Extended Scrolling: August 25, 2023
[📷 Emma Davis]
Welcome, Extended Family! Here are a ten things that we're digging this week at The Extended Play Podcast:
Music:
Another political country song is the #1 song in the U.S. Though it appears this dude wasn’t too happy about the weaponization of his song. So that’s something.
Lots of people linking to this video: The Most Iconic Hip-Hop Sample of Every Year. (50 years of hip-hop!?)
The lead singer of Disturbed invited a young fan who was singing along to come up and sing with him. She burst into tears, and like a great dad he stopped the show to make sure she was okay.
In further Disturbed news 🤘, Phoebe Bridgers walked out to “Down With the Sickness” when opening for Taylor Swift. Baller move.
These playlists for “The Bear” are pure 90s nostalgia. Listen via Spotify (Season 1, 2) or Apple Music (Season 1, 2).
Speaking of “The Bear,” R.E.M. released a new video for “Strange Currencies” featuring scenes from the show.
E randomly forgot how much he likes The Flaming Lips’ “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.”
Deep old-school hip hop throwback: apparently, we’ve been saying this line from “Top Billin’” wrong for 30+ years. Regardless, milk is still chillin’.
Episode Throwbacks:
Turns out David Byrne regrets how he treated his Talking Heads bandmates. Probably a good idea to patch things up before their Q&A for the premiere of the remastered “Stop Making Sense.” (See our “Separation” episode.)
Someone else agrees that critics seem to veering away from writing negative reviews. (See our “Critics” episode.)
Read/see/hear anything cool recently? Let us know in the comments!
