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    Man, The The's 'The Beat(en) Generation' hits even harder after last week.
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    Getting rejected for a job yesterday after surviving 3 rounds of interviews, spread across the last month, where I spoke with 8 different people has killed off any Christmas spirit I had left. Gonna have to fake it for a few days.
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    Excited to hear a new St. Vincent album is on the way in a few months. I know the last one was rather polarizing, but her description of the new one sounds like it might have broader appeal. Inspired by 70s Stevie Wonder and Sly & The Family Stone.
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    Are these broadcasts available for free?
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    They air on PBS affiliates around the country, and I believe they also post them on the Austin City Limits website around the time they air. Not sure they leave them up indefinitely though. I think they leave them up for a few weeks at least.
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    Sometimes they also post some songs that don't make the final show on YouTube.
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    I thought the new Bee Gees doc on HBO was pretty good overall. I thought the pacing was great...up until the end where they pretty much jumped from the mid-80s to the passing of Andy, Maurice, and Robin. Could've used another 10-15 minutes to at least highlight the 90s and early 00s singles.
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    It was clear to me they had finished telling their story with the mid-eighties and tacked on the passing of the siblings because they realized they didn’t actually have an ending.
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    I just wanted them to cover some of the hits they had in those later years. Those weren't great albums, but they did have some hits, and covering that material would have only reinforced the overall themes of the group which have always been resilience & reinvention. They also could've covered some later covers of their songs that were also hits.
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    The glossing over of an artist's or group's later, less successful/more troublesome years, is always my biggest pet peeve of career spanning documentaries. One big exception off the top of my head is that Nina Simone doc. That was a pretty warts and all overview.
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    Man, Charlie Sexton really nailed the essence of Townes Van Zandt in "Blaze", particularly in those interview segments.
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    I did listen to some new releases this year, but, you wouldn't know it from my 2020 Wrapped info. I guess I leaned hard on older tunes to get me through this pandemic. Honestly though, music simply wasn't as high of a priority this year.
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    Between losing my job, looking for a job, and my dad's health worsening, music has been relegated to the back burner more than at probably any point in my life. I listen to the same few songs sporadically, just to keep me sane.
    GritNGlitter
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    I relate to that. Sometimes music is solace, a welcome distraction. But sometimes it's noise, stressful.
    Hey, I love you, Aron. Every day starts a new year, really. I hope this next one is better for you.
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    Thanks @GritNGlitter. I try not to go too hard into poor me mode because I know this year has been hard on everyone, and it's been way harder on so many. And, like we discussed on Twitter, it's not like things are magically going to change for the better on 1/1/21. For some reason, re-watching "The Punk Singer" really helped this week.
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    Happy Thanksgiving N&G fam! I’m thankful for this rad community, and I’m also thankful that my copy of “Jesus Hits Like The Atom Bomb” arrived this week unscathed.
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    Really impressed with the JHLTAB packaging. Haven’t listened to it yet, but the quality of everything else is top notch.
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    The Last Waltz concert took place 44 years ago today. Sound like as good a reason as any for another re-watch.
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    haha, yep, meant to put this on that post! Dang smartphone screen is too small.
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    No worries. Did you happen to see that the entire set she recorded for that ACL performance is now available on Bandcamp for a limited time? I think it is available until sometime in January. She also has a different performance on streaming services called Live In Austin that is really good. She put out a lot of stuff this year, and is doing livestreams almost nightly.
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    I did bookmark her on Bandcamp to explore later...I will look for it!
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    Might not be the same with all the PBS stations across the country, but here in the Austin area they are re-airing the Jackie Venson/Mavis Staples episode of Austin City Limits in about 30 minutes. I highly recommend the episode, particularly the Jackie Venson half.
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    My copy of Oxford America's annual Southern Music issue arrived today. Always a very good read from cover to cover.
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    I ordered mine quite a while ago. I actually forgot about it, so it was a nice surprise today. They're calling this one "Greatest Hits" as it features some older pieces, and then newer material. There are 10 Spotify playlists that were curated from various contributors though, so I'm anxious to dive into those. Brittany Howard did one. Love these issues.
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    hey I'm southern
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    The first one of these I ever got was actually the 2nd one they did. They used to have accompanying CDs, and that particular issue had an alternate take of a new R.E.M. song, a not yet released Vic Chesnutt song, and a Lee Dorsey song, among others. And the essays in the magazine made for great reading too.
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    Good episode of Austin City Limits this week. Jackie Venson gets 30 minutes & then a re-air of a Mavis performance from 2012.
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    Seriously folks, that Jackie Venson performance is out of this world good. Powerful and brilliantly executed. Record one of the re-airings later this coming week if you missed it tonight.
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    I know the whole Rock and Roll of Fame thing is polarizing for many, but I actually liked the way they handled the virtual induction this year. The HBO production was a nice watch IMO.
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    RIP Jerry Jeff Walker
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    one of those legends that came from out of state and is quintessentially Texan.
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    I loved that he would ask to sit in on local sets randomly, like a busker at the bar. or the familial jokes about him dissing my dad in the 80s, that were inevitably told before breaking into one of his songs. long live Jerry Jeff.
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    I knew of his bigger songs when I first arrived in Austin, but the first song I really connected with was 'Morning Song To Sally'. Nanci Griffith did an awesome cover on her "Other Voices | Other Rooms" album. And this live duet version remains a favorite:
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