The Rock Hall's inductees will include eight acts who have all been eligible for at least a decade. In its "musical influence" category, the hall nods to Latin and African pop for the first time. n.pr/4cl9U9E

Listen to "Brimful of Asha" in her honor please

A literal legend, heard but rarely seen.

For years now, every time I see the name John Steinbeck, I instantly lose the ability to recall the name William Faulkner, and have to google one of his novels to remove the block. Afterward, i think to myself “that’s gotta be the last time,” and yet.

nice www.npr.org/2026/04/09/n...

“What are the best and worst Morrissey lyrics?”

Mystery solved.

#NewMusicFriday Actress and Suzanne Ciani, 'Concrète Waves London' Literally just hit play after @spotieotis.bsky.social dropped it in a DM. I am already in another realm, ready to ascend. werkdiscslondon.bandcamp.com/album/concr-...

Aryan a**hole

It’s big ball chunky time

I was never a "Dynasty" fan, but had I known Carrington Manor was a death trap I would've probably watched this show.

Bend the knee, they ask politely.

It's Keith's birthday y'all. A good excuse to put on a record of his that you haven't put on in a while. Going with this.

the United States needs to become even more morose about baseball if they want to win on the biggest stages

I don't know about you, but for ME?!?! I love to see guys hit a forever-memorable home run and then celebrate by looking like they are absolutely furious and annoyed that such a good thing just happened. It fits into the one allowed emotion (anger) that we men are allowed to have.

In all sincerity, I think it's rad that America hosts a big baseball tournament where absolutely nobody roots for them

The Board of Hormuz

Congratulations to All Songs Considered and @robinpr.bsky.social on winning Best Music Podcast at the iHeart Podcast Awards at SXSW. It’s a relief to see good guys come out on top once in a while.

Mark DeRosa just wished Albert Pujols better luck tomorrow.

“With all newspapers in Germany being told what to publish and how to write the news and editorials, it was inevitable that a deadly conformity would come over the nation’s press.” - William Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 406

The first amendment says Congress can’t prohibit the freedom of the press, so unfortunately this is just another case of our forefathers failing to anticipate the majority party’s apparent disinterest in wielding the power afforded it in the Constitution.

If my business-savvy record label didn’t stop me from naming my album “Cosmic Opera Volume 1,” I’d be pretty mad, too.

“Fated to pretend” hits different this year

Midori Jaeger plays the cello like a guitar and sounds like a cross between Julia Holter and Thundercat. Don’t sleep. midorijaeger.bandcamp.com/album/un-pla...

Laker Fans Furious As Bam Adebayo Dies In Even Worse Helicopter Crash

I think there is something to explore that many nations at the WBC have come showing what they love about their country (dancing, celebration, tradition) to represent the people while the American team has shown up representing and only celebrating the military

Before making her upcoming sixth album, the country star returned to her small-town Texas home and discovered the power of in-between spaces. "I found a lot of clarity there," she says. n.pr/40UFqpE

Some days I just feel like this Edward Gorey bird gets it.

How does one set up a tribunal? Asking for a friend.

This sort of gesture, to release what many have wanted for decades and give all the proceeds to your late comrade's charity, that is friendship. fugazi.bandcamp.com/album/albini...

Stop literally everything. Steve Albini's Fugazi sessions, widely bootlegged and full of lore, now available officially for the first time. fugazi.bandcamp.com/album/albini...

You can’t spell ballad without b-a-d.

Via @npr.org: Iran controls the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean — one of the world's most strategically important choke points. Shipping traffic crawled to a stop this week.

Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post offering “financial runway." This month it gutted its newsroom—more than 300 layoffs. Whatever you think of legacy news, the hard data shows us that newspaper closures hurt Americans. Here's how: 🧵

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

Along with a growing number of war-wounded amputees, Mykhailo Varvarych and Iryna Botvynska are navigating an altered destiny after Varvarych lost both his legs during the Russian invasion.

With a little help from his Sinners co-star Miles Caton, the near-nonagenarian legend gives the Tiny Desk a history lesson in the blues. n.pr/4tPjN7o

The meteor is calling from inside the house.

tbh, the only difference between AI videos of athletes speaking and the real thing is the two weeks worth of electricity that could have been spent powering a four-bedroom house

The Justice Department did not release key records in the Epstein files about a woman who made an unverified accusation against Donald Trump. In 2019, the woman said she had been sexually assaulted by Trump and Jeffrey Epstein decades earlier, when she was a minor. nyti.ms/4ceQAwl

NPR: Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

This year's Baseball Prospecuts hits hard. And, yes, perhaps the Angels do represent the current moment more than any other club.