is this build up of copyright infringement from the Beatles that has a real surprising turn.
If you can signup for a 7-day trial of Apple TV, do it for this show. Weirdly based off of a promo for NBC’s European soccer coverage years ago. Nothing groundbreaking, just funny and uplifting; and uplifting might not be what you are looking for in a show, but I really liked that part of it. They just put up the trailer for season 2, but here is season 1. I would post a clip, but it’s too hard to pick.
Volume 1 of Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows was fantastic. If this Sturgill Simpson cover is a taste of the quality of Volume 2, then I am excited for it.
I really loved Sound Opinion’s recommendation of Waxahatchee’s Peace and Quiet a long time ago, she reminded of Liz Phair. But instead diving deeper into Waxahatchee, I just listened to Liz Phair.
Then, a co-worker’s recommendation of her album, Saint Cloud, piqued my interest, but hearing that she did a great Dolly Parton cover prioritized my listening to the album. The album is great. And the cover is fantastic.
And if you want to hear Dolly’s version:
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