https://londondaily.com/british-writer-pens-the-best-description-of-trump-i-ve-read
Courtesy of British writer Nate White. Sample: “God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. … In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.”
Since Top 40 radio this past year was dominated by female
artists, it’s no surprise that my first list below is as well.
Songs (Top 40 division)
1.
Feather – Sabrina
Carpenter
2.
Die With A Smile – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
3.
Water – Tyla
4.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER – Billie Eilish
5.
Made For Me – Muni Long
6.
Saturn – Sza
7.
Paint The Town Red – Doja Cat
8.
Strangers – Kenya Grace
9.
The Door – Teddy Swims
10.
Calling After Me – Wallows
11.
Stick Season – Noah Kahan
12.
I Remember Everything – Zach Bryan (feat. Kacey
Musgraves)
13.
Training Season – Dua Lipa
14.
Used To Be Young – Miley Cyrus
15.
Standing Next To You – Jung Kook & Usher
Songs (AAA division)
1.
Wondering Why – Red Clay
Strays
2.
Dance With A Stranger – Lake Street Dive
3.
Live For You – Thee Sacred Souls
4.
So Glad You Made It – Fantastic Cat
5.
Solitary Road – Charley Crockett
6.
Northern Attitude – Noah Kahan
7.
Cardinal – Kacey Musgraves
8.
Peaceful Place – Leon Bridges
9.
My Love Mine All Mine – Mitski
10.
Empty Trainload Of Sky – Gillian Welch/David
Rawlings
11.
A Fragile Thing – The Cure
12.
Bells And Whistles – Bright Eyes
13.
Don’t Forget Me – Maggie Rogers
14.
Burial Ground – Decemberists
15.
Ice Cream (Pay Phone) – Black Pumas
Albums
1.
Now That’s What I Call
Fantastic Cat
2.
A Philly Special Christmas Party – The Philly
Specials
3.
Lake Street Dive – Good Together (#1 mvyradio top 25)
4.
Dawes – Oh Brother
5. Richard Thompson – Ship To Shore
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/08/wildfires-los-angeles-disaster-la/
There is certainly nothing funny about this Rick Reilly
column, but it’s well worth reading nonetheless, especially since he has a home
in Los Angeles County (Hermosa Beach). The penultimate paragraph is especially
affecting:
A writer thinks back on his 45 years spent in Los Angeles, off and on. He remembers the L.A. riots, the Northridge earthquake, the massive Mendocino fire, all of them paling compared with this. He’s never seen annihilation like this. These fires burn from the beach to the mountains, from Pasadena to the Palisades, from the Malibu trailers to Pasadena mansions. Some fully immolate in the time it takes to say the Lord’s Prayer.
