I was really upset that I missed this in the credits or something, but it was unreleased until a week ago on Neil Diamond’s 50th Anniversary Collectors Edition set. According to Diamond: “I didn’t ask anybody about it or tell anybody about it, but I wrote this song while we were doing the movie,” Diamond says. “I liked it a lot, but I thought maybe [the movie] needed a little something from the heart, rather than being clever.” After the movie came out, Diamond played the song for director Dennis Dugan, who said he would have likely used the song if he’d known about it.

I love this song; and this was a great performance. Thanks Stereogum and Nora (for recommending this album):

Noname is back with another album, Room 25, and it’s very good. Though released a few weeks ago, it is back in the news because she is trying to change the album cover based on the artist being charged with domestic battery. Yeah, she is great. In fact, she used to call herself Noname Gypsy till she found out “gypsy” was considered a slur to Romani people.

This Russian video/song/dance is definitely more weird than anything else, but it was entertaining too; I watched it twice in an row.

I have no idea where this came from.