"We’d already picked up a good idea of what country means to her culturally, in her few public statements in advance of 'Cowboy Carter,' amplified in the one trillion thinkpieces published during the last two months, many of which really did help spur a vital conversation about Black exclusion and reclamation in one of America’s most important indigenous artforms. But now “Cowboy Carter” is in front of us as a real piece of music, not just a conversation piece. So what does what might already be the most talked-about album of the 21st century actually sound like?" Variety reports:
This print was also very popular at Cheltenham and Wakefield. We sold five!
Thankfully I recently printed some more although it's already getting to the point where I need to print more.
I try to make a lot of entry level affordable prints because I know that times are tough at the moment. But I might still print that Mousehole print yet!
There is a dodgy car rental brand in australia, nz, usa and canada that i had used, and exclusively markets to overseas tourists, but not locals - presumably because locals would know that they should not rent a car that failed the technical inspection and is illegal to drive, which to the surprise of nobody happens a lot with cheap, 20 year old rental cars.
It's very hard to find organic customer reviews of the company, because their own SEO drowns out any authentic customer voices:
Their links come from "paid blog posts" (they pay the blogger to write some fluff piece) in private travel blogs, advertising banners, forum posts and articles on big travel sites like trip advisor
Their own "travel tips for #country#" websites which offers the same info as other tourist sites, but where they exclusively mention their own business. They have a whole network of their own sites, each for a different country they opperate in, a different language for the customer nationality they are targeting and the age group/price level they want to serve
social media channels of course
In forum posts where the company is mentioned in a bad way, some new account pops up defending the company, or the thread is deleted soon afterwards.
Same with online reviews on google maps, where the company sits at a 4.5 score, but some bad reviews about deposits not being paid out after the car was returned have magically disappeared.
"I wish I could call the old folks that aren't with us anymore.
I feel Granny dancing recklessly, at the Floyd County Store.
And the artist has his suffering, and the Gods must have their pain.
By the time the ride is over I'm sure I'll ask to ride again.
@vinylrecords Sorta interesting Taiwanese bootleg recording of Marty Robbins from 1967. Copyright law was a bit lax in those parts apparently, and they just pressed copies and compilations of whatever they wanted.
Sleeve is thin, plastic coated paper, rather then cardboard. One of their target markets was American forces based in Taiwan.
#JasonIsbell on "Rich Men North of Richmond" by #OliverAnthony: "There’s something there. But that’s the song you should have written when you were 16, and then, when you were 19, you should have rewritten it without the part about hating people on welfare. And then when you are 20 you throw the whole thing out and write another song."
How Google is killing independent sites like ours - HouseFresh ( housefresh.com )
Music discussion playlist, from my Mastodon music thread ( youtube.com )
This became a big varied musical mix, & suggestions thread. Loads of music discussion, cool tracks and Youtube and Spotify playlist of everything....