Kurt Loder

honestly i'm this close to quitting reading for good. every single author i actually love turns out to be problematic or worse. i'm so tired of finding out after i already got attached. feels like i can't enjoy anything anymore without a background check first

Hear me out, as this just works: the Red Hot Chilli Peppers performing the Beach Boys classic "I Get Around" at the Musicares tribute concert to Brian Wilson in 2005. It fits!

At just 14 years old, Sofia Shkidchenko pulled off something most singers spend a lifetime trying to master. Yodeling is one of the most demanding vocal techniques there is. It requires instant control between chest voice and falsetto, perfect timing, and total precision. One wrong move and the whole thing falls apart. Sofia isn’t from the Swiss Alps where yodeling originated. She’s from Kyiv, Ukraine. She discovered the style as a kid, became obsessed with it, and turned that curiosity into serious skill. Her performance on Ukraine’s Got Talent Kids left judges and viewers stunned, not just because of her age, but because of how effortless she made something so technically brutal sound.

That NY Times piece of the top 30 living american songwriters is sure showing up a lot. I was one of the people they asked and didn't feel like participating. I dislike "best of" lists, I think they're dumb and weird. But I guess I shot myself in the foot coz publicity!