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Jon Fosse: "Trilogy" has entered the chat - He makes it feel natural to slide through different states of being, and I don’t know, having read about five of his books now, I’m starting to think that maybe it is.
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Jon Fosse: "Trilogy" has entered the chat
The otherworldly, other-timely 2014 title from the Nobel prize-winning Norwegian
https://open.substack.com/pub/musiclyricsandlife/p/jon-fosse-trilogy-has-entered-the?r=5xypz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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Normalize the term PRO-FA
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When Anti-antifa means Pro-Nazi (video)
Notes from a Presidential "Roundtable"
https://snyder.substack.com/p/when-anti-antifa-means-pro-nazi-video?utm_source=podcast-email&publication_id=310897&post_id=175763341&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_content=watch_now_button&r=5xypz&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
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Mother Jones
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First Bernie Sanders. Then the CDC directors. Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
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RFK Jr.’s enemies list just got a lot longer
First Bernie Sanders. Then CDC directors. Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/rfk-jr-s-enemies-list-just-got-a-lot-longer/
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Eleven song titles on Morgan Wallen's new album are mutant Taylor Swift titles. Who's the problem, now?
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. “I Got Better”-“Soon You’ll Get Better”/ “Eyes Are Closed”-“Eyes Open”/“Last Night”-“The Very First Night”/“Cowgirls”-“Cowboy Like Me” "Superman"-"Superman"...
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Are Morgan Wallen Song Titles Just Mutant Taylor Swift Song Titles?
Don't tell me this is a coincidence.
https://musiclyricsandlife.substack.com/p/are-morgan-wallen-song-titles-just
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#epstein
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RELEASE THE LIST
YouTube video by Ben Lapidus
https://youtu.be/VR5WY9xLjcE?si=Ksc_h8CazUWesGQS
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Class War. Indigestion. Dystopia. Chaos. Here are my Songs of the Summer for 2025.
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My Songs of the Summer
For better and/or worse, 2025 wouldn't have been the same without them.
https://open.substack.com/pub/musiclyricsandlife/p/my-songs-of-the-summer?r=5xypz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 months ago
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Jill Stein voters: How's she doing? You know I worry.
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MJdowntheshore
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Daily Piece of Art 🎨 Patrick von Kalckreuth 🇩🇪 (1898 - 1970) 🖼️ The North Sea (1955) - oil on canvas
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Song Demo: "Michelle Owes Me Twenty Bucks"
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Song Demo: "Michelle Owes Me Twenty Bucks"
You don't stiff the band.
https://open.substack.com/pub/musiclyricsandlife/p/song-demo-michelle-owes-me-twenty?r=5xypz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 months ago
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New Song Demo: "I'll Be Gone"
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Song Demo: "I'll Be Gone"
NGL, this is scary to post. But I'm doing it.
https://open.substack.com/pub/musiclyricsandlife/p/song-demo-ill-be-gone?r=5xypz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
4 months ago
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5 months ago
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How’s this for a creative process: “Take a good large Quantity of New-made Urine of Beer-drinkers and evaporate it gently to the consistency of honey.” With video of me reading for the audiobook. On Substack
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Lessons from the man who boiled his urine
(With video excerpt)
https://open.substack.com/pub/musiclyricsandlife/p/lessons-from-the-man-who-boiled-his?r=5xypz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
5 months ago
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All killers, no filler. If you like hallucinations, or the writing process of those who create them, this is your stop.
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A Summer Reading List for Sometime Later in Life
No beach is good enough for them.
https://open.substack.com/pub/musiclyricsandlife/p/a-summer-reading-list-for-sometime?r=5xypz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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The New York Times
5 months ago
The Trump administration released a report last week that it billed as a “clear, evidence-based foundation” for action on a range of children’s health issues. But the report, from the Make America Healthy Again Commission, cited studies that did not exist.
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No beach is worthy of these: A Summer Reading List for Sometime Later in Life
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A Summer Reading List for Sometime Later in Life
No beach is good enough for them.
https://open.substack.com/pub/musiclyricsandlife/p/a-summer-reading-list-for-sometime?r=5xypz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
5 months ago
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If you’ve ever wondered what my classes are like, now you can go to one as part of Lectures on Tap, “an event series where professors and experts give thought-provoking lectures inside of bars.” Prof life and gig life collide in a personal, on-stage Singularity.
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Lectures on Tap -"Pop Songwriting 101: The Origins and Elements of a Hit"
Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures in NYC bars.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lectures-on-tap-pop-songwriting-101-the-origins-and-elements-of-a-hit-tickets-1369729591079?aff=oddtdtcreator
5 months ago
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reposted by
Neil deGrasse Tyson
5 months ago
If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
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Biggie
5 months ago
Your School House Rock moment.....🤔
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RIO LINDA MEX 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦🦍
5 months ago
IF YOU HAVEN’T READ IT DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
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Jill wrote as if she were sitting on a park bench with a friend, making up extravagantly detailed histories of ordinary passers-by. Jill Sobule, "Karen by Night"
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Jill Sobule, "Karen by Night"
Rest easy, and thanks for the music.
https://open.substack.com/pub/musiclyricsandlife/p/jill-sobule-karen-by-night?r=5xypz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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Not bad for two years down the road. Thank you for checking it out. I really hope it’s helping you write what you came here to write.
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6 months ago
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#caturday
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6 months ago
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The latest:
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6 months ago
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The New York Times
6 months ago
A man abused as a child at a Missouri Christian camp agreed to remain silent, and took his own life. His sister and other victims’ relatives are pushing several states to ban such nondisclosure agreements in cases of childhood sexual assault.
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A New Push to Open the Doors on Childhood Sexual Abuse
A man abused as a child at a Missouri Christian camp agreed to remain silent, and took his own life. His sister is pushing several states to ban such nondisclosure agreements.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/us/non-disclosure-agreements-statute-of-limitations-states.html
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A student asked me, "Why do songs repeat?" There are a lot of theories, but I wondered if a universal answer might come from the universe itself. So I asked an expert.
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7 months ago
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Who gets fired for this bullshit,
@cnn.com
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7 months ago
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I think about this all the time: "It’s a real moment of maturation to say, 'My time here is short—what can I do the most beautifully?' I think that’s a lesson in prose, but also in life."
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George Saunders on His First Love: Songwriting
The celebrated author discusses his run-in with music and his search for a form he could live up to.
https://musiclyricsandlife.substack.com/p/george-saunders-on-his-first-love
7 months ago
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Loved it
add a skeleton here at some point
8 months ago
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The common denominator between RESPECT, HOTTOGO, BANANAS, BEYINCÉ, and DIVORCE.
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The Seven-Letter Rule of Songwriting
If you're spelling out your hook, I've got a number for you.
https://musiclyricsandlife.substack.com/p/the-seven-letter-rule-of-songwriting
8 months ago
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A strange discovery at the bottom of a rabbit hole: The Seven-Letter Rule of Songwriting
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The Seven-Letter Rule of Songwriting
If you're spelling out your hook, I've got a number for you.
https://open.substack.com/pub/musiclyricsandlife/p/the-seven-letter-rule-of-songwriting?r=5xypz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
8 months ago
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Great work, everybody.
add a skeleton here at some point
8 months ago
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While shoveling, I realized how many books I love feature people who die in the snow. If you have others, please tell me. I think I'll make it my genre for the season.
@bookshop-org.bsky.social
@barnesandnoble.com
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My Favorite Books Where People Die in the Snow
Spoiler alert: They die in the snow.
https://open.substack.com/pub/musiclyricsandlife/p/my-favorite-books-where-people-die?r=5xypz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
8 months ago
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Patton Oswalt
8 months ago
Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
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R physicians in the Senate green-lighting RFK: Roger Marshall (R-KS) 2021–present Bill Cassidy (R-LA) 2015–present Rand Paul (R-KY) 2011–present John Barrasso (R-WY) 2007–present
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U.S. Senate: Physicians in the Senate
Physicians in the Senate
https://www.senate.gov/senators/PhysiciansintheSenate.htm
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Artists are contract workers. Meaning, if you crash your car while touring the album that you probably don’t own, the label can leave you in whatever ditch you’re in, and walk.You’ve seen the artist GoFundMe’s, I’m sure. That’s why.
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Chappell Roan's Acceptance Speech Was the Most Important Part
"Labels: We got you. But do you got us?"
https://musiclyricsandlife.substack.com/p/chappell-roans-acceptance-speech
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Chappell Roan's Acceptance Speech Was the Most Important Part
"Labels: We got you. But do you got us?"
https://open.substack.com/pub/musiclyricsandlife/p/chappell-roans-acceptance-speech?r=5xypz
9 months ago
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Ani DiFranco's song “Fuel” was included in Rolling Stone’s list of Top 100 Protest Songs of All Time, and while graciously accepting the honor, she took a moment to completely redefine the term. @righteousbabe @anidifranco
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The Dual Art of the "Protest Song"
Leave it to Ani DiFranco to define the true power of political music.
https://musiclyricsandlife.substack.com/p/the-dual-art-of-the-protest-song
9 months ago
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What I Think a Song Really Is
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What I Think a Song Really Is
...and how I think a definition can help your writing
https://open.substack.com/pub/musiclyricsandlife/p/what-i-think-a-song-really-is?r=5xypz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
9 months ago
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If you’re reading this, I want to offer you two better options for continuing to communicate: 1) My mailing list, which is at
www.errico.com
(there’s a pop-up that asks you to join); and 2) Substack, which is at
musiclyricsandlife.substack.com
. I hope to see you there.
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Home - Mike Errico
https://www.errico.com
9 months ago
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Oh Carrie Underwood
9 months ago
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Nick Knudsen
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Video and Setlist for the Mike Errico Holiday Show
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Video and Setlist for the Mike Errico Holiday Show
It was a good one. See for yourself!
https://open.substack.com/pub/musiclyricsandlife/p/video-and-setlist-for-the-mike-errico?r=5xypz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
10 months ago
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If 2024 was a year for ignoring, dismissing, litigating and/or voting against women, the output of these artists can be understood as their barely-coded response. CNN asked me about Chappell, Charli, and Sabrina...
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CNN asked me about Chappell, Charli, and Sabrina...
Here's what I said—and what they printed.
https://open.substack.com/pub/musiclyricsandlife/p/cnn-asked-me-about-chappell-charli?r=5xypz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
10 months ago
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Hot take: I don’t think it’s a stretch to place early Peanuts next to John Williams scores and the Goodfellas soundtrack.
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“A Charlie Brown Christmas” Is a Miracle of Music Supervision
Sociopaths, depressives, and predators collide with a laid-back 60s jazz pianist—and a middling TV special transforms into the “Dark Side of the Moon" of holiday favorites.
https://musiclyricsandlife.substack.com/p/a-charlie-brown-christmas-is-a-miracle
10 months ago
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This is the kind of thing that makes me aware that I'm not an adult. Are you? Want any of this tiny garbage? Then you might be.
10 months ago
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not bad
10 months ago
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The Mike Errico Holiday Show: Live, or Livestreamed The highlight of the year, live or livestreamed
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The Mike Errico Holiday Show: Live, or Livestreamed
December 19th, 7p (ET), in NYC
https://open.substack.com/pub/musiclyricsandlife/p/the-mike-errico-holiday-show-live?r=5xypz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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